My opinion on the Meta Quest 3 after 3 months of use for Gaming, Experiences and Work

Hello I wanted to give you my opinion on this device which is the one you see on the screen which is the Metaquest in its 3rd version In this case I bought the most cuttingedge one which would be the one with the greatest capacity So I basically want to tell you what my experience is in all this It is important that you understand that my point of view is that of a developer and that I obviously also like to interact with these types of devices to experience games and also what they call experience but it is a point of view that you can surely consider different from the one you commonly find out there which is simply for enjoyment I also wanted it for work and also to develop some application so there are several little things that I have pending or that I want to talk about and give you my experience based on that

Having clarified this a bit I am also glad to have chosen this device instead of the meta 3s which are the latest ones that came out right now at least recently when I recorded this video since the s have a slightly worse screen they have slightly worse features than these and therefore at least having the most cuttingedge device to date from what the meta people own I think it can be quite useful to me In other words my opinion is all positive it is quite negative in that sense for the experience itself therefore it is good that I had this device because if I had stayed with the 3s I surely would have been able to think well the others surely would not have given me this problem which is not the case because I have the latest or the most advanced to date then

Hardware of a phone

Before starting it is important that I explain myself and that you understand that I know what the technical limitations are of this type of device that is basically a phone has the hardware of a phone that is to say it is not a computer or anything like that but it is the hardware of a phone even so I think it is important as one would say one to express oneself openly and comment on what my experience has been with it that simple is what I want to start commenting on so here I leave you a table I know that people love to read the videos so here I leave you some quick texts So a little random but well any little thing you can read here:

Invasive it influences your surroundings more

It limits you it is intrusiveinvasive
I have not gotten dizzy it only stuns me or disorients me

The first thing I want to comment on is not a criticism of the device I knew its technical limitations things that I would have liked to know

I have not yet gotten used to the device since it arrived less than two months

Things I dont like about meta quests
Stress
The field of view is very short
It is very intrusive stuck to the face and generates heat one of the reasons why 3D failed is because it was very intrusive this is much more
The front cameras are blurry

Reason why I bought it
I wanted to try Spatial Computing I have not been able to do it being so intrusive it is difficult for me to work I wanted them to be able to work in another position but I have not been able to
Test Games
Develop VR games

What one expects from any device is that the less portablemore intrusive INVASIVE better experience video and audio quality You can play with the phone while walking or going out but you cant do the same with a PC

The more immersive the better graphic and audio quality you will have but the features are extremely immersive and the quality is progressive in games and experiences

Two types of games or immersions where you can move around the 3D environment and interact with the environment and feel like the world is spinning around you literally or you stay standing and interact with whatever comes to you

My problems
The games feel basic being determined by movements they are slow and the graphics are simple which together with how intrusive they are can lead to fatigue or frustration
I barely played 10 minutes of Jurassic Park
Many games are slow and together with the graphics and the intrusiveness of the glasses you end up frustrated its like if you want to play a playstation 1 or 2 game on a PC I prefer to do it from a less introductory environment like a steam deck

In the end when using spatial computing I feel like Im worsening my work environment Id rather grab a laptop a thousand times and have that extra comfort that I dont have sitting in this chair

It generates a lot of stress when using it and you sweat a lot I guess its a response from the body

Many times when we program we sweat we break our heads if we add to that the discomfort of having the visor

Negative points

Intrusive

The most important term I think is the invasive part that I also refer to this with intrusive in the same way I will explain it to you a little later what I mean by this I am going to start with the part of stress first what do I mean by stress basically any device that you use or directly any object that you have glued to say that you are not used to for example precisely some glasses that start to bother you what is the part of the nose when you are not used to that is what I call stress that is to say a discomfort the end this device is obviously going to cause a great discomfort especially at the beginning and above all I think that the majority of mortals Why I think it is quite clear apart from being quite heavy glasses and having a weight on the neck that to me personally did not bother that part or at least that I am bending my head and if it starts to weigh a little but.

