Time-lapse setting up PS4 and PSVR
4I finally gave in and bought my first console in more than a decade, my last one prior to this was the Wii in 2007. Now it's December 2018 so about 11½ years in between.
There are a bunch of games on PS4 and PSVR that I feel like playing and with Sony backing out of E3 I don't expect the PS5 next year, unless they sneak announce it without hands-on demos available, so waiting for the PS5 felt a bit long considering.
It took me 1h 15min to...
- Unpack PS4, PSVR and Move controllers
- Plug in the PS4, PSVR breakout box and PS camera
- Install the system update, VR firmware update and VR software update
- Set privacy settings, power settings, register online account, download a game
Then during the last half hour I played a VR game, redeemed two codes, installed the Move controllers that had no power in them so I could not continue so that's when the fun ended this time.
Initial impressions?
- Smells like a new Rift DK2, reminds me of one as well due to the non-Fresnel optics.
- Headset tracking feels solid, I get distortion moving my head up and down but might be the placement of the headset on my face.
- The gamepad tracked fairly badly, it works, but jitters and jiggles a fair bit. Better than non-tracked though, definitely.
- Detail looks quite good, very faint screen-door-effect but that also made me see aliasing better at the same time, I think.
All in all I'm quite impressed they managed to make this for the PS4 mid-console-generation. Now I need to figure out when there are sales and stuff so I can get a few games without going bankrupt.
As it's not my primary gaming platform, yet at least, I have a slight resistance to spend too much money on games. But, now when I've paid for the hardware I should try to get some use out of it 😅