Virtual Reality Headsets - worth the money?

[Jon]

I haven't played anyone yet, except bots and drills. That is fine for me now as I am enjoying that immensely and improving my skills. I tried a game against a bot but I hit the filing cabinet! The area I use is not big enough for playing a proper game. I might juggle things around and try a different spot, but I try to play whilst standing on my yoga mat which is permanently in a specific location.

How many hours do you think you have spent playing your golf game?

 

[moke123]

Any good links to the software available please?

here's another https://www.androidcentral.com/best-meta-quest-games

Just saw that they are adding yet another course to my golf game. Kapalua G.C. in Maui

 

[Gasman]

You're welcome. You can always sell the device if you don't like it, so the risk of a bad purchase is reduced.

The Meta website is the place to go: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/

I would recommend: Beat Saber, Eleven Table Tennis and Thrill of the Fight. That lot will cost you £50 ish. All three would give you a workout. And you could play all three for years.

I personally have little interest in the games right now. For me, it is about fitness + fun.

I have never been much of a gamer.
I preferred software more like Air Traffic Controller, Space Shuttle re-entry I did play Wolfenstein3 D for a short while and Terminator likewise for a short period, but then got bored.

 

[moke123]

How many hours do you think you have spent playing your golf game?

About an hour a day, almost everyday, for the last 2 years. I would guess that I missed less than 10 days in that time.

 

[Gasman]

One last question.
I am the sort of person that would buy a laptop with 4GB and then upgrade it myself to 8 or 16, whatever it could take.
I see the 128GB is £499 and the 256GB around £620.

Are you able to upgrade yourself, or is it just one module?, so you would need to replace a 128 with a 256 and if non standard, then a huge markup would be present.

 

[Jon]

About an hour a day, almost everyday, for the last 2 years. I would guess that I missed less than 10 days in that time.

Now that is what I call value for money. And I presume with no intentions of stopping anytime soon.

 

[Jon]

One last question.
I am the sort of person that would buy a laptop with 4GB and then upgrade it myself to 8 or 16, whatever it could take.
I see the 128GB is £499 and the 256GB around £620.

Are you able to upgrade yourself, or is it just one module?, so you would need to replace a 128 with a 256 and if non standard, then a huge markup would be present.

You can't upgrade them, but 128gb is fine. If you are going to spend £1,000 on apps then go for the 512gb version. You could probably store about 20 apps on the 128gb version. I've been through all this research myself recently.

 

[Jon]

I have never been much of a gamer.
I preferred software more like Air Traffic Controller, Space Shuttle re-entry I did play Wolfenstein3 D for a short while and Terminator likewise for a short period, but then got bored.

I don't see the apps I bought as gaming because I am physically doing it. Consider it more like sport.

 

[moke123]

I preferred software more like Air Traffic Controller, Space Shuttle re-entry

There's some cool flight sims

@Gasman When you buy a game you don't need to keep it loaded on the quest. You can download or delete at will. Just needs to be loaded when you want to play.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

My prediction so far is losing weight will be easy with this VR stuff.

Especially if you eat VR food!

 

[Jon]

You have to be careful with some games because many people get motion sickness. All the games I am using don't give me that because you are not moving like on a racing game, where your brain gets confused because you are stationary but appear moving.

Edit: That game looks awesome.

 

[moke123]

many people get motion sickness

I've gotten it a few times while flying. Luckily you can just pause the game and you have both feet back on the ground.

 

[Gasman]

You have to be careful with some games because many people get motion sickness. All the games I am using don't give me that because you are not moving like on a racing game, where your brain gets confused because you are stationary but appear moving.

Edit: That game looks awesome.

Old seadog here, so hopefully that will not happen?

 

[Jon]

If you don't get motion sickness from VR, then you are very lucky indeed. You have a world of SIMs to explore! That dog flght sim looks great fun.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Old seadog here, so hopefully that will not happen

On the odd occasions I've been to sea, I've never got seasick. That is until I went out on a small fishing boat off the coast of Tenerife! It's a horrible experience!

I was told it was because two currents meet at Tenerife, the choppiness produced causes the boat to pitch bow to stern and port to starboard....

 

[Gasman]

I had college mates that went to sea all around the world in various weather including type 3 storms. Then went they went across on the Mersey ferry, they were seasick? :-(

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

they were seasick? :-(

I was so confident that I would never get seasick!

 

[Jon]

I'm in pain! Aching all over. I've done 2hrs 13 minutes today of VR fitness, which is 629 calories. That is a lot of calories to burn through cardio. It was a combination of Beat Saber and spending lots of time on table tennis drills with the ball machine. Frankly, I think I've overdone it!

 

[Jon]

An update from yesterday, I ended up doing a little more ping pong. Calorie burn for the day was 688 calories.

Before, exercise required me to push myself into it. This stuff pulls me in. Motivation not required.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I'm getting very interested in getting a vr headset...