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@@ArchegoesMigdalEder777 I live in the US, so Pico is unfortunately not on my radar.

Oh I totally can see a scenario where Meta gets in hot water putting Llama into Quest and hence why I think they've waited. Same with dev access to the passthrough cameras. Only takes one P.O.S. developer to create a firestorm.

Yeah for the longest time it felt like a solution in need of a problem to me. It's a great convenience tool, which may help in keeping people in headsets longer, but I think we're years away from it being ubiquitous and in everyday usage by the general population. Having said that, is it better to be early or late?

@@liveopenmike Oh for sure. Definitely agree with you on that. I'm just glad there are so many different people and companies trying this path as it is bound to be revolutionary at some point in a way that we probably have not even thought of yet.

Yup, covered that in a previous pod. The 3S exists almost solely to retire the Quest 2.

I always think about making thumbs like that, then I actually shoot those photos and nope out. Bad for the algorithm, but gotta stay true to myself. Sho will be a regular moving forward. Not every pod, but semi-frequently.

This isn't a Quest 3 feature, to my knowledge. I know you get a reticle with hand tracking though.

Yes and I feel like Apple's marketing of the Vision Pro got the ball rolling with that. I'm presuming Samsung will follow suit. Meta's done a poor job marketing that side of it, arguably because the resolution & software (don't get me started on the old Netflix app) wasn't up to snuff yet.

@@liveopenmike If I were Meta I would try to get this over by partnering with a popular TV show. Maybe the main character could attend psychiatrist sessions in VR. Seeing that could introduce a lot of people to the concept of having a shared experience in VR.

Yeah I was REALLY sick over the weekend and need a day to recover.

Sho sold me on them during this talk, not gonna lie. I'm very skeptical of Google's consistency in this general space (phones and laptops aside).

@@liveopenmike yeah the talk didn't convince me. I have zero faith in google to stick to a project. of course it depends on specs and package at launch. oh and ABSOLUTE ZERO faith, and interest for that matter, for a stadia style cloud solution. No not disruptive.

@@onikaze8445 Stadia feels like it should be a swear word in gaming now. lol

I thought the darkness really added to the atmosphere personally. I love dynamic lighting in any horror game. Raises the tension.

It's not so much deleted as restructured, but it is a MESS to get through. I think I've figured out where most everything is now.

Yep, I assumed as much. Personally, I know I can do that easily, but I understand the apprehension. And I'm still looking forward to the full release of Glassbreakers!

Ugh, that white color scheme. Burning my eyeballs.

@@liveopenmike I don't get why they did it. It was fine the way it was. It took me a bit to find the store, and my wishlist. Id imagine a less tech savvy person is having alot harder of a time

@@stever1412 First thing I did was rush to dark mode. Good Lord.

@@liveopenmike me too LMFAO

Thanks, BoyBrown! It certainly won’t benefit my channel in the short term, but creatively it’s more fulfilling. My grandma used to say if I can’t find what I’m looking for, be the first example of what I’m looking for. There are a few examples of channels out there (ImaRainbow is a good one), but few and far between.

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DON'T SAY THAT! *::huffs copium::* Lowkey, I agree with you. According to the last Steam survey, there were 2.3ish million users on SteamVR last month (1.75% of an average 130 million monthly users). 16.45% of them were on an Index. That's less than 400,000 players actively using Valve's hardware. They may not see the ROI.

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That's a loaded question. Can you tell me some genres or flatscreen games you enjoy and I can give you a few recommendations. Thanks for watching!

I have heard about that, but not experienced it myself. Yet another thing that needs fixing. SMH

@@garrettferrell6821 I’m huffing the copium. I believe it’s still coming.

It's not coming

@@sunnydelight3046 I still believe!

@@jasonvoorhees5518 Every 2 years, no. 3-4yrs at a reasonable price, yes. I spend the same to upgrade my PC every few years too (RAM, GPU, etc).

Agreed. If it's 2 years out, it's still in R&D right now, so we don't know anything even from leaks for at least a year.

Thanks, Amelia!

I've already been seeing a few deals on Amazon and Walmart, but it's been like $50. Nothing huge. Honestly if you're okay not having pancake lenses, might want to want and see what Quest 3S becomes in a couple of months.

Yeah, the time window is the news, not the fact that it exists. We all knew that. lol

I'm a lifelong Nintendo guy and can't imagine a world where I don't play those franchises.

@liveopenmike I mean for plugging the VR into phone to play video games

@@liveopenmike playing og drmario from phone to vr tho

Curious what other functions?

@@liveopenmike social media, mixed reality & VR xxx

Every year or two would be excessive. But given devs aren’t building exclusives for the latest hardware until about a year after it releases, if we’re on a 3-4 year cadence, there’s enough of a gap before you HAVE to upgrade. I know people who skipped Quest 2 entirely and went from 1 straight to 3 because the overlap allowed them to do that.

@@liveopenmike thats pretty true. Frankly, I wonder if that's the way I gotta do things too. Im using a pico 4 right now, my quest 2 is gathering dust in the closet, so might just get the quest 4. unless it's hand tracking only or a cloud device, then I'm gonna skip it as a whole.

Work fast food and make 20 bucks an hour

@sunnydelight3046 I have a heart condition. I can't.