Poor front cameras

More than that its one of the front cameras In the end the front cameras are a kind of good thing when one doesnt want to use augmented reality directly it would be mixed reality or directly nothing Its the way in which we have to interact with our real environment Well obviously they are much more limited that is to say they dont have enough quality and therefore what is the keyboard if you want to use spatial computing or directly see a message on a phone it becomes quite complicated therefore that generates annoyance

Field of view limited to 110 degrees

On the other hand I think it is quite understandable that you have a screen stuck to your face with what this entails that it generates heat and also generates a light therefore that also generates quite a bit of discomfort or stress as you want to call it the other important point is also the field of vision one has a field of vision of 180 gr therefore anything including what we have here next to us we can see it we can know that it is there we do not see it clearly but we know that it is there so when you are interacting with certain games this is not so that is to say the field of vision that this device has is 110 degrees therefore you have it here next to you you do not see it when you have it in the camera when you are using the metaquest therefore when you are experimenting Whether with some games or what they call experiences this is very annoying at least to me it is very annoying that I am precisely interacting with myself with my environment and I cannot see an object that in the real world I could see and one is used to So I had it here right next to me and it is precisely because of the screens that cannot be Curves are not completely curved they are almost flat And that is a big problem for me when I am interacting with these types of positives and those are the things in broad terms that I dont like

Experiences and games

The next point I want to talk about here is about the experience in games and also what they call experience that in the end the experiences or at least I am here as who says summarizing a little or attracting a little the experiences you can see them as if they were the games but without a reason in itself or without that degree of difficulty that is characteristic of the games like advancing to a certain part, eliminating certain objectives etcetera here it is simply taking a photo or something like that a good example of experience is the National Geographic application that is also available here in the meta store So my problem is that they are extremely slow, that is to say, their mechanics are extremely slow, mind you, this also makes perfect sense since one is used to it Ah for example when you are playing a game a phone on the computer or whatever you press a button and that exerts some action run kick eh do a Samurai combo whatever in this case that Samurai combo you have to do it and obviously since we are not ninjas then the execution becomes much slower and can be tedious mind you. This is good and bad at the same time, that is to say, the practice you say Well, I'm moving Sure, but in the end they become very slow experiences and therefore the degree of difficulty becomes a little as if it were introductory, that is to say, everything is very slow. Unlike what one is used to with a game, which in the end if you also add this to what I am telling you that generates a lot of stress and also you have to carry out those actions, it becomes quite frustrating many times and even difficult to advance in video games a little for what was mentioned before because they become very slow experiences, very simple in their execution.

Portability and fidelity

another point that I also consider important is very invasive that is commenting or following a little bit the initial point to see one is accustomed again if one plays on this type of devices one has tremendous portability one cannot move wherever one wants if one plays on a PC one will have greater fidelity that is to say we will have better quality or a better experience a better investment in this case would be what if we compare it with this because it is a greater investment what do I mean by this a bigger screen better resolution you buy some 71 51 speakers directly some headphones whatever you like you will have a greater investment clear here you lose portability but you gain in investment in this case here we are losing in what is referred to No it is not investment because this gives you a greater investment just like a PC but it remains like a kind of hybrid a little strange again lets see if I can explain the point this gives you tremendous portability but you lose in investment Unlike a PC in which you do not have the portability but you do gain in investment here you do not have directly If you had that portability but as much as I know you cannot Going out with this on the street you cant even go down stairs Unless you pray for your physical integrity therefore you are quite apart from what I indicated to you before with the stress all the points there that limits you a lot physically So I consider that it limits you again a lot in your movements and in the end where you can interact with it So my problem for me is that when we use this device we have a huge screen 80 inches 50 inches whatever this would be comparable with a PC to call it somehow if instead of this it were closer to a PC but the graphic quality As much as it is it becomes terrible again one knows what is the Hardware that we have here and the technical limitations but even so when one is experimenting with it for me it does not end up adding up because in the end I feel that I am playing a play 1 Play 2 game directly on a 4k PC 120 hz or 240 hz that is to say it would be crazy to play a Playstation 1 game or similar graphics on a PC based on those characteristics at least for me I would not I would not I would never do it I would rather use this type of device 1000 times if I want to enjoy an old game with old mechanics or mechanics that could already be considered obsolete than playing them on a PC as I mentioned before

Bad graphics cartoon and polygonal graphics

A little bit what I feel here the graphics are never the best the graphics here are just plain bad graphics so to speak that is to say obsolete graphics play 1 play 2 to give an example or they directly want to simulate them a little by giving them a polygonal type or directly Cartoon type and it is precisely because the graphic quality is not the best So if we also add to this all the above that they are slow games and also all the stress that it generates for you

