Oculus VR announces Oculus GO, a standalone VR gadget for $199

Blue Jackets · Postby **Blue Jackets** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:41 am

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/11/oculu ... e-headset/

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:07 am

I knew this product was coming but I still think it's a weird move. This is basically for people who want the smartphone VR experience (Google Daydream or GearVR), but do not own a smartphone that works on those viewers. It has limited head tracking and no hand. I guess it would be good to consume media

CrckrJack · Postby **CrckrJack** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:37 pm

Sounds dumb

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:58 am

People got hands on with it yesterday at GDC and everyone seemed pretty impressed with it. It sounds dumb, but I would consider this just for watching Big screen with you guys. Worth $200? Probably not, but maybe if resolution is higher, plus being able to sit anywhere.

Ars review
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/03/ ... y-for-199/

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:26 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOeP9LTX3Ls

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:25 pm

Got around to watching this today while Evie napped. Lighter, better lenses, and better screen. I am probably going to be buying this for watching movies/tv shows. I also read that they are somehow allowing you to use a USB stick. Not being able to lean forward/back in BigScreen isn't a huge deal, but not having full control of hands will be somewhat boring, but not a deal breaker since you can still do the laser pointer.

Still curious what battery life will be. It needs to be at least 3+ hours.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:30 am

Rumor is this comes out May 1st for at least preorders during the Facebook Developer Conference. With all of the bad FB press I'm hoping they launch it early somehow just in case the conference is a shiatshow

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:34 pm

Journalist started getting them today. Really hopefully it is released next Tuesday at Facebook's conference and immediately on the shelves at Best Buy. I have convinced myself I will be buying one as soon as possible. I also talked Feddersen into it so he can join in on our VR watching shows.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:13 pm

Someone on Reddit saw these at best buy ahead of tomorrow's announcement. I'll be buying tomorrow. Not sure on 32 or 64gb version yet

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue May 01, 2018 3:01 pm

Tyler wrote:Someone on Reddit saw these at best buy ahead of tomorrow's announcement. I'll be buying tomorrow. Not sure on 32 or 64gb version yet

Went with 32gb. Will download games over the next week. If storage doesn't seem to be enough I'll return for 64. Or maybe I'll return if I decide I don't need it at all.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue May 01, 2018 5:00 pm

30 second review is that text is crisper than Rift, but overall headset is not as comfortable without the rigid strap. I'll mess with it more tonight and see if I can find a sweet spot with the strap.

The 4 or 5 apps I downloaded were all under 400mb each. 32 gb should be fine.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue May 01, 2018 8:30 pm

CrckrJack wrote:Source of the post Sounds dumb

It's not! Resolution is noticeable better than Rift, especially when you are jumping back and forth between the two devices. The games I played are fun and they do some cool tricks to emulate hand movement when it is actually only tracking rotation.

BigScreen has a nice crisp picture. That will be the killer app for this, and just watching Plex.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Wed May 02, 2018 9:01 am

Ignore. Making a list of games to check out.

Trains
They suspect nothing
http://www.reddit.com/r/Oculus/wiki/new_go_guide
Virtual virtual reality
Defense grid 2
Oculus arcade
End space
Overflight

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu May 03, 2018 8:05 am

I watched Legion while laying in bed on a 30ft screen suspended in outerspace. It really added to the show.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Wed May 09, 2018 6:54 am

I played a handful of games last night with Feddersen for about 90 minutes. At the end of the session both of us were getting low battery warnings. We played Catan the longest though and that is set to use a higher frames per second than most games so I think it drains extra fast.

Chat is still pretty buggy in some games. We played a co-op zombie shooter, but had no way to talk to each other. In poker you must have headphones on to enable the mic, and Fdeddersen had none. A lot of games also don't let you use the Oculus party chat in game.

All of this stuff will be worked out in time. The device is only a week old.

The most fun we had was playing an entire game of Catan. I was really impressed with how well that worked. It was our first time playing that boardgame, but we figured it out as we went. We both ended up beating the AI player.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:58 pm

Figured out a way to sideload the new SteamLink app to it. I can now play any pancake game in a VR theater. Will test it with Ori first.

cwilkins88 · Postby **cwilkins88** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:09 pm

Tyler wrote:Source of the post Figured out a way to sideload the new SteamLink app to it. I can now play any pancake game in a VR theater. Will test it with Ori first.

How did it go?

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:17 pm

cwilkins88 wrote:
Tyler wrote:Source of the post Figured out a way to sideload the new SteamLink app to it. I can now play any pancake game in a VR theater. Will test it with Ori first.

How did it go?

I only played a little bit, but I was impressed. I got it working flawlessly when the controller was connected to the PC and just streaming video to the headset. Need to figure out controller when it is paired to the headset itself.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:26 pm

Checking in to say Plex VR is great and I should use it more. Plex community as a whole craps on it so much because it's so niche, but it works really well on Go. Was watching something in bed last night while the ol' ball and chain was sleeping, she didn't even know

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:45 am

Forbes. Oculus Go is the best non phone gadget of 2018