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The Quest 2 is the best bang for the buck by far. Unfortunately made by facebook, but designed by John Carmack while he was still working there, and if I'm not
by f0e4c2f7 5y ago
The Quest 2 is the best bang for the buck by far. Unfortunately made by facebook, but designed by John Carmack while he was still working there, and if I'm not mistaken sold at a loss. For the money it's the clear choice.
Another option if you don't mind over paying is the valve index. You'll get higher resolution and finger tracking. It's also said to be quite comfortable. At $1000 it's more like a sports car. By that I mean it breaks down all the time. When it's working it's great but if you use it a lot there are problems with the controllers. Lots of RMA stories. Many people turn to dissembling them and fixing things themselves. I've turned to that with my Vive.
The soon to be released PSVR 2 on PS5 is also worth an honorable mention but leaves out some of the experimental VR stuff you can hack around at on PC VR.
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I should note as well with the Quest 2. There isn't even a tradeoff between PCVR and standalone mode. You can get the link cable and use it as a PCVR headset to play steam games etc.
- iab 5y agoWhat about the HTC Vive & similar?
- f0e4c2f7 5y agoI have the original HTC Vive, It's been great! Hardware wise it's right around the quest 2, maybe slightly better. After a few years of heavy use the controller trackpads started breaking down and I thought I would have to buy new ones. But if you search online you find it's a common problem and possible to fix. Taking the controllers apart feels exactly like dissembling laptops if you've ever done that. Even the screws are similar. Anyway I have to do that like once every 6 months now but other than that it's still good. I'm about due for an upgrade and debating getting an Index now or waiting to see if headset comes out around the 1-3k Price point this year. There are other HTC headsets. The Vive Pro and the Vive Cosmos both came out after the original Vive but it sounds like the Pro isn't quite as good as the Index and the Cosmos is just outright bad. It would be great to see HTC to release something to beat the Index. There is also the HP Reverb G2 at $500. I don't know as much about this one but I've heard the video quality is similar to the Index but with worse tracking.
- iab 5y agoGreat tips, thanks
- _Reo 5y ago> You'll get higher resolution and fov Index only has higher FOV, although if you’re not connecting your Quest to a computer you probably won’t be using the full resolution anyway.
- culpable_pickle 5y ago> designed by John Carmack while he was still working there When did he leave? And what is he doing now?
- f0e4c2f7 5y agoThe last I heard he was doing AI research on his own time but googling it looks like he may still work with Facebook in some capacity too.
- f0e4c2f7 5y agoLooking some more I found this video. Sounds like he is quite heavily involved after all. Interesting video too. https://youtube.com/watch?v=BnSUk0je6oo https://youtube.com/watch?v=BnSUk0je6oo