No problem! I try to give people info on VR whenever I can to help out.

If you're thinking about buying used, or just want some info on device care, I made a video a while ago to send to people for instances like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T97X1ypEUTk (10 minutes)

Hmm... Maybe try going into the settings and turn up the refresh rate on the device?

Our eyes can see almost infinite frames per second, so sometimes motion sickness can come about by seeing something that our brain considers choppy and slow.

The Quest 2 I think is set to 72hz by default, but can go as high as 120hz, with most games hitting the 90fps at most. Might be worth seeing if that helps!

Otherwise, some people are just prone to motion sickness a bit more than others sadly, and often times it just means limiting yourself to the games that do work for you.

If you do some googling for "SideQuest", there's a site that lets indie developers post their in-development games, usually for free. Follow their instructions for how to put their sidequest app onto your device, and then you can download a ton of cool things.

I mainly mention this because I just recently tried duck hunt in VR and had a blast. It's stationary other than just turning your head and body, and was actually super fun.

How often have you tried your Quest? There's a thing we call "getting your VR legs" since your brain isn't really programmed at first to see a different world than your own at first.

Very much varies from person to person, but almost always goes away if people take breaks and ease into it. I just recommend playing sitting down at first if you get dizzy.

We had some friends over recently and put on person in and he was fine, having only tried VR once like a year prior. Put it on someone else and she was instantly dizzy, so I sat her down and then she actually enjoyed it.

If price can be stretched a bit, you could get both!

Later this month the "PSVR 2" launches. It's a VR headset that Sony's made for the PS5, and it will legitimately be some of the best VR out there for a long time.

If both is out of the price range, getting the PS5 now just let's you get the PSVR2 as an upgrade when the price is within range.

VR is incredible, but just know that the Quest series from Meta is lower tier hardware to keep it small and portable. Linking up that headset to a gaming PC is when you get the best VR experiences, but it doesn't mean there aren't amazing ones on the Quest by itself.

Honestly, if there's interest in both a PS5 and VR, my first suggestion there is your best bet for a double win. Otherwise, VR is gonna be a wildly different experience that is super fun and different than a console.

Yeah, all of those are available on PC! Last of Us Part 1 is releasing on Steam in March this year, however.

I can totally get that, I work from home too and having a play space be your work space is weird. Is it a laptop perchance? Could always hook it up the the TV.

Whatever kind of solution, whether a game streaming app linked to your PC, long wire, etc., there's Steam's "Big Picture Mode", which is great. More console-like experience that you can switch on as the default way Steam launches when Windows starts. Can control it by controller easily.

As for ways to control the PC comfortably from the couch, I personally have a media PC in my living room that I built a few months back and I love it. Just have this thing in particular: https://a.co/d/4rX5caC (Amazon link) - My partner was slightly against me building a PC for the living room at first, but now she uses it more than her own PC because of the ease of use from the couch. lol

Not trying to harp on it too hard here, just saying that this solution could be the best of both worlds in some ways.

Well, which games are interesting you a lot then?

Something to consider might be switching to a gaming PC. Many of Sony's Playstation exclusives have been making their way to PC such as God of War, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Spider-Man (plus Miles Morales), with plans for more ports in the future as well.

Not only that, but you'd also open yourself up to any PC games that aren't on either console. There's also a lot of games that if you own them on Xbox you can play it on PC as well: https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/games/xbox-play-anywhere

Most PC games that are also on console have controller support natively too, so you're golden with that familiarity, and you'd already have an Xbox controller that's compatible by Bluetooth.

If you needed help building a budget PC I could recommend a few parts.

I mean, to be fair, they don't lose the games. If they were to ever switch back they could re-download their old games, except for maybe the saves in some. My guess is they aren't really playing many of them anyway if they wanna switch.

My personal recommendation is the same, though. If you can afford to keep both, that's the better option.

>"My adoring fans!"

How it comes off to me.

Brand loyalty is such a weird thing...