This is the equipment you should buy to fully enjoy the VR Metaverse!

The great thing about VR Metaverses, including VRChat, is that you can be who you want to be. You can become a beautiful girl character and make a girl's heart bloom, you can become an animal and cry with the paws on your palm, you can freely transform into a robot or a monster. Come on, let's vaporize you too!

As an aside, it is the type of avatar or category that shows the national character of VR users. I was told by a user who has been accessing VRChat for a long time, but the percentage of Japanese people who become beautiful girl avatars is high, and it seems that there are many people in the United States who wear Star Wars and armor, and in Europe, there are many schemers. . You can see what kind of content was popular in each country = what you want to become is different.

The most affordable VR headset Quest 2

The goggles for viewing the VR world are VR headsets. There are various products on the market, but Quest 2 is the most convenient and standard among them.

Quest 2 is a VR headset developed and sold by Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram. Equipped with the Snapdragon XR2 chipset developed for VR equipment, the resolution of the liquid crystal panel is 1832 × 1920 dots per eye. It has a horizontal viewing angle of 104 degrees and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.

While many other VR headsets require a Windows PC as a mother ship, the Quest 2 can use many dedicated apps on its own. Although it is a 2D display, it is also possible to install an Android application apk file.

The 128GB model sold from July 2021 is 37,180 yen, which is a reasonable price range. is also the point. There is also a report that the total number of units sold worldwide has exceeded 10 million units, indicating the high popularity.

The VR metaverses that I want you to try are VRChat and cluster. You can install avatars provided by the official free of charge, avatars sold for a fee at BOOTH, etc., and avatars created with avatar creation applications.

Oculus Quest 2 (Amazon)

VIVE Focus 3 with wide viewing angle and immersive feeling

Like Quest 2, VIVE Focus 3 can run a dedicated app on its own. However, the application that can be moved is different from that of Quest 2. VIVE Focus 3 is designed for business use, and since there are no VR metaverse or avatar apps among the provided apps, a Windows PC equipped with a GPU, which will be described later, can be used to run PCs provided by Steam, etc. You will need the VR version of the VR Metaverse app.

However, the liquid crystal panel has a resolution of 2448 x 2448 pixels per eye, a maximum horizontal viewing angle of 120 degrees, and a refresh rate of 90Hz, which is higher than the Quest 2 and has a wider field of view. The PC VR version of the VR Metaverse app makes the world itself rich, so the performance of a high-resolution VR headset comes into play. The mesh pattern (screen door) in the image is also fairly inconspicuous, increasing the sense of immersion.

In addition to VRChat (Steam) and cluster (downloaded from the official website), Neos VR is also available. Note that the Steam version of Neos VR cannot use NFT-related functions. The full-featured version can be downloaded from the official website.

VIVE Focus 3

If you want to do VR Metaverse, this is the entrance RTX 3060 Laptop

A high performance GPU is required to log in to the PC VR version of the VR Metaverse. For NVIDIA's GeForce series, the RTX 3060 is the starting line.

In addition, the PC VR version of the VR metaverse is more likely to change depending on the memory size than the number of cores of the GPU and the operating clock. Of course, the larger the memory size, the more comfortable it is. Unlike VR games that efficiently control character placement and background depiction so that high performance can be achieved even with a certain amount of GPU, it is a space where dozens of users gather and move freely with the wind blowing, so memory is used anyway. That's a lot of consumption.

And there is a difference in the installed memory size between the RTX used on the desktop PC and the RTX Laptop built into the notebook PC. The RTX 3060 is 12GB, but the RTX 3060 Laptop is 6GB. Therefore, even with the GPU of the same name, the desktop PC is more comfortable, but there is no problem in entering the PC VR version of the VR metaverse world, which is not too crowded even with the RTX 3060 Laptop. As expected, frames start to drop in instances where more than 30 people are logged in.

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In fact, the cost performance is the best RTX 3060

As mentioned above, the RTX 3060 has a memory size of 12GB. Even though the RTX 3060 Ti is 8GB and the RTX 3070/3070 Ti is also 8GB. This 12GB of room means that you can comfortably see the world full of particles that will entertain you with cutting-edge art expressions in the VR Metaverse. For notebook GPUs, you can choose 8GB for RTX 3070/3070 Ti Laptop and 16GB model for RTX 3080 Laptop.

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Let's bring the lower body to virtual!

In a typical VR environment, the headset and the two-handed controller track three movements. In this 3-point tracking environment, it is difficult to reproduce the movement of parts such as your waist and legs in virtual space. HaritoraX is attracting attention there. A tracker that can have sensors on both shins, both thighs, and hips without the need for external sensors like other trackers. Since it can be connected wirelessly, the dream of performing a dance performance in the Metaverse will come true.

Related link: HaritoraX

If you are particular about your voice, you definitely need a microphone

Some people who want to change into a beautiful girl or a monster may want to change not only their appearance but also their voice. If you use the microphone built into the VR headset, you will hear the voice as it is, so connect an external microphone to the Windows PC. Change the tone of your voice with a voice changer that works on your PC.

For those who want to show off their performances, such as dancing, it is best to use a pin microphone that uses wireless digital transmission. You can move around freely by fixing the microphone to your chest and wrapping the excess cable and putting it in your pocket.

Like VTuber content, if you want to shoot videos that can be seen from a straight-on angle of view, a microphone that can be placed on a table or fixed with a microphone stand is good. In particular, USB microphones have the advantage that the microphone itself becomes an audio interface, and the volume adjustment is easy and easy to handle. If you can prepare a separate audio interface, use a microphone for vocals. A dynamic microphone like the BETA 58A is relatively easy to set up and is recommended. If you have a room where you can control the reverberation, try a condenser mic that picks up subtle tones.

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