PICO 4 Ultra 256 GB - VR and Mixed Reality Headset

Upgraded from a wired Oculus Rift S gen 1, and the difference is night and day, really I didnt believe the advertising before that its more comfortable and provides a better image or that it can do streaming from pc wirelessly without issues.Well all those came true, streaming is awesone no hiccups with av1 decoding/encoding, games work perfectly virtually no lag, its almost not noticeable, beat saber does have a bigger delay but with adjustment its almost the same, and the best part if you want it to be the same, just grab a type c cable and use it wired!Screen and ipd adjustment are amazing, in the rift s i could clearly see the pixels with this its way less noticeable. The clarity is great and the colors are well oled cannot be beaten, no more grey darks, and no more yellow whites.Pico connect app works fine, sone settibg tweaking is required for better quality but it still is a great streaming app, and yes it works with youtube and with sbs movies.There is a pico app store and some games can be found on it but i still prefer streaming from steam.Updates are pushed fairly often and all settings are adjustable, developer mode is easy to unlock and adb debugging is also available. As for other settings Hand control is also great, no controllers required! Its a bit of a weird mess but when the lighting is good it works amazingly.Definitely my new favorite.

Very good quality, and faster than my old Quest. The image is clearer and more comfortable to wear. This Pico played Steam VR with a cable within minutes. No second, third or fourth parties needing to log into.

A bit of a lazy upgrade from Pico, hardly any improvements especially in the resolution department and there is a fair amount of glare and reflection just by wearing the headset, when I first put the headset on I thought the sticky lense protector had smeared the screen but nope this is how it is!! Sometimes you can see multiple reflections just from holding the controllers.The spatial camera is quite good and I find recording gameplay in vr on my P4U via the spatial camera really fun, I recorded gameplay from "into the radius" then I can play it back in 3D from the photos app and the videos look really good and the recorded audio is really good quality.There is no 3.5mm audio jack but I use the Prismxr T1 earbuds and I find they work really good with NO lag using the T1's dongle.I mainly bought the P4U for pcvr and using virtual desktop or the much improved Pico connect app using the AV1 code really good, you do need a decent pc and connection to achieve this though but the graphics improve immensely.I do own and love the Quest 3 but I do find even after upgrading my head strap I get headaches and feel neck strain and using the Pico 4 ultra I've had no such pain or ever felt uncomfortable wearing it.If you are wanting a very comfortable & stylish Vr headset look no further than the Pico 4 ultra it does have it's issues regarding glare and outdated lens but if you can look past this it can be your daily Vr driver.

Pico 4 Ultra VR Headset: A Capable All-Rounder with Room for ImprovementAs an avid VR enthusiast, I was excited to get my hands on the Pico 4 Ultra. After spending some quality time with it, here's my take:Pros:Easy Setup & Performance: The headset was a breeze to set up, and its 12GB RAM delivers great performance and multitasking capabilities.Clear Visuals: The pancake lenses provide clear, edge-to-edge vision, and the display, while LCD, offers good resolution with minimal screen door effect.Impressive Mixed Reality: The mixed reality passthrough is a significant upgrade, offering excellent tracking and room recognition, making for immersive experiences.Seamless PCVR Streaming: Pico Connect makes PCVR streaming straightforward, providing good quality even wirelessly.Accurate Full-Body Tracking: The optional motion trackers are incredibly easy to set up and deliver accurate full-body tracking, a huge plus for social VR.Cons:Facial Interface Discomfort: The biggest drawback for me was the facial interface, which caused discomfort and light leakage due to its shape.Subpar Hand Tracking: While present, the hand tracking lacked accuracy and responsiveness, with noticeable latency.Smaller App Store: The app store, while growing, is still not as robust as some competitors.Overall, the Pico 4 Ultra is a strong contender, especially for its mixed reality capabilities and effortless full-body tracking. If the facial interface fits you well, and you're looking for a solid all-around VR experience, it's definitely worth considering, especially with the pre-order bundle. However, be mindful of the less-than-stellar hand tracking and the comparatively smaller app library.

