Oculus Quest can run Borderlands 2VR

[carlsonpatrick2005]

Just bought Borderlands 2 VR and can say that it runs pretty well on Oculus Quest using SteamVR via VRDesktop app that connects your CPU wirelessly. Some stutter here and there but overall a smooth running game with a 10 year old I5 processor, 32GB of old style RAM (Ripjaws 1600 version), and a new RTX2070 video card, and an outdated but still running great motherboard ASRock Z77.All done wirelessly. If my old cpu can handle this game at MAX settings, then I assume newer cpu's with better builds will have an even better experience. If you want a game with days of gameplay, then Borderlands 2 VR is on sale through 27 Jan 2020 on Steam. Controls for the Quest work seemlessly using the game options for Borderlands 2 VR as is out of the box. Just adjust the graphics to max if you have a system as good or better than mine as stated above. This is all played wirelessly as VR is meant to be played. No cords as the Rift uses. Enjoy.

[carlsonpatrick2005]

For those with a Oculus Quest Headset, Borderlands 2 VR is a beast game via VRDesktop app and Steam VR that allows the game to be played wirelessly. Been playing it most of the afternoon and it ROCKS with blood splattering in your face as you blow creeps in half with a shotgun. I read all the negative reviews but they are nonsense at least for Oculus Quest headsets. Plays extremely well right out of the box without any settings changes and even looks more amazing at max game settings and with the Steam VR settings at 300%. My 10 year old desktop is handling it easily with the GeForce RTX 2070. That game has many weeks worth of game play and all the DLC is built in with an additional DLC called BAMF (Bad ♥♥♥ MF) that slows time on use. Definitely worth the $32 I paid for it. Make sure to get the VRDesktop app from the website www.vrdesktop.net and not the Oculus Store. Unless they fixed it, The Oculus Store version was blocking the use of Steam VR at one point, so the developer put the good version on his website.

[Fruit Punch Samurai]

using steam vr on a pc is not 'running on the quest' it's running on the pc and played on the quest, meaning no portability

[carlsonpatrick2005]

Correct. It runs on a PC or via Shadow PC. In reference to your portability comment, Shadow PC will make it completely portable I think? Also remoting to your PC at home would do the same possibly?

[Finraziel]

Do your controllers actually show up as Oculus Touch controllers? Mine show as Vive Wands and it controls like it. The left stick is behaving as if it's the trackpad on a Vive wand. To turn I move the stick to the side and then click in before it registers. A, B and X buttons on my controllers don't actually do anything...
Is it like this for you? Or is just something messed up on my end?

[Jarilo]

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

[Finraziel]

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

So are you just trolling, or would you care to explain how it's a neutered Rift S?
I very much prefer being able to play without a cable myself (I had a CV1 before my Quest). The freedom really adds a lot to the experience.

On the other hand, if you're secretly regretting your decision to buy a cabled headset, then to help you feel better: "Oh no it's terrrrrrible, I wish I had bought one with a cable so I could feel more connected to my PC!!11!" There, to help you sleep :)

[Jarilo]

Publicado originalmente por Finraziel:

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

So are you just trolling, or would you care to explain how it's a neutered Rift S?
I very much prefer being able to play without a cable myself (I had a CV1 before my Quest). The freedom really adds a lot to the experience.

On the other hand, if you're secretly regretting your decision to buy a cabled headset, then to help you feel better: "Oh no it's terrrrrrible, I wish I had bought one with a cable so I could feel more connected to my PC!!11!" There, to help you sleep :)

My PCVR is wireless. I own A Quest also, even with link cable or virtual desktop it's no replacement for a proper PCVR headset. That's a pretty lengthy reply to my "trolling", I wouldn't point fingers at others for the insecurity of a purchase lol

[Finraziel]

Nah I just like typing :P
I'm always way too verbose... seriously, I do the same at work, sending supercomprehensive emails where most people would just type 1 or 2 lines lol

As for it not being a replacement, you mean in terms of visual quality? Or latency?
Latency doesn't really bother me as long as I'm not trying to play a rhythm game and neither does the visual quality (honestly it looks better to me than the old CV1 did, but that is probably because of the better displays and lenses). The freedom of movement for me more than makes up for any of its shortcomings.

