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  1. Comment on Meta Quest 2 - For someone in a wheelchair in ~games

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    Indeed it can be a great choice, altho i would recommend to look at the quest 3s instead as the quest 2 is no longer being supported (everything still works and every game and program can be...

    Indeed it can be a great choice, altho i would recommend to look at the quest 3s instead as the quest 2 is no longer being supported (everything still works and every game and program can be installed still, but newer stuff wont be optimized for it anymore)

    The quest is one of the safest choices you have for vr, you need no separate computer, if you do buy second hand just look out for damage to the lenses, any scratch can be a big deal because the lens will cover your eyes entire fov

    Jeez all above sounds like the normal costumer support advice i see on reddit, they're all absolutely right but i thought i could still write it out with a different style.. guess not

    But one thing i can say is, if money is a concern, after buying the headset you can kinda easily enable developer mode and then install apk files (yes the quest is android based) onto it, and finding games for it (even paid ones) for free is possible with a little bit of searching on reddit for guides

    As for a list of seated games, i can kinda say all can be done seated, even lying down without too much tinkering, most non-exercise games have joystick rotation and movement, with just hands needed for shooting/throwing/punching/interacting etc, so try to experiment with different styles and see what suits your partner, story games (AC nexus and Batman come to mind for 10-12hour stories) online social spaces games (vrchat) exploration (wooorld and such) even some sports games (all in one sports)

    Maybe even some movement based ones are possible? Beatsaber definitely is (with walls disabled), Audio trip and Synth riders too, maybe even Pistol Whip can be done by dodging with movement from lower back only?

    If really unsure, you could look on youtube for some vr games, see if he would like to try it, then just give it a go, its a big ecosystem and the headset has good resell value

    5 votes

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  3. Comment on Android launchers in ~tech

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    I use Smart Launcher because of its app categorizing functionality, i know i can get something similar using folders in other launchers, but having everything in different tabs is nice.

    I use Smart Launcher because of its app categorizing functionality, i know i can get something similar using folders in other launchers, but having everything in different tabs is nice.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Thoughts on VR? in ~tech

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    I own the Quest 3 and use it as semi-regularly I use the stock strap and put a powerbank in my pocket and get around 8 hours of battery life in one go. Main uses are Beatsaber and Pistolwhip for...

    I own the Quest 3 and use it as semi-regularly
    I use the stock strap and put a powerbank in my pocket and get around 8 hours of battery life in one go.

    Main uses are Beatsaber and Pistolwhip for exercise, but i have Cubism and Puzzling places installed for times of just calm turning-off-brain playing.
    Sometimes i draw random things in Open Brush, maybe, rarely.

    I really enjoy watching movies on it, i understand the colors aren't the best with its LCD screen, but bringing down the brightness and bumping up contrast just the tiniest bit has made the colors good enough to forget it.

    Sometimes when reading epubs/pdfs or going down a wikipedia rabbit hole i decide to do it on the headset, and honestly i get less eye strain then on a phone (somewhat same level as a monitor), but since i can be lying down or in any position, i've been finding myself reading inside the headset more lately.

    Just one small annoyance i got is that my right eye is a tiny bit weaker than my left, so i see the left eyes diagonal pixels more, but if i squint my right eye so that it can see the pixels, i can no longer notice pixels when viewing with both eyes (the different angles in the displays makes my brain think it's higher resolution for some reason).

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Retailers hate that you buy big things on your laptop in ~finance

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    You guessed it, write the content on phone, get a friends laptop or go to the uni's computer lab, format and finalize. It is weird but some of the other students just accept that they may spend at...

    You guessed it, write the content on phone, get a friends laptop or go to the uni's computer lab, format and finalize.
    It is weird but some of the other students just accept that they may spend at the computer lab (which is open 8am to 8pm)
    The things they may need a computer for are all accessible at the uni.
    I think i should have mentioned this is a medical sciences uni, nurses, emergency service students, operating room students, and general doctors don't need a PC too much, and can do most things albeit with a bit more effort on tablets and phones (medical science courses in Iran may be a tad different from what is the norm)
    I fear i have a highly incorrect count of the amount of laptops aswell, so please excuse me for giving wrong statistics.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Retailers hate that you buy big things on your laptop in ~finance

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    19 year old university student here, i personally have multiple backups of everything and primarily use a laptop in the dormitory, its extremely rare to see a laptop there (and from a few ip scans...

    19 year old university student here, i personally have multiple backups of everything and primarily use a laptop in the dormitory, its extremely rare to see a laptop there (and from a few ip scans i've done on the shared wifi, there's ~19 students with a windows or mac machine in the whole university with 2k students).

    I don't get how they get by with just a phone, i have a full TWRP backup of my phone on my laptop, backup of my important files on a external hard drive, backup of the most important files and files i may need to access without further notice on a private server, yet their lack of fear on how easily their daily device can break is baffling to me.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on Are there many furries on Tildes? in ~hobbies

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    Pegasisters are the female version of Bronies, which are fans the My Little Pony Altho the name Pegasister is used less than Brony, with people of all genders usually just referring to themselfs...

    Pegasisters are the female version of Bronies, which are fans the My Little Pony
    Altho the name Pegasister is used less than Brony, with people of all genders usually just referring to themselfs as Bronies
    I haven't heard of Pegacisters before, would you mind elaborating @public?

    3 votes