Do you have and use any virtual reality headsets?

I prefer not to be totally immersed.

I was heavily interested in VR tech research when I was young, However, I formed the opinion that there was much potential for using the tech for evil in ways that could be detrimental to human society, so I chose to get out of VR and keep my inventions to myself.

In recent times, that evil has shown itself in the form of Meta-sta-face.

• STEVE: A Pedagogical Agent for Virtual Reality (1998) [youtube.com]
• Team Training Tasks with STEVE (1998) [youtube.com]

I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned this paragon of virtual excellence!

I only use Skybox for porn and that's literally it. I deleted my FB account so I'm very glad Occulus dropped that requirement. It doesn't seem like there's an alt OS, but if there's a Lineage port or something that can play 3D/side-by-side 180/360 videos, I'd flash it immediately.

I lost interest when they said they wanted to own anything you create with thing.
I don't know if that made it into their EULA, but that's the wrong attitude.

I have an original HTC Vive. I found that I couldn't wear the goddamned thing because of my glasses. Even with the lenses pushed out as far as they could go, it wasn't happening.

I can't wear contacts, so my take-away is that VR systems aren't for me.

There is an Oculus rift connected to my daughter's PC. I spent hours in the ISS sim in it, but now it's idle.

Either the resolution or the optics makes it difficult for me to use for protracted periods. I suspect I need glasses.

Why would I risk my health and throw away my money on a product that is nowhere near ready for general adoption? Let alone the lack of quality content.

All other VR is for absolute losers.

I've read about the support for many large virtual screens - which would then be at a distance, instead of "in your face". It sounds very enticing, but the software seems to still be very fragile. Plus, the headsets are still big and heavy - it's hard to imagine wearing one for hours on end.

I'm very interested in working purely in VR, especially for technical work. However, it looks like waiting is still the best option. Meta will throw masses of money at this field. As much as I dislike Facebook, this mo

I've used a variety of VR headsets that other people had, but I ended up getting an Oculus Quest 2 because it didn't need any external sensors set up, no PC, and has a number of Star Wars games I enjoy.

II've not used it for a while but I think the system is really well made. I too am annoyed with the Facebook connection, but such is the price of technology these days.

Ordered on day 1. Software stack for it is now several years old and completely firewalled from Facebook. It will never be updated.

Still use it from time to time... VR is a lot of fun. Just wish the HMD ecosystem thing would have died off by now. No reason for HMDs to be tied to facefuck, steam or windows. Hopefully with OpenXR things improve.

and played through Alyx in the early weeks of the pandemic. I had the original Vive before, the Index is a big step up. I've had a few "VR parties" and played stuff like Beat Saber or Fruit Ninja, but that's most fun with a group and I go months not touching the headset otherwise. Having to clear the room of furniture is a bit annoying; even though I designed my home office with VR in mind, stuff creeps in and right now the center of the room is an art studio.

I've had a Valve Index for a couple years now. Haven't found anything better.

It's not something you can really do for more than an hour or two at a time, but there are still scenarios in some games like Half Life Alyx and Boneworks that get my heart rate going. I really think that with a few more die shrinks and improvements to screen technologies they're going to start catching on in a big way.

My main complaint at this point, however, is the lack of support for VR for content creators.

As an independent CG

It talks too much and sets itself on fire.

I should have gone with the Cowboy Neal VR headset instead.

I have done the large part of the engineering of the Koliseum soccer table. It allow up to 4 players, each with a headset, to play a common soccer football game with real mechanical rods that act like on a regular soccer table. Missing players are replaced by robots. Each rods have a handle with buttons that allow specials features like detaching the player from the rod. The game use the virtual reality to bring effects and surprises impossible to realize in the real world.

I had wanted to get VR for a long time, and a while ago was there a deal on the Oculus Quest 2 that was too good to pass up (price-wise, that is).

I hate the fact that it needs to be connected to facebook to work, but not needing a beast of a PC and being tethered to that via a cable outweighed the fb-issue for me. My son in law had one with his gaming PC, but it was way beyond what I wanted to spend on something like that. It was great fun though.

That said, there are a few games that are fun and even gives