However I don't recommend it to people unless with a disclaimer that it's not guaranteed and can take a lot of tweaking on your side. You need a very good stable wifi network, and even then you may run into issues where games may not work properly (for instance I have no idea if the problems I'm experiencing with this game may be because I'm running it through virtual desktop).

(see? typing a pretty long comment again... it's just what I do)

[Jarilo]

Publicado originalmente por Finraziel:

Nah I just like typing :P
I'm always way too verbose... seriously, I do the same at work, sending supercomprehensive emails where most people would just type 1 or 2 lines lol

As for it not being a replacement, you mean in terms of visual quality? Or latency?
Latency doesn't really bother me as long as I'm not trying to play a rhythm game and neither does the visual quality (honestly it looks better to me than the old CV1 did, but that is probably because of the better displays and lenses). The freedom of movement for me more than makes up for any of its shortcomings.

However I don't recommend it to people unless with a disclaimer that it's not guaranteed and can take a lot of tweaking on your side. You need a very good stable wifi network, and even then you may run into issues where games may not work properly (for instance I have no idea if the problems I'm experiencing with this game may be because I'm running it through virtual desktop).

(see? typing a pretty long comment again... it's just what I do)

Quest link/VD is still better than no VR, I didn't mean to sound mean it's just that PCVR stuff is purpose built. I love wireless, I can see though how it's tempting but if someone is going to have a dedicated space and use their PC mostly I still recommend the Rift S or better. I can talk about the reason but wasn't my intention, I think your goal was to tell people that it works and that it does.

[Finraziel]

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

Quest link/VD is still better than no VR, I didn't mean to sound mean it's just that PCVR stuff is purpose built. I love wireless, I can see though how it's tempting but if someone is going to have a dedicated space and use their PC mostly I still recommend the Rift S or better. I can talk about the reason but wasn't my intention, I think your goal was to tell people that it works and that it does.

True, with a dedicated space I would probably recommend that too. You can also do things like install a system to suspend the cable from if you want then. It's mainly when you don't have a dedicated space that the Quest shines though. I just shove my coffeetable to the side and I have my space. It depends also where you live, but in my country most people don't live in very large houses (the Netherlands, we're quite densely populated), so dedicating a room to VR is rare.

Anyway, I wasn't the one telling people it works, I was just asking the guy how it works for him because the game is recognizing my controllers as vive wands and it's pretty crappy. But he hasn't responded yet so far (only been a day though).

[MrLeadFellow]

Really funny thing about the quest is to play any of the games they really want you must plug it in to a pc making the idea of the wireless quest galaxy s8 moot..at that point you getting a very cheap headset that can't do what the rest can but it works lol

[Jacky Cola]

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

Publicado originalmente por Finraziel:

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

So are you just trolling, or would you care to explain how it's a neutered Rift S?
I very much prefer being able to play without a cable myself (I had a CV1 before my Quest). The freedom really adds a lot to the experience.

On the other hand, if you're secretly regretting your decision to buy a cabled headset, then to help you feel better: "Oh no it's terrrrrrible, I wish I had bought one with a cable so I could feel more connected to my PC!!11!" There, to help you sleep :)

I currently own both, Quest and Rift S and I need to decide which one I will keep.

Saying "neutered Rift S" is simply wrong. Both are not perfect and both have DIFFERENT pros and cons with them, making a decision very hard.

Sure, using the Quest wirelessy comes with cost of latency and image quality. But eventually playing wireless is a huge pro in some games and totally worth the trade.

In other games you can still use an USB Cable for Link which has no noticable latency anymore. I tried in Eleven Table Tennis and didnt notice any, even fast balls can be hit precisely.

