[antiterra]

I have never seen people so excited for VR/AR as they have been by the in-device recording of AR views. Generally everyone is careful to clarify that the real experience is full of warping and distortion, but people are genuinely enjoying even that poor version of what is to come.

VR gaming is maybe not the killer app that VR fans think it is, only Beat Saber has really come close. A lot of us genuinely tried to get into VR gaming (for my part I’ve owned: DK2, Rift, GearVR, Rift S, Quest, Quest 2) but decided 2D gaming is better in the current state of things.

[elev8d]

VR gaming interest all depends on the person. I don't think there will be any one single killer app for VR just like there isn't any one singular killer app for a PC or Smartphone. It'll just take years for the one specific app that hooks each individual to be created. I have a few buddies that get online to play Population One with me daily. I have other friends that have no interest in it at all. What's a killer app for me, may not be for you. For me first person shooters are peak VR, but my girlfriend much prefers sports games like tennis, minigolf, and ping pong in VR.

I've got an Index, Q3, and just gave my Q2 to a friend. The Q3 is significantly better than the Q2. I'd probably still use my Index as my primary headset, but I don't feel like buying new controllers. I feel like there is no lag with the Index, whereas it remains an issue with PCVR on the Quest 3, which is bad for competitive play.

As for AR, I have it set as my default state for when I'm not in a VR game and it's great because it helps maintain awareness of your surroundings while having the headset than any prior solution. That said, the quality is fairly low resolution and it wobbles quite a bit. I'm sure AR on the Apple Vision Pro will trounce the Quest 3 AR solution.

[spookie]

Half Life Alyx is great, wouldn't dismiss that one.

[jncfhnb]

Ehh

Yeah but how many stories of awestruck people trying VR were there? Brief novelty. Doesn’t last

[stavros]

What's the recording you mention?

[antiterra]

The Quest app lets you record mixed reality and there are a decent number of videos of people ordering coffee or baking or whatever in that mode. It turns out that the quality is generally much higher from those recordings than it looks live through the lens.

An example of in camera footage (and narrative saying it is misleading) is at 1:18 in https://youtu.be/Gh_46fSwY4U