All round great headset, though people with nose bridges may have to use the 'spectacle wearer' fitting otherwise the headset rests painfully on nose bridge, even with straps correctly adjusted

Had a lot of fun with this, replacing my aging Reverb G2. This has a simple usb-c connector for charging and data. It worked well for about 8 months and then the usb-c port broke because it's quite badly secured. The connector doesn't go all the way in. Over time, the simple weight of the cable is enough to break the socket and then this whole lovely headset is just an expensive brick. The socket for connecting USB-C cables needs to be much stronger. The cable for mine was long, never snagged, not regularly connected/disconnected, used for seated gaming only... and still the socket on the headset failed. If you buy one of these, you need a 'sacrifical' usb-c extender, permanently connected to the socket and taped to the side of the headset so it can take the stress away from the headset socket. Pico really didn't think this through. You can use WiFi for data but it's too stuttery, even on a dedicated WiFi 7 hotspot, for PC gaming

Very good for pc vr, battery lasts longer than quest 3 and its more comfortable with a better fov and picture.There is slight glare on the lenses if you have the brightness turned up or have the vr on at the wrong angle and it’s probably not the go to unit for standalone games or if you already have a meta library full.I’m very impressed with how much nicer and faster this is than the quest 3 for steam / vd pcvr.Pass through is about the same as quest 3 and much nicer than the original Pico 4.Got this as a used like new unit (box opened return) and no issues.

My first experience of VR and it was very disappointing. The quality of the visuals was mediocre at best - everything looked slightly fuzzy, and the lenses in the headset showed quite a bit of distortion - objects changed their shapes slightly and went in and out of focus as I moved my head around. This wasn’t just a video thing – even high definition still images looked hazy and out of focus. Text on the screen was similarly fuzzy, especially around the margins of the picture. I wouldn’t want to look at this display for very long.This is quite a complex piece of kit and you need to learn how it works. Surprisingly, though, there were virtually no instructions – the “user manual” just told you how to wear the thing – and there was nothing to explain how to set it up, what the controller buttons did, how to use the supplied software, how to open and close apps, how to connect to your pc, etc. Even going to the Pico website tells you nothing more. They seem to assume you will automatically know how to use it, despite a lot of the basic controls (eg closing windows) seeming deliberately designed to be as unlike Windows as possible. Fortunately ChatGPT did a better job of handholding than Pico themselves.The software seemed buggy – I often had to click on things several times to get them to work – and the ordering of menus seemed designed to frustrate rather than help, with items about the display turning up not under “Display” as you might expect but “General”. Every so often a popup would appear to tell you how to do something, but it disappeared before I had a chance to read it.The final straw for me was when I tried to connect it to my pc – I downloaded the pc app from the Pico website, but the headset refused to connect to it because it said the app was out of date – despite the app itself and the Pico website saying I was using the most recent version.I don’t know how the Pico 4 Ultra compares with other VR headsets, but I certainly couldn’t recommend it.

Ik doe aan Simracing en deze Pico 4 Ultra is echt de kwaliteit waar ik naar op zoek was. Gebruikte een HP reverb en een gewone Pico 4. Maar de Ultra is echt een stap verder. Met kabel aangesloten met laadfunctie gewoon met de Pico Connect software werkt deze VR bril echt perfect uren achter elkaar zelfs races van 24 uur.

