Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I never spend anything on myself and I realized I haven't been having much fun for quite a while now. Just focused on work and scrambling to get by. I've been picking up a lot of overtime and felt like it's time that I spend something on myself, something fun. I was looking at the Nintendo Switch, X-Box Series S and Meta Quest, as they're all in the same price range. After talking to a couple friends who have the Meta Quest I decided to go with it and I'm glad I did. It's so immersive. I was in outer space and I was able to push planets around; I was in a black hole for a moment. It was incredible. In another game I was in a real story about a man who has schizophrenia and in another, a fitness game, takes you all over the world while you workout. I've also watched short vr videos in the library where I was auditioning to join Lego Batman lol and in another video I was on a roller coaster. There's even a vr video for Ghost In The Shell. Overall, I am very impressed with the Meta Quest and have absolutely no regrets with the purchase. The exercise one, called Supernatural, is by far one of the best reasons to get this if you want to get in shape and live a healthier life. It's supremely an exceptional fitness app that also includes stretching and meditation as well. There are some downfalls; none worth turning away from the system itself but worth the developers listening to: - The set up is such a pain. I had so many issues with getting it set up. I tried doing it from my phone and I think that was my first mistake but the directions were not entirely clear when trying to do it from the headset alone. I had to restart my headset twice so I could try to get it set up. - The cell phone app, at least for Apple devices, is less than user friendly, especially for setting up the headset. It's like the button goes away when you start filling out information and it's such a hassle to try to wiggle it back down. - The controllers should be rechargeable. Using double-AA batteries is such a waste of money and product, and just further adds to landfills needlessly. Fortunately, you can use rechargeable double-AA batteries. I would either rather see the controllers be rechargeable or ship them without batteries so people can make the choice to get rechargeable ones or not. - Up close the visuals are absolutely incredible. Almost like you're actually there but when you look farther out, it becomes less realistic and more pixelated. For the most part it doesn't bother me as this is developing technology but hopefully the next Meta Quest (3) will be more real even at greater distances. - Some of the games won't let you get back out of them without restarting your headset. The only way I've found a way around this is by enabling voice control and saying "go home" and it gets you out of the app that you're in. - When watch videos that aren't vr it takes into essentially theater mode. I would much rather have a full screen mode so there is no black screen around the video; just the video, or at least as close to it as possible. - The bottom part of the headset allows more light in than what I would like. Sleep face masks these days now have a nose bridge to block out the majority of the light; I definitely believe Meta Quest should have this as well to create more of an immersive experience. I think what surprised me most about this system is the sound. The speakers are not on your ears but you can hear everything as clear as day, and outside sounds don't interfere at all. It's honestly incredible how loud and clear the sound is even though they're not directly on your ears. The safety features are also 100% on point. I definitely don't feel unsafe with this. I've never hit a wall or anything else with a body part or with the controllers. It's a very intuitive system and I am very excited to see where they take this. After using this I can firmly say that VR is definitely the way of the future. Most people, including myself, already know this but you don't really know why until you try it out and then you can really see the potential in it. This is a solid investment for just having fun but also for your physical, emotional and mental health as well. The key difference between this and other gaming consoles like the Playstation, Nintendo, etc. is that this genuinely feels like I have an experience versus just staring at a screen. Those immersive stories are real stories, some of them with the actual people of those stories and it changes the way you think and feel about the world around you and how others see their own lives and the lives around them. The one story about the schizophrenic man is so interesting and there's another one that shows how a blind person saw the world as they gradually became blind with the original audio recordings. The storytelling is captivating and there's plenty more stories like those on there with I'm sure more to come. Overall, I am extremely impressed with this system and would highly recommend to anyone looking into potentially buying one.