- So, my last video blew up.
Wow!
If you didn't see it, I made a video called
five reasons not to buy an Oculus Quest 2.
And my videos normally get a few 100 views.
Well, that video got around 20,000 views
in the first two days.
So, I thought I try to play with the YouTube algorithm a bit
and do what this good friend Jez told me to do
on the last video,
and make the polar opposite of why you should
buy an Oculus Quest 2.
First of all, a bit of a background.
Hi, my name is Pete.
I used to run an IT business,
and now I'm coaching other IT business owners
and making just some fun videos in my spare time.
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Tech, business, finance stuff.
Now, if you did stick around to the end of that last video
you'd hear me say that the Quest 2, in my opinion,
is still very much one of the best VR headsets around
that money can buy.
Even with some niggles and yes, I did buy this.
I'm not sure why someone thought that a guy
who averages 200 views per video
will be given a 300 Pound headset for free by Facebook.
Like, yeah, please.
So I also did make a video about some of what I felt
were fairly legitimate reasons that
may make it or break it for some people.
And, that one's linked up here and down below.
Here are five reasons why you should
buy an Oculus Quest 2.
Number one is there are no wires.
For those of you are new to VR, that is insane.
My experience of VR before buying the Quest 1,
was, I think PlayStation VR
and those super basic Google Cardboard things
where you slotted your phone into.
But with the Quest, you can literally walk around
in the real world, to move in the VR world.
Now, this is obviously
hugely dependent on how much space you have to move around.
But even being able to take a couple of steps to the side
and pick something up from the floor just
makes it super realistic.
You can also technically use this outside but,
only I found on dull days
as the bright sunshine will just blow the cameras out and
just prevent you from using it at all.
Number two, is game selection.
Something that was a bit of an issue
earlier on in the original Quest,
was the selection of games.
But that is definitely not a concern right now.
There is a huge range of games available on the Quest and,
I won't lie, I haven't played them all of course
'cause there's a huge range.
But there is no end to great games for all types
from sports and action and driving, platform, fitness.
Stand out games for me?
Well, Beat Sabre is pretty much yeah,
the game that everyone starts on.
Robo Recall, I think for me was,
something that really shows off how great the quest can be.
You can move around the environment and throw things
and pick things up and really interact with
pretty much everything.
FitXR is a great for a workout.
The new series of Star Wars games
that came with my Quest 1 are actually fantastic.
And typically the dojo training
arcade style game that comes as part of Star Wars.
And there are new games coming out every single week.
I haven't played most of them,
as I've been too busy with the ones I do own,
but there is a really good selection.
And that actually leads me on to number three which is,
Oculus Link.
Using Oculus Link, you can link your Quest to a PC
and then access an even bigger library of VR games.
And, for me, one of those stands
head and shoulders above the rest, which is Half-Life: Alyx.
Half-Life: Alyx is an astounding game.
The graphics quality, the ability to again,
interact with pretty much anything in the environment,
And for anyone that has played Half-Life before,
playing it in VR, in a dark room,
where you can hear those face huggers running around you,
is one of the scariest things I've ever experienced
in a computer game for a very long time.
Half-Life: Alyx runs on Steam,
which means you need a reasonably good spec PC
which then actually runs the game itself.
And then you either need to get one of two things.
Either an Oculus Link cable,
which can be quite expensive for the OEM version.
But there is also a recent beater update for the headset,
which lets you use the charging cable,
which, to be honest,
isn't really much good 'cause that's how long it is.
Or any other USB-C cable.
And this will means that you are then tethered to your PC
and so, you lose the wires free experience of the Quest.
Or you can use virtual desktop
to wirelessly stream the game to the headsets.
And I went with option two,
but, you do need to make sure
that your wireless is up to scratch here
'cause it will be hugely dependent
on how fast your wireless can go.
One, negative point here, if I'm allowed to,
is that on the Quest 2,
I've noticed that the Oculus Link
is quite jerky compared with Quest 1.
Maybe it's something to do with this thing
running at 90 Hertz but I haven't had enough time yet
to figure out what's going on there.
So, if you do know,
maybe let me know in the comments below
so I can fix it for myself.
Anyway, with this option two,
you do also have to have one more thing.
Which then leads me on to, number four,
SideQuest.
Now SideQuest is an app
that you can instal on your PC or your Mac,
and it will let you access
kinda like the inner workings of the headset and
unlock a much wider world for you.
It's not quite cracking the headset.
But it's similar to that, if you know what I mean.
Firstly, you will need this to wirelessly beam
Steam games from SteamVR via the Oculus Link.
But also there is a huge library of like indie games
available via SideQuest.
Now again, I won't lie and say I've played many, I haven't.
But what SideQuest has done for me
is it unlocked Beat Sabre.
And essentially it's kind of
again, cracks the game so you can upload almost any song
or even write your own maps
to play along to with your favourite tracks.
And that actually takes me on to my final point
on why you should buy an Oculus Quest 2.
And that is fitness.
This thing is genuinely a great way to break out a sweat.
particularly in this world today with
many of us in lockdowns and
unable to go outside and
I mean, it's no replacement for a gym,
but it definitely gets your heart rate up.
Something we get over here in the UK is
something called Vitality which,
you can get like life insurance and health insurance
and a few other bits.
But the idea is that if you exercise every day,
then they will stand a lower chance
of having to pay out on the insurance because
well, you're keeping fit and not just sat on your sofa,
playing video games.
But, by playing certain games,
I found you can hit a 30-minute workout
with your heart rate at that level
that gets you eight vitality points.
So all you need to do is play 30 minutes of this thing
five times a week, and your will max your vitality points.
And for those with Vitality Insurance,
that means it will cover the cost of
you know, my Apple Watch,
my Amazon prime subscription,
a free drink Cafe Nero,
25% off food,
a free cinema ticket when that becomes a thing again.
I'll get cash back on my American Express card,
along with all of the other benefits of Vitality.
So that's kind of worth it alone.
And there we have it.
Five reasons why you should
now go out and buy your own Quest 2.
Link in the description below to buy your very own.
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