Nachdem meine Pico 4 durch die Quest 3 etwas ins Hintertreffen geraten ist, habe ich nun mit der Ultra mein Lieblings-Headset wieder-gefunden. Der Komfort ist so unvergleichlich besser als mit der Quest 3, oder gar Quest 2. Es benötigt dazu lediglich das AMVR Gasket und die AMVR Kopfplatte. Die Quest 3 bleibt mit jedem Cover und jedem Strap unbequem und man freut sich, sie wieder abzusetzen. Die Pico 4 / Ultra dagegen könnte man ewig tragen. Komfort ist eben doch das Wichtigste bei einer VR-Brille!Ansonsten ist einfach alles verbessert worden ggü. der alten Pico 4: Bildschärfe, Glare, Auflösung, Tracking, Betriebssystem, selbst das Lüftergeräusch und natürlich ganz dramatisch die Kameradurchsicht. Die Möglichkeit, 3D-Videos direkt mit der Brille aufzunehmen ist toll, wo doch das Zeitalter der 3D-Kameras eigentlich vorbei ist. Multitasking ist ganz nett, aber dafür fehlt mir die Anwendung.Die höhere Auflösung in jedem Spiel und jeder App ist direkt zu sehen. Das Bild insgesamt, Farben, Kontraste und Schärfe gefallen mir auch besser als mit Quest 3. In der Quest 3 erscheint das Bild wegen der übersteuerten Kontraste, Farben und Schärfe und vor allem wegen dem schlechten binocular Overlap (Stereo-Sehen) unnatürlich und anstrengend, mit der Pico dagegen entspannt. Meine größte Kritik an der Pico 4 ist mit der 25% höheren Helligkeit nun Geschichte.Die Fuß-Tracker funktionieren perfekt, allerdings fehlt mir noch die richtige Anwendung dafür: Les Mills Bodycombat wäre gut. Für Musik-Rhythmus (Dance Dash) ist das nicht so überwältigend.Erstaunlicherweise tracken auch die Hand-Controller trotz der fehlenden Ringe besser, zu merken bei Eleven Table Tennis. Damit habe ich sofort bessere Ergebnisse als noch mit der Pico 4 und erst Recht mit der Quest 3, deren Tracking schrecklich ist.Seit der PSVR2 bin ich sensibilisiert für das Thema Mura, was nicht nur auf OLED beschränkt ist. Die Pico 4 hatte ganz leichtes Mura, die Quest 3 schon deutlich, die Ultra überhaupt keins. also scheint es zu stimmen, was Pico behauptet, dass die Displays und Linsen selektiert sind.Traurig, dass Meta mit ihrer aggressiven Preispolitik Pico wohl den Markt nimmt. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass Bytedance am Ball bleibt und nicht aufgibt. Die Ultra ist ad hoc jedenfalls zu meiner Lieblingsbrille von den sechsen, die ich besitze, geworden.Ja, der Store ist deutlich kleiner als bei Meta und nicht nur für Exclusives. Aber Software kann kein Kriterium zur Bewertung der Hardware sein. Ein Fehler, den die meisten Pico-Bewerter leider machen.

Visore pazzesco e divertente. Le app sono fatte molto bene. Funziona perfettamente con YOUTUBE VR e il browser integrato si adatta perfettamente con i siti di NETFLIX, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, DISNEY+ e gli altri. Facile da imparare a usare.La visione "a fuoco" delle lenti ha una resa da effetto wow. Tuttavia, nella visione periferica la qualità di resa cala drasticamente, che però è una caratteristica di questi visori "entry-level".Eccezionale anche la resa video quando utilizzato per PCVR e comodissimo che può essere usato tramite connessione wireless e non perde di qualità. Mi sono molto divertito, ma per questo ho deciso di passare ad un visore più performante per PCVR, con tipi di lenti più performanti e molto più costosi.

Premier casque VR pour moi ( j avais déjà testé des casque pcvr avant). Le produit fonctionne bien , les décors et réalité augmenté sont très bon . En mode autonome j ai testé un des jeux offert ( blade and sorcery nomad) qui meme si moins beau que la version pc est très sympa . J ai eu quelques soucis en pcvr via steam vr car j ai la latence et la transmission est erratique , en dehors de steam vr aucun soucis , en wifi5 … je dois tester par câble . Sinon très bon produit et très léger comparé à ce que j avais testé auparavant.

loses vs the meta quest 3 in the market options, and the finger tracking is a bit behindbut the camera quality for AR is exceptional and the comfort is amazing thanks to the weight balancewifi 7 works like a dream for PC VR giving over 2Gbps over the air, would recommend a wifi 7 router in the same roomalso the fact that you can get FBT with just the ankle straps is very nice to have and are worth the investment depending on use casewould buy again for PC VR