

At nearly a thousand dollars, the complete Index package costs as much as three Quest 2s. if you don't consider the value proposition. It's also comfortable to wear, built from carefully selected, high-quality materials, with top-notch weight distribution.īut all that comes at a price. It also boasts some impressive technology and handy convenience features, like per-finger tracking on the excellent Index controllers, USB passthrough for future accessories, and fantastic, crystal clear audio via the near-field speakers, which hover just off the ears. The FOV, at 130°, is also best-in-class, and there's virtually no detectable screen door effect inside the headset. The Valve Index boasts some of the best visuals of any mainstream, commercially available HMD, with a display resolution equaling the Vive Pro, Quest, and Odyssey+ but paired with a 120Hz refresh rate (up to 144Hz in a currently unsupported, experimental mode). Setup is awkward -Limited support for finger-tracking If you're not a fan of Facebook's practices then you'd best scroll further down the list for a VR headset worth investing in. The company says it's to better serve you, the customer, with services and products, although for a good while there the only discernible 'benefit' was direct to feed screenshots. The Oculus Quest 2 requires a Facebook account. There's only one hitch in the Oculus Quest 2's plan for virtual world domination: compulsory Facebook account login. The Quest 2 has also enjoyed a boost in memory capacity recently, and $299 new gets you a 128GB model, which is a sweet boost indeed. With Inside-Out tracking and hand tracking built-in, you can go from unboxing to up-and-running in VR in just a couple of minutes. The Quest 2 is also one of the quickest headsets to get up and running on this list.

It's now capable of up to 120Hz refresh rate, thanks to a recent update, making it an even sweeter deal. It becomes an all-in-one VR Swiss army knife, capable of great on-the-move VR and gaming across SteamVR and Oculus Rift compatible titles. Thanks to Oculus Link, the Quest 2 becomes more than a standalone VR headset.