Audio for example is much better on Quest. Both support headphones but damn, that built in Rift audio is bad as hell.

And oviously you can not unplug/disconnect your Rift S and go play a round standalone in a huge outside area.

So saying one of them would be neutered is just stupid. Its everones individual taste and use case to decide wich one is better and what feature weights more.

If you are really only on a PC and your IPD is within Rift S fixed range and you use external headphones, then Rift S is the best with no question.

But the ability to play wirelessy or completely standalone is a considerable advantage that adds a lot to the VR experience. Also watching (3D) Movies anywhere or simply playing outside on warm days is a huge advantage, that might be worth some SDE xd

[Finraziel]

Publicado originalmente por MrLeadFellow:

Really funny thing about the quest is to play any of the games they really want you must plug it in to a pc making the idea of the wireless quest galaxy s8 moot..at that point you getting a very cheap headset that can't do what the rest can but it works lol

Look into Virtual Desktop...
I play nearly everything with that over wifi. Only game I've tried so far that was seriously hampered by it is Beat Saber, and even that I managed to get playable by fiddling with the audio delay setting (but I did cave and just buy the Quest version after that though, much better).

[Paradigm]

Publicado originalmente por Fruit Punch Samurai:

using steam vr on a pc is not 'running on the quest' it's running on the pc and played on the quest, meaning no portability

Actually I'm running it from an alienware m15 laptop wirelessly via Virtual Desktop. So it is quite portable. I could pack up the whole rig easily and take it to a friend's house if I wished, and still play it wirelessly, as NVIDIA says, 'The way it's meant to be played!" And I concur with the previous posters, this game is so much fun on the quest. It's amazing!

[Paradigm]

Publicado originalmente por Jacky Cola:

Publicado originalmente por Jarilo:

How to turn your Quest into a neutered Rift S. lol

Publicado originalmente por Finraziel:

So are you just trolling, or would you care to explain how it's a neutered Rift S?
I very much prefer being able to play without a cable myself (I had a CV1 before my Quest). The freedom really adds a lot to the experience.

On the other hand, if you're secretly regretting your decision to buy a cabled headset, then to help you feel better: "Oh no it's terrrrrrible, I wish I had bought one with a cable so I could feel more connected to my PC!!11!" There, to help you sleep :)

I currently own both, Quest and Rift S and I need to decide which one I will keep.

Saying "neutered Rift S" is simply wrong. Both are not perfect and both have DIFFERENT pros and cons with them, making a decision very hard.

Sure, using the Quest wirelessy comes with cost of latency and image quality. But eventually playing wireless is a huge pro in some games and totally worth the trade.

In other games you can still use an USB Cable for Link which has no noticable latency anymore. I tried in Eleven Table Tennis and didnt notice any, even fast balls can be hit precisely.

Audio for example is much better on Quest. Both support headphones but damn, that built in Rift audio is bad as hell.

And oviously you can not unplug/disconnect your Rift S and go play a round standalone in a huge outside area.

So saying one of them would be neutered is just stupid. Its everones individual taste and use case to decide wich one is better and what feature weights more.

If you are really only on a PC and your IPD is within Rift S fixed range and you use external headphones, then Rift S is the best with no question.

But the ability to play wirelessy or completely standalone is a considerable advantage that adds a lot to the VR experience. Also watching (3D) Movies anywhere or simply playing outside on warm days is a huge advantage, that might be worth some SDE xd

Hi friend. Just a quick comment on the latency. My Quest setup has absolutely 0 noticable latency. I did notice small latency at first, but then I changed my network config to only have it connect to the 5G access point instead of the 2.4 ghz one and the latency vanished. I also keep my laptop docked in my entertainment center so for good measure it is connected via ethernet. I either use my laptop on the TV as a console so my son and I can play games together on the the big TV, and if someone wants to watch TV I just continue using the PC remotely via Quest and Virtual Desktop and the same wireless keyboard and mouse. Playing Steam VR has been amazing. Games from the Oculus store are a lot more iffy though.