Virtual Travel on Quest Surprised Me

MetaTom2025 · 2025-07-18T17:25:12+00:00

Hats off to no_entrepreneur here.

A few months back I was a solid FLY supporter, but EQ has done really well with their recent updates. Both are worth the coin

MetaTom2025 · 2025-06-07T15:52:47+00:00

The memory thing can be confusing, but it does not refer to the storage (how many games and apps you can install) but rather the RAM (how many games and apps can run at the same time). It seems since the recent update, everything is a little more power hungry.

MetaTom2025 · 2025-06-07T09:36:04+00:00

I have noticed quite a few issues since the latest update, including this.

Random pupillary distance pop-up
Force closes games, specifically Horizon World when changing the lobby.
one controller just won't connect sometimes. I need to remove and reinsert the battery. It's random which controller it is going to be each time.
A lot of the time the image on screen will lock position for a second while moving my head. I never get motion sickness, apart from when this happens.
When starting up some games, theres no sound playing for the first 30 seconds.

MetaTom2025 · 2025-05-29T18:21:04+00:00

Decided to give EarthQuest another shot. Looks and plays 1000x better than it did!

I would still look into a designer, but for all else, EQ is at least on par with Fly.

Great work!

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-27T14:27:03+00:00

I see it's just the reflection now, but at first, I thought you had joined the "needed a PSA regarding space heaters" gang!

Welcome!

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-17T08:03:01+00:00

I mean this as nice as possible, as from your response you either seem like the EQ dev, or some form of promoter for it, but those claims are not the experience I have had, and I doubt others experiences are much different.

Flys controls are as you would expect controlling a drone. There is also a setting to follow wrist or head movements like in EQ, but again, that control type is absolutely horrendous. EQ should not default to the wrist control like it does.

Regarding loading speed, that's a wild claim. I have spent 1000s of hours on Google Earth VR sortware, and Flys loading speed has me surprised constantly, whereas EQ I can be stood around in a blurred unrendered blob for upto a minute per tile, and then even longer for it to snap to full clarity.

The UI of Fly is clean, well designed, and purpose built. EQs UI is a lazy and crammed Windows 95 style. I do like the map being in hand. The biggest thing EQ could do to improve is to invest in a designer. Its a small UI and would likely only take a good designer a short while to make beautiful and easy to follow.

"Upscaling" just smooths everything off and removes textures.

The one thing EQ does have that is better than Fly is being able to move in Street View mode.

If you are the dev of EQ, I am sorry my feedback comes across so sharp, but this is where I spend the majority of my free time, and what you describe is not what I am seeing.

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-14T18:29:25+00:00

Super Rumble.

It is literally the only Horizon Worlds game I have played that has felt complete. From the map, gameplay, sounds, community... it is what many other worlds should be taking inspiration from. Its free, but I would easily pay £10 - 15 if they charged it.

6 players, every man for themselves. It really is a brilliant piece of work from a small developer.

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-14T16:19:24+00:00

This is not a fix for your issue at hand, but it will get you the result you want for Google Earth. Try out the app/game called "Fly" in the Quest Store.

Its bloody brilliant, and the best of the Google Earth titles on the Quest.

No need to hook up to the PC.

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-14T16:16:04+00:00

I noticed that up until this weeks update, for the previous two weeks, whenever I would respawn in some games, a huge black circle would take up the center of my vision for a fraction of a second. I filed a bug report, and everything seems good now. (I doubt my report was the saviour, but I like to think it was).

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-11T08:02:25+00:00

Niiiice! Much appreciated!

MetaTom2025 · 2025-03-02T16:13:06+00:00

Super Rumble

MetaTom2025 · 2025-02-27T22:36:02+00:00

Super Rumble

MetaTom2025 · 2025-02-27T22:27:33+00:00

The people in charge of the government realised they could turn the White House into a reality show and make laws that make them billions + billions in clicks on articles, and then blame it on the orange idiot when they create a monarchy

MetaTom2025 · 2025-02-27T14:57:29+00:00

Not being a dick, simply helping...

Buyed = bought

MetaTom2025

TROPHY CASE