Meta Quest 2 accessories: 9 affordable upgrades to make your headset "pro" - Inverse

The Meta Quest Pro isn’t for everyone. At $1,500, with a circumstantial absorption connected productivity, the Quest Pro is designed for a niche benignant of virtual world user. Which is simply a bummer, due to the fact that galore of the headset's improvements, specified arsenic the adjustable strap with built-in artillery and the charging dock, are a marked betterment implicit the much affordable Quest 2.

Luckily, the Quest 2 has been astir the artifact and determination are plentifulness of accessories that tin instrumentality the large small headset into a abstraction that’s decidedly much “Pro.” If you’re looking to get a sensation of the Quest Pro beingness without spending the equivalent magnitude for an bureau setup, oregon conscionable privation to commencement your VR acquisition disconnected connected the close ft this vacation season, present are the champion accessories that'll upgrade your Quest 2.

What to bargain to marque your Quest 2 much “Pro”

Meta has sold a just fig of Quest 2 headsets, but if you haven’t bought successful yet, present are immoderate things to consider. The institution recently raised the price of the Quest 2 from $299 to $399 to relationship for ostentation (and possibly, Meta’s caller economical struggles). Meta besides confirmed that it would merchandise a Quest 3 successful 2023, apt with improved show successful examination to the existent Quest 2. So determination are decidedly immoderate reasons to wait.

But if those don’t deter you, buying a Quest 2 successful 2022 comes with notable upsides. Until December 31, Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, and Walmart are selling the headset astatine a discounted $349.99 for the 128GB exemplary and $429.99 for the 256GB version, and throwing successful the games Beat Saber and Resident Evil 4 for free. The connection is “while supplies last” but seems similar a beauteous bully starting spot if you’re looking to get into VR.

Wireless charging docks

While the Quest Pro has a shorter artillery beingness than the Quest 2, it besides has a much convenient charging method: a wireless charging dock for the headset and controllers.

Anker’s Charging Dock for Quest 2 allows the headset to complaint wirelessly utilizing a dongle to person the USB-C charging into a magnetic one. Quest 2 controllers usage rechargeable batteries and replacement covers to wirelessly complaint connected the dock. Anker claims the dock tin complaint your headset and controllers successful conscionable 2.5 hours, but it’s besides conscionable a large mode to support your Quest 2 strategy neat erstwhile you’re not utilizing it.

For a somewhat much affordable option, the Turtle Beach Fuel Compact VR Charging Station uses the aforesaid methods (a dongle and rechargeable batteries) but successful a smaller package. Charging inactive takes 2.5 hours, but slotting the controllers down the headset alternatively than alongside it means you tin escaped up immoderate table oregon array space.

Better audio

Meta didn’t drastically alteration up the audio acquisition connected its caller headset, but if you’re not comfy with dependable bleeding retired into the country astir you, determination are respective bully ways to get much immersive audio connected the Quest 2.

Logitech’s Chorus VR Off-Ear Headset clips onto the Quest 2’s straps and slots into its USB-C larboard to connection clearer sounds and a larger soundstage without plugging thing successful your ears. If you descent the speakers up, it’ll besides automatically mute your in-game audio — neat!

For a much broad option, the Kiwi Design Headphone Head Strap adds a much comfy and easy adjustable caput strap (very akin to the Quest Pro’s), and on-ear speakers for amended sound. Two upgrades for the terms of one.

If earbuds are much your speed, the Soundcore VR P10 Wireless Gaming Earbuds usage a LightningSync 2.4GHz high-speed wireless transportation to the Quest 2 for low-latency wireless audio. It should beryllium conscionable arsenic flexible arsenic not wearing earbuds astatine all, but with a spot much oomph than the Quest 2’s default open-ear audio.

Comfier caput straps

One of the astir underrated things astir the Quest Pro is its caller lightweight (and I’d argue) much comfy design. A ample portion of that is owed to its adjustable backmost strap, a large betterment to the cloth 1 the Quest 2 has. With the close accessory, you tin get a remarkably akin acquisition connected Meta's cheaper headset.

Meta has its authoritative version, the Quest 2 Elite Strap with Battery, which makes the headset much comfy to deterioration and increases artillery beingness to 6 hours of regular use. It works good but doesn’t travel cheap.

The Newenmo Adjustable Head Strap for Meta Quest 2 offers much oregon little the aforesaid functionality, but covers its straps with brushed cushioning alternatively than rigid integrative to trim the unit connected your head, look and forehead.

PC VR

Your Quest 2 tin ne'er person the processing powerfulness oregon caller displays of the Quest Pro connected its own, but you tin one-up it by connecting your headset to your gaming PC and playing games compatible with the Oculus Rift and Steam VR. Yes, with the close accessories, computer, and immoderate bundle tweaks you tin adjacent play Half-Life: Alyx connected your Quest 2.

The easiest way is conscionable utilizing a high-quality USB-C cablegram to link your Quest 2 to your PC. Meta inactive sells a bully agelong Quest 2 Link Cable with 16 feet of worldly to get yourself tangled in. It’ll adjacent complaint your headset implicit USB-C.

But the cooler (and apt much finicky) enactment is the D-Link VR Air Bridge, a small dongle you plug into your gaming PC that creates a nonstop wireless transportation with your Quest 2. Your machine volition request to person a wired Ethernet transportation to your router, but the transportation betwixt the dongle and your Quest 2 is Wi-Fi 6, truthful it should beryllium fast.