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mmm... I love that New VR HMD Smell

Zenbane
MVP
MVP
Quest has arrived in House Grayskull.

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Let me start by saying that I am completely blown away by the Pass-Through technology. It's amazing to be able to walk through my entire house, even up and down stairs, while staring through the HMD. No more peeking under the nose gap!

There has been some concern over the new controller design. With the Rings being "upwards" now, but let me tell you... I can already see some great benefits to this. For example, I just finished playing through some of Vader Immortal (highly recommended), and during the Jedi Light Saber Training Sessions, I was able to grip a single Light Saber with both hands. With the new controllers you can hold the Saber while keeping your hands slightly apart (a gap between your top and lower hand), while keeping both hands in sync due to the fact that the Controller Ring on the Lower Hand can rest underneath your Upper Hand without losing tracking.



With the older controllers, you have to keep your hands pressed atop each other, or else your hands are floating in the air and you have to try to keep them in sync by "miming" the gestures. Granted, sometimes holding a blunt object with both hands touching is preferable, but not always! This is something I thought might be worth pointing out.

The image Quality in Quest is better than GO but not as a good as a Rift with a top GPU, as expected. But I am already in love with this Device and its capabilities. The visuals in Vader Immortal alone are well worth the price of admission, imo. I'm going back in!
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Evileyes
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Thank god you added the Skeletor mask to your pic! I have a Skeletor Teeshirt I wear all the time!

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Zenbane
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Evileyes said:

Thank god you added the Skeletor mask to your pic! I have a Skeletor Teeshirt I wear all the time!

P.S. Glad you like the product!



I love my Skeletor mask. Sometimes it's the only thing I have on! 😉

pyroth309
Visionary
Awesome, Mine just arrived despite saying it was delayed and I was just commenting to my wife about the smell lol. I'm still sifting through the box and reading the manual. 

edmg
Trustee
Yeah, the smell is certainly something I don't remember from earlier headsets.

Zenbane
MVP
MVP
It's a strong odor, and lots of people are commenting on it lol

But it goes away fast. It isn't terrible, and is gone before the day is over.

I just beat Vader Immortal. I literally just experienced a childhood fantasy of fighting alongside Darth Vader. He and I were beating DAFUQ outta some Combat Droids! I'll be purchasing a 2nd Quest around the Holidays for other family members to enjoy. And I'll likely be upgrading my Rift CV1 to the Rift S this week (possibly tomorrow). I'm reading too many reviews from too many sources that the visuals are a very impressive upgrade.

pyroth309
Visionary
Haha, I'm jumping on that soon too. Chargin up mine and doing the install deal. I can already tell this thing is quality, love how it feels in my hands. The controllers do have a tendency to roll but otherwise they're great.

Zenbane
MVP
MVP
Yeah, since the controllers are top-heavy, they roll easy. Takes some getting used to, but after a few Jedi sessions you should be all good!

Anonymous
Not applicable
Is it a new HMD smell or just the Oculus smell?
Because I did open a Vive at one point and I think it smelled different (but still had an odor).

pyroth309
Visionary


Is it a new HMD smell or just the Oculus smell?
Because I did open a Vive at one point and I think it smelled different (but still had an odor).


Well this smell is definitely unique to the Quest/Oculus for me.It seems to be coming from the foam and material mostly. My Odyssey had a smell but it was different than this one and not as strong.