Oculus Quest 64GB VR Headset

Facebook are selling Quests as fast as they can make them for a good reason; this is the most accessible and immersive VR experience money can buy right now.Pros- The Oculus Insight tracking system works like magic. The four cameras on the front of the headset track your position in physical space and your Touch Controllers incredibly well.- The Oculus Store is booming right now with some truly fantastic games such as Beat Saber, Tetris Effect, The Climb, Arizona Sunshine, Vader Immortal and Gun Club VR. The future looks very bright with the developers of Boneworks and The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners working on Quest titles for later this year, not to mention Phantom: Covert Ops coming next month.- The Touch Controllers themselves are one of the best handheld controller systems I've ever used. The hardware almost disappears because they fit into your hand so well.- My Quest is a completely different device to the one I bought last year because of relentless improvements from Oculus which seem to be non-stop; it now supports (very impressive) hand tracking, can run PCVR games with Oculus Link and has had a home screen UI redesign which is far superior to the original (amongst other minor improvements such as Virtual Environments, experimental features and Insight tracking improvements)- The immersion you feel in 6 degree of freedom VR done well (as it is here) really is a completely new kind of digital experience and it is very compelling. I still stop in awe at times when picking up a virtual object or sharing (what feels like) a physical space with someone on the other side of the world in Oculus Venues.Cons- This is (understandably) a fairly heavy device. After about 30 minutes I often to feel some discomfort and usually limit my play sessions to 1-1.5 hours max, mainly due to the device pressing on my face. You can make your own "comfort mod" with a counterweight on the back of the device, however this hasn't increased the comfort for me so much so that the weight ceases to be an issue.- The controller low battery alert system is just totally broken for me; I use rechargeable batteries and simply do not get any notifications when they're running low on juice. In fact, they show that they are 2/3 bars charged until they suddenly die with no warning despite the software clearly detecting that they are on i.e. 10% because I can check this from the Oculus app.- The home UI can sometimes be buggy at times and throw menus around in a strange way. More care could be taken by Oculus to make a truly stable UI before they invest so much time into adding new software features as bugs and glitches in VR can be jarring and/or nauseating.

I was a it late to the party when it comes to the Quest and there have been may updates to the device since its initial release. The quest works brilliantly as a stand-alone VR device and the people I have shown it to have all had a smile brought to their face by how impressive this VR device can be.It has a brilliant Unboxing experience (if that is important to you) and screams premium product. The headset is of brilliant build quality and the fresnel lenses provides a great image once you accept the slight ghosting/glare that is produced by this technology. The headset is rather front heavy and there are a number of ways people have found online to allow for longer play sessions without the excess pressure on the face. I have attached some additional cushioning and headband from AMVR which work well for my needs. Unfortunately, you would need to factor the cost of these extras into the experience, on top of a carry case if you require one; it would have been nice to see this included given the cost of the device and its main marketing point being that it can be played anywhere. Battery life is decent and it charges fully very quickly.The controllers feel natural to hold and they make stepping into a new game feel quite intuitive. They require a AA battery each, so I reccomend carrying a spare set around if you are traveling with this (rechargable may be a good investment). One of the most recent updates allows for controlling the device with just your hands (without the controllers) which is even more immersive and makes the future of VR look even more interesting.The device can also be used with an appropriate cable, as a PC tethered headset in the place of something like an Oculus Rift or Valve index. This opens up its versatility even more, as some of the better/larger VR experiences were previously out of reach of the Quest due to hardware limitations. At the time of writing, this appears to be the better value headset on the market due to its ability to perform both tethered and mobile.The games can be purchased through the oculus Quest store, either in the headset itself or via the mobile app (if bought on the mobile app, remember to then find the game from inside the headset to download it). If you do tether to PC, games can also be purchased on the Rift store, but not all are 'cross buy' enabled. This means that you can buy a game on the Rift store and, unless it expressly says you can play on the Quest, will always be required to be attached to the PC to play (and the reverse is also true). This can get confusing as the same game can be on sale on the Quest store but full price on the Rift store, so make sure you check both. It also works fine with the likes of Steam VR, which opens up options for where you buy your gamesI was unaware of just how far VR has come at this point, and while by no means perfect at all times, I really do reccomend this device to anyone who has waited until now to try out VR for the first time.