Meta VR Headset Specs Compared: Quest Pro vs. Quest 2 - CNET

The Quest Pro, released successful precocious October, is simply a mixed world headset that brings a agelong database of hardware and diagnostic upgrades implicit the existing Quest 2. 

From face- and eye-tracking to colour passthrough, this is the astir almighty headset that Meta (formerly Facebook) has released to date. These enhancements don't travel cheap. The Quest Pro costs $1,500, astir triple the terms of a Quest 2. 

But the caller VR headset is aimed toward a much niche marketplace and is not a nonstop successor to the Quest 2. In fact, a much consumer-friendly Quest 3 is expected successful 2023. My workfellow Scott Stein has been reviewing the Quest Pro, and you tin work his review successful advancement for his hands-on impressions. 

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Here, I'll outline immoderate of the large spec differences betwixt the 2 headsets and spell into adjacent greater item successful the accompanying video. 

Difference betwixt Quest 2 and Quest Pro

The Quest 2 is simply a virtual world headset geared toward radical who privation to socialize, play video games oregon adjacent enactment retired successful the metaverse. The instrumentality is simply a mobile gaming console that you tin instrumentality anyplace and play untethered from a computer.

The Quest Pro is everything the Quest 2 is and more. Thanks to its clearer beforehand cameras and colour passthrough, it capitalizes connected mixed world experiences. This is wherever 3D visuals are overlaid onto your carnal space. Mixed world tin beryllium utilized for inviting different peoples' avatars into your surviving abstraction oregon for moving betwixt aggregate browsers and windows astatine your desk. 

The audience, however, is precise different. The Quest Pro is intended to propulsion Meta's communicative of a professionally focused metaverse, alternatively than gaming, and volition besides entreaty to developers looking to physique apps and experiences for VR and AR. 

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The Quest Pro has a much comfy fit

The Quest Pro headset is overmuch much comfortable, acknowledgment to its forehead cushion, and is little apt permission you with messy VR hairsbreadth similar the Quest 2. While the Pro is somewhat heavier than the Quest 2, the value is distributed good due to the fact that of its curved compartment artillery connected the backmost of the headset.

The Quest Pro (left) has a much comfy than the Quest 2 (right) acknowledgment to its forehead cushion and value distribution.

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The lenses are much comfy to adjacent into acknowledgment to a mates of customizable features. Its manual continuous lenses tin set the interpupillary region (IPD), which is the region betwixt your pupils, from 55 millimeters to 75 millimeters. A dial connected the beforehand of the Pro adjusts the region of the lens from your eyes. On Quest 2, you tin lone set the IPD to 3 positions and can't set lens region astatine all.

The Quest Pro's show uses pancake lens exertion and is 40% thinner than the Quest 2. The lenses are not conscionable thinner, but they person much pixels for sharper and clearer visuals. The LCD show has 37% percent much pixels per inch and 75% much contrast, with richer and much vibrant colors than the Quest 2. 

There are galore much improvements connected the internals, including an upgraded processor, larger tract of presumption and interior cameras that adhd look tracking and oculus tracking. I spell much into item connected these features successful the video above.

The Quest Pro Controllers harder to use

The caller Quest Pro controllers are included with the Pro headset. But if you request to regenerate them, a brace costs $300 -- astir the terms of a Quest 2. Each controller has 3 cameras to way question and determination truthful they don't request to beryllium successful enactment of show of the headset successful bid to spot them. There are improved haptics and caller pinch sensor power adjacent each thumb. Each controller tin beryllium utilized arsenic a stylus.

The Quest Pro controllers are wirelessly charged utilizing the included dock.

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To complaint the Quest Pro controllers, you'll request to spot them connected the included dock, oregon usage an included proprietary cable. You tin lone complaint 1 controller astatine a clip with the cablegram and request the further compact charging dock sold by Meta for $70 if you privation to complaint some astatine the aforesaid time. 

The Quest 2 controllers tally connected treble A batteries, and from my experience, they past weeks to months depending connected use.

The Quest Pro whitethorn not beryllium for you

When it comes to hardware, it is wide that the Quest Pro is mode up of the Quest 2. 

While connected paper, it's a large upgrade from the Quest 2, I deliberation that gamers and casual users should clasp disconnected for the expected Quest 3 adjacent year, particularly since the Quest Pro's champion features aren't designed to marque VR gaming better.

There is inactive a batch of investigating to beryllium done with mixed world connected Quest Pro earlier we tin decidedly accidental this headset is amended for productivity. Stay tuned for much sum of the Quest Pro, and successful the meantime cheque retired our review successful progress.