Movement games are difficult

I have not yet managed to enjoy a video game in which I have to explore my surroundings directly for everything mentioned above I cannot play for more than 10 minutes 15 minutes and another point that you also have to take into account here is the intensity that people also indicate to you in each of the applications This is also quite complicated in games where you are exploring your surroundings since precisely when you start to move you are not moving physically but your eyes are projecting They are indicating to the brain that if you are moving this generates tremendous stress How good you have to experience it to know what the hell is happening Sometimes you even feel like you are losing your balance and you fall or you can fall you have to be very aware of that So that is also another fundamental point in the bad experience that I have had on this type of device

Playing while sitting down means you lose immersion to a large extent.

that you can play sitting down Yes but it really is quite annoying for me since in the end I have to interact with my surroundings with the joystick So it is still the issue So I have not yet been able to, as they say, enjoy any experience of this type for what was said before, something that I have been able to enjoy quite a bit are basically the experiences or video games in which I do not have to move, all the objects come towards me, a good example of this is the beat type game, you know there is a free version which is moon, you know, well the screenshots that you are seeing on the screen these types of applications or games I have been able to take advantage of 100% and they have not caused me any discomfort like the rest of the applications that I mentioned to you that are for exploration and movement have caused me, so go back to another point to close, which is the work part.

And to work

Well if I havent been able to even enjoy something I think that the work part would be much less possible because I for example am a programmer therefore I have to rack my brains when Im here developing a code or something and if I have to add that to the stress of having that blessed device on top of me apart from the fact that I cant see the side correctly for what was mentioned before for me it has been practically impossible apart from the fact that the advantage that I would see in this type of device is mobility that is to say that I can move towards a chair a more comfortable part because Im sitting in this blessed chair and I want to be on a high chair or something like that something that I cant do with the PC I dont dare to do it with this or I havent been able to because precisely if you want to recline youre going to have the back part of the strat thats going to start bothering you its going to hit something else So this is going to make you move so that the screen is the front part you can move it here and put it on like a simple thing

I prefer to use a laptop than VR for work

But that would mean that precisely because of the position you would have to tighten this Wheel much more and therefore it would tighten your face much more So I have not been able to work with this either it could be worked here precisely where I am sitting but be careful for that I prefer to do it a thousand times in the environment that I have so these are things that as I say the device is there but I still have not found out what the hell it is for or something that you say that you can use in perfect conditions

A little bit of positivism

As a conclusion I also want to highlight here a little bit a little bit of the positive I dont want to be so negative it is not my intention to be so negative in this type of devices that at least seem curious to me and in my opinion would be interesting but again you have to know how to use them that is a bit what I want to convey in all this again this is my vision using the device for two months surely in the future This is going to change a bit as I get used to it a little by little which is the important part in all this all this is my vision at the beginning that it has been difficult for me to use it and obviously when I use it I dont finish enjoying it therefore that is what I wanted to convey here it is a rather strange device if you compare it to a PC a computer Well a computer is the same thing or a television a video game console that you can use for several hours If that is what you want and you should not have any major inconvenience this type of device is much more invasive and it is a bit what was commented before in terms of graphics Yes there are many games that are old I suppose they were for the goals that one or both and therefore the graphic quality is quite poor but luckily there are certain gems So to speak or certain games that are going to have a higher quality it is not that you are going to expect the highest quality in the world of the latest triple that you can play on a PC obviously not because it is Hardware of a phone apart from the fact that the resolution with which it is working is very high because we have it stuck to our face but you can enjoy it a lot more one of these holes is precisely what you are seeing on the screen there are more Surely I have not tried them this really is the first one that has really hooked me a little it has seemed very attractive to play but others will come out that are also going to have a very good graphic quality and in case the graphic quality is also a very fundamental point for you as it is partly for me you can also connect it to the PC and for this and with this you will have a higher fidelity So as I tell you if you are interested in buying it you also have a cheaper option therefore you do not have to spend the more than 600 that I had to spend For example to date when I bought the metaquest 3 in its 512 GB version You also have a version that literally costs half as much in case youre interested in trying it out and if you want to go with the bigger F thats it If you had to spend the 00 that the device currently costs so then if you have any questions you can let me know and Ill gladly answer them and without further ado Ill see you in another video

- Andrés Cruz

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