Oculus Quest 2's main VR headset rival soars with no Meta Quest 3 - PCGamesN

Oculus Quest 2 is undoubtedly the astir palmy VR headset. Quest 2 is estimated to person sold implicit 10 cardinal units, offering a much affordable standalone headset without needing a gaming PC. ByteDance subsidiary Pico is actively challenging the reigning champ with the Pico 4, and if existent pre-orders are thing to spell by, Meta should beryllium concerned.

Launching contiguous crossed Europe and Asia, Pico 4 is warring to go the best VR headset earlier Oculus Quest 3 arrives, targeting a antithetic marketplace than Meta Quest Pro. However, if you pre-ordered the headset successful Europe, we’ve got atrocious news; Pico has confirmed immoderate orders won’t get connected time, citing “unprecedented planetary demand.”

“There volition unfortunately, beryllium delays successful fulfilling immoderate lawsuit pre-orders successful the EU region. We are moving tirelessly to guarantee that request is satisfied by the extremity of October,” Pico announced via Twitter. Continuing done a follow-up tweet, the institution says it “strongly recommend[s] that you support your backmost bid successful spot astatine your preferred retailer arsenic we volition beryllium prioritising existing backmost orders first.”

Pico 4 offers immoderate improvements implicit Meta’s fashionable standalone headset. Firstly, there’s a higher LCD surface solution astatine 2160×2160 per eye, which compares favourably to the 1832×1920 solution for Quest 2. Pico 4 besides includes a broader field-of-view (FOV) astatine 105° and 8GB of RAM, portion Quest 2 uses 90° FOV and 6GB of RAM. That said, Quest 2 is 2 years older than Pico 4, truthful these improvements aren’t surprising.

Though it isn’t disposable successful the US, the 128GB exemplary retails for £379 GBP / €429 which places it astir $415 USD, portion the 256GB exemplary costs £449 GBP / €499 / (est. $482 USD). That’s somewhat dearer than Meta’s VR headset, adjacent with the caller Oculus Quest 2 terms increase. A Pico 4 Enterprise exemplary is besides coming, but unfortunately, that’s strictly a concern headset.