HP Reverb G2 is conscionable $350 successful a limited-time merchantability on HP’s website.
Reverb G2 is simply a tethered PC VR headset. It uses Microsoft’s Windows MR bundle level but is compatible with astir SteamVR games.
Its dual 2160×2160 panels supply higher solution than Quest 2, and it has stepless lens separation adjustment. It features the aforesaid benignant of near-off-ear speakers arsenic Valve Index, via a collaboration with Valve.
We reviewed Reverb G2 erstwhile it archetypal launched. We loved the comfort, audio, and clarity of the headset – but recovered the controller tracking and ergonomics lacking. It’s an perfect headset for simulators, but for room-scale gaming it doesn’t rather lucifer up to Quest 2 oregon Valve Index.
A twelvemonth aft motorboat HP released a revision with the space of the tracking cameras adjusted to increase tracking measurement “by 30% compared to our archetypal headset and resolving unsighted spots supra and beneath the waist.” The archetypal revision was discontinued.
Reverb G2 is usually priced astatine $600, truthful this is simply a important discount.
David Heaney
Writes astir VR & AR exertion quality & manufacture trends. Usually connected VR Download.