if you don't consider the value proposition. It's also comfortable to wear, built from carefully selected, high-quality materials, with top-notch weight distribution.īut all that comes at a price. It also boasts some impressive technology and handy convenience features, like per-finger tracking on the excellent Index controllers, USB passthrough for future accessories, and fantastic, crystal clear audio via the near-field speakers, which hover just off the ears. The FOV, at 130°, is also best-in-class, and there's virtually no detectable screen door effect inside the headset.
The Valve Index boasts some of the best visuals of any mainstream, commercially available HMD, with a display resolution equaling the Vive Pro, Quest, and Odyssey+ but paired with a 120Hz refresh rate (up to 144Hz in a currently unsupported, experimental mode). If you're not a fan of Meta's (née Facebook's) practices then you'd best scroll further down the list for a VR headset worth investing in. Meta did seemingly look to be rid of this mandatory login, but it's currently still in place. The company says it's to better serve you, the customer, with services and products, although for a good while there the only discernible 'benefit' was direct to feed screenshots. The Oculus Quest 2 requires a Facebook account.
There's only one hitch in the Oculus Quest 2's plan for virtual world domination: compulsory Facebook account login. The Quest 2 has also enjoyed a boost in memory capacity recently, and $299 now gets you a 128GB model, which is a sweet boost indeed. With Inside-Out tracking and hand tracking built-in, you can go from unboxing to up-and-running in VR in just a couple of minutes. The Quest 2 is also one of the quickest headsets to get up and running on this list. It's now capable of up to 120Hz refresh rate, thanks to a recent update, making it an even sweeter deal. It becomes an all-in-one VR Swiss army knife, capable of great on-the-move VR and gaming across SteamVR and Oculus Rift compatible titles. Thanks to Oculus Link, the Quest 2 becomes more than a standalone VR headset.
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