One if my kids wants a Meta Quest 3 for his birthday, and I am only vaguely familiar with VR hardware, and on top of that I’m wary of everything Zuckerberg.

  1. How are the ecosystems? Does the choice of brand lock you in or out of particular titles? I suspect his main goal is to play gorilla tag and similar.

  2. Is Metaquest 3 an objectively good/decent product? What are some viable alternatives?

  3. He’s got a decent phone and a half-decent PC. Will the same headset work for both?

  4. How much HPU (if any) is required to drive one of these decently?

EDIT: He’s looking at the 3S version. Looks like 3 is more in line with steam frame. His birthday is mid-march.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    2·
    15 hours ago

    I bought a Quest 2 before Meta took over the company, and have recently started using it again after letting it collect dust for a while.

    I totally understand not wanting to sign up for a Zuckerberg product, but the Quest is probably one of the easiest VR setups. Just log in and go. No wires connecting you to a computer or worrying about whether or not your setup can handle the games you’re trying to run.

    I’ve heard the Quest 3 is much better than the 2, but I have no experience with the 3.

    Again, Meta deserves whatever hate they get, but I have to admit the Quest environment is nice and easy to work with.

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 hours ago

        You’re mostly right. Facebook bought Oculus in 2014, but kept the Oculus branding until they renamed the company Meta in 2021, THEN it became the Meta Quest 2 and required a Facebook/Meta login.