- In games like BigScreen, I suppose you can't play your own .mp4/.mkv files? Or can you?
- To be honest, I mostly want to use Oculus to find a little bit of tranquility on top of a mountain or on a beach. Would it be worth it? Do you know of a more open product which can perhaps deliver the same experience, and also allows programming/hacking?
Never bothered me. I got used to the reduced field of view and such pretty quickly.
> - In games like BigScreen, I suppose you can't play your own .mp4/.mkv files? Or can you?
Yep, you absolutely can. I've pointed it at an SMB share I have for such things, but you can also load it up with videos on the deviec. It's a little annoying to deal with DTS, but once you put the random .so it needs to decode it on the device, the hard work is done.
> tranquility on top of a mountain or on a beach. Would it be worth it?
Personally, I think so. It's mostly what I used mine for. It might not literally be a beach or whatever, but I really like the more tranquil apps like the VR painting ones or whatever that let me zone out and ignore the world for a bit. Also, I forgot to mention Derail Valley. I have many hours in that game, which for me is mostly about enjoying the train rides as I move cargo around.
As for more open: I'm looking into the HP Reverb, but I'm not yet that familiar with the desktop side of things. Given some of the quality of apps available, I'm guessing the programming side is pretty easy. Getting 3rd party stuff on the Quest is a bit like an iOS device. You need a developer account, then you can sideload packages (or use "SideQuest" to act as a third party store). No clue what FB plans for that side of things, of course.
Some questions that popped into my mind:
- Does the reduced viewing angle bother you?
- In games like BigScreen, I suppose you can't play your own .mp4/.mkv files? Or can you?
- To be honest, I mostly want to use Oculus to find a little bit of tranquility on top of a mountain or on a beach. Would it be worth it? Do you know of a more open product which can perhaps deliver the same experience, and also allows programming/hacking?