Yup! But it’s the internet. Ppl will complain about the sky being blue.

2 dozen hours. 🤦🏽‍♂️

@@liveopenmike 😁

Same thing happens with Sony and Xbox too. Didn’t see high end 3rd party stuff for the current gen until a year after release. Difference was Sony and Microsoft brought the goods with first party releases to fill the gap. Meta’s not doing that. Asgard’s Wrath 2 took 6 months post release for its Quest 3 texture pack. Batman is Meta’s second first party title since Quest 3 released and it’s exclusive… a year after the headset dropped. Expect that cycle to continue.

@@liveopenmike Yeah, it’s a shame. So much potential. I would love to play something like Bioshock as a quest 4 launch title.

@@oppa1319 I wish the Meta/Microsoft relationship would push some of their properties (Gears of War, Sea of Thieves, etc) into VR.

TOTALLY agree. Easiest way to sell VR is having someone experience it.

I mean an OG Rift is still okay for PCVR. I was speaking from a standalone perspective. PCVR heads will use any headset. I have a friend who refuses to move off his DK1. Lol

@@liveopenmike Yeah but still. standalone games that are quest 3 exclusive are still only just coming out and more to come. how you figure 12 months till it is obselete lol

You are wrong

​@Steelninja77 A lot of headsets that are way better coming, that's why

@@Steelninja77 I didn't say obsolete. I said better spec VR hardware is usually available about a year or so after a headset drops.

Yeah, but I wasn’t expecting exclusives for a year anyway. Dev kits for new consoles don’t get to devs until six months or so out. That’s nowhere near enough time to build a high end game from scratch for it. Flat or VR. You just get upscaled versions. PS5 and Xbox Series X had the same issue at launch.

But there are a loada games coming that are quest 3 exclusive. Township Vr is it that ones been quest 3 exclusive for ages now. Plus batman and aliens are coming. I*( think batman is definitely a quest 3 exclusive. sure there are others too. Why is everyone bashing the quest 3 already. best standalone headset out there.

I like to believe this is because of support required for old Quest 2 and all devs always cater to the masses. Really hoping Q3S release will tip the scales. But with how small Q3 battery is that would mean 1hour playtime wireless.

@@filipivan5125 you just get a battery headset and it's way over an hour I play for 45 minutes and I am still on 80@% and same with PCVR i either use the headstrap battery wirelessly or a powered link cable and after an hour usually round about 75 to 80%. Get loadsa play time. More than I need.

@@Steelninja77 Township VR is no longer Quest 3 exclusive. You can get it on Quest 2 now. The Quest 2 build was late in clearing Meta Quality Assurance. To be clear, I'm not bashing Quest 3. I love that headset and expect it to be supported for another 4 years (2 years post Quest 4 launch).

Thanks, Blue.

I agree. I honestly just use handtracking until I’m opening a game and I use Sadly I can’t trust Google in the XR ecosystem anymore. They punt too quickly on projects that don’t give an immediate ROI and XR isn’t there yet.

What do u mean!? The Quest 3 already is that...all its current extra features and updates might have friction, but as it is, you can just use it as simply as Google's daydream. The Quest can only be as complex as you want it to be if u wanna go down the rabit hole of all its added features.

Because AR is the future.

@@En1gmatic1 That is a good point, and Quest 3 is the best choice rn. I just dislike having to think so much when I put it on. I think I'm after: 4K per eye, one simplistic remote/controller, and a store that focuses on more passive experiences.

Yep. Can’t please everyone, but the last thing you want to do is hold back advancing your product line. I’m on the train and ready to push forward.

I hear ya. The general point is that it feels like bigger and better is always coming yo market. I still don’t think we see the upper limits of Quest 3 for another year or so when devs start releasing games built from scratch for it. A 3 year release schedule feels like the perfect pace IMO.

@@liveopenmike It is always the way. my Rx 6800 has been superceded but is in no way dated. it still runs games at 4k ultra even 120 fps with frame generation hardly dated just because newer stuff is out. Quest 2 is only dated because they dropped support still a great headset.Hardly dated in itself. just the support.

@@Steelninja77 No no, spec wise Quest 2 was dated when Pico 4 and Quest Pro dropped. However, the Nintendo Switch is dated hardware. Doesn't stop Nintendo from continually dropping bangers every year for it. When I say dated, I'm talking purely from a technical perspective, not a support perspective.

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The ads everywhere are annoying to me now. Even CZcams recently changed it for YT Partners so we can't choose if ads on our channel are skippable or not. I get a LOT of unskippable ads on YT now, way more than I used to. I get these companies gotta pay the bills but dang! A lot of this episode was me owning that I wanted to be a different channel and quickly fell into the same cycle, then imposter syndrome kicking in. So I'm working to pivot now and make the content I always planned to.

@@liveopenmikeI agree. Do what your heart tells you to do! I’ll be here!

Yup! Totally agree.

Yeah, there would need to be more than just "here's a free key" to make that worth it. Give me dev interviews and extra content like that and I would be golden.

Yeah, I tried to be careful not to come off like I was ripping the 'impressions' channels. I know a lot of these guys and hey any VR content is spreading the gospel. I would just like to see different angles taken. I consume a lot less VR than I used to because so much of it is repeated. I'm hoping what I'm doing here on the channel now is different.