Annual investigation into which VR headset to get proves too much (again!)

[jarvis82]

I think I first thought about PC VR when my son got the PSVR headset when it came out 4 years ago. I looked into it then, and decided I'd wait. Each year (usually in the lead up to my birthday) I have another look, and each time I think surely there will be a clearer answer this year!

After my annual couple of days of reading forum posts and reviews, I'm still at a loss. I play shooters, FS2020 etc. I think its unlikely that I'd be seeing a great experience in FS2020 VR any time soon, as I prob lack the hardware. Also saw something about Skyrim VR, which peeked my interest.

The Index is out due to price - Especially as this will be my first serious VR experience (aside from using my son's PSVR a few years back), so spending upwards of a grand is prob best left for future VR developments, should I really enjoy the experience (though I'm sure I will).

Reverb G2 prob also out due to my hardware - running 2070 Super, and unlikely to be upgrading until end of this year.

Quest 2 seems like a good choice, but I read a good amount of online stuff that says the Rift S is still a more viable option for those who are essentially looking for PC VR.

Any thoughts or advice at all? I'm looking to finally take the jump this time I think, rather than waiting another year - That being said, lockdown 3 appears to be pushing people to run out and buy VR headsets! OCUK had plenty of Quest 2's this morning, and now they have none!

Thanks.

 

[jarvis82]

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated - Guess I'll go for the Quest 2 then!

 

[jarvis82]

If you are ok having a Facebook account imo the quest 2 is the best "my 1stnvr headset" you can buy. It's half the price of the G2, less than 1/3 of the price of the index, it is accross the board a decent all rounder specs wise, nothing stands out specs wise but its always good enough imo, it's standalone as well as pcvr AND optionally supports wireless pcvr.

The quest 2 is frankly incredible value for money so long as you are ok with Facebook.
I own / have owned a DK2, CV1, quest 2 and reverb G2. Whilst as a PCVR device the G2 edged it, IF I could only keep 1 I think it would be the quest 2 and that is before considering £300 Vs £650

As someone who has both a G2 and a Quest 2, it basically comes down to this - if you mainly want to do PC VR and want the best image quality, get the G2; you can reduce the supersampling to suit your hardware and the image will still look better than running the quest 2 on similar settings and when you upgrade your PC the headset is ready

if you want wireless, or really want to save money, get the quest 2, but still budget to replace the headband as the stock cloth one is a bit crap, but for me the image quality and latency of the quest 2 was not "worth" the cost saving to me, the only reason we have one and kept it is because I managed to get £350 for my Vive on ebay which was going to go to my son but that covered the quest 2, if we were only going to have one headset it would definitely be the G2

All good advice, thanks. House needs a new roof this year, and we've a baby arriving next week; so my money is tied up for a while! The VR is a joint birthday present from some immediate family members, thus cost is a significant factor. So I've gone with the Quest 2...I think its certainly a good first step, and am looking forward to it. Are all Rift S games, compatible with Quest via the PC link, or are there other factors that affect this??