I’m a non-gamer who rarely plays games, but one of the best buys in 2020 is “Oculus Quest 2”. This year, when I spent a lot of time at home, I think it’s because of VR that the stress accumulated in the pool did not explode while I couldn’t go out.
The first time I touched a VR device on the Oculus platform was the “Galaxy Gear VR,” which is used with a smartphone. The platform of Oculus is different for each device, and there are many compatible apps for the full-scale “Oculus Rift” that connects to a PC, but the content that can be enjoyed with “Gear VR” is quite limited. This is even more so for non-gamers, and after enjoying some of the content as a sample, I mainly used it to show other people what I shot with my 360-degree camera.
The year before last, I bought “Oculus Go” which can be used standalone without a smartphone or PC, and started to enjoy chatting and “YouTube VR”, but I forgot to buy “Oculus Quest” released last year. It was. I was wondering if I needed 6DoF to move around in virtual space, and the price was high, and most of all, I was completely tired of the “Oculus Go” app by that time.
Nevertheless, I think that the reason why I became interested in “Oculus Quest 2” again this year was that the stay home period was long. When my planned diving trip was canceled and I was completely depressed, I pulled out “Oculus Go” after a long time, and when I saw a 360-degree underwater image on “YouTube VR”, I was surprised and healed myself. I did. Just because Softbank’s “VR SQUARE” is compatible with “Oculus Go”, I was able to immerse myself in the live video and release the stress of not being able to go to a real live.
“Oculus Quest 2” was released at the perfect timing when my VR fever was re-boiling. Moreover, the price starts from the 30,000 yen level. That’s why your hands will grow.
However, until I actually used it, I thought it would be a little over-engineered for people like me who just “see” VR. Just a few hours after I started using it, I would shout “Oculus Quest 2 is the best!” … There are three main reasons.
Reason 1: High resolution and immersive feeling
The resolution of “Oculus Quest 2” is 3664×1920 (1832×1920 dots per eye), compared to 2560×1440 (1280×1440 per eye) of “Oculus Go”. The image is clearly clear at the stage of the home screen, and even if you watch the same 360-degree image on “YouTube VR”, the impression is completely different. Thanks to the high resolution, you can enjoy even slightly moving images without VR sickness. This is a really nice point because the quality of the author is relatively easy to get drunk. Since it is used for a cloth headband, it is light enough to be compatible with 6DoF but not much different from the “Oculus Go”, but on the other hand, it is difficult to wear it with glasses because it is compact.
Reason 2: Many apps can be enjoyed in Japanese
One of the reasons I got tired of “Oculus Go” at an early stage was the lack of Japanese-speaking apps. It’s still good if you just watch the video, but if you don’t understand the words, you can’t do anything about adventure games that advance stories that are easy for non-gamers to play. For non-gamers who are not good at English, the apps they can enjoy were quite limited. In that respect, “Oculus Quest 2” is also available at mass retailers, and we are only focusing on sales in Japan, and there are quite a lot of Japanese-speaking apps. Japanese support for popular titles is also being promoted, and recently the popular game “POPULATION: ONE” has become Japanese support.
Reason 3: The game of moving the body may be fun
Originally I was lazy, but I continued to withdraw from the corona, and I became worried that I would be degenerated due to lack of exercise as it is. If you play the popular “BEAT SABER” etc., you can enjoy exercising and two birds with one stone? That was one of the motives for using “Oculus Quest 2”, but the fun of moving my body with 6DoF compatible VR was beyond my imagination. Not to mention “BEAT SABER”, the nostalgic sound game “Space Channel 5 VR Arakata ★ Dancing Show” played on “PlayStation 2” is quite fun and serious because it feels like you have entered the world of the game. It will be quite an amount of exercise.
By watching 360-degree videos from around the world on “YouTube VR” and experiencing a World Heritage Site in a game called “National Geographic Explore VR”, the anger of not being able to travel has been largely eliminated. In addition, Japanese-speaking adventure games such as “Down the Rabbit Hale” and “The Room VR: A Dark Matter” were highly immersive and escapist. In addition to the music game, the boxing game “The Thrill of the Fight” has also helped to eliminate lack of exercise and relieve stress. In addition, although I’m just getting started, talking to strangers on “VRChat” seems to be a good way to make up for lack of communication. As you can see, the stress of corona sickness is considerably reduced thanks to “Oculus Quest 2”.
It is attractive to be able to move around in the VR space within the range specified as 6DoF compatible, but since I am lonely, I am grateful that I can enjoy it in a sitting position except for games that I play for exercise. When I saw on some SNS that it was written that sitting in a hammock chair and watching VR images would increase the feeling of floating, I tried it with a diving app called “Ocean Lift”, and I felt that way. “Ocean Lift” is an app that you can enjoy from “Galaxy Gear VR”, but this year the Quest version is now available in Japanese, making it easier to play. I hope that the Japanese language will continue to increase at this rate, and that more apps will be enjoyed by non-gamer writers.
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