I’ve had issues with my Oculus Rift S for years now and it seems like the proprietary cable finally broke (I made a post about my current issue you can see here on !techsupport@lemmy.world) so I’m thinking about making a change but I haven’t really been tracking the scene in a while. That’s not to say I haven’t done any research but it’s largely limited to LTT reviews I’ve had sporadically recommended to me and those don’t really take into account follow ups after extended use and updates.

It seems relatively dominated by the Meta Quest 3 but I can’t tell how much of that is it being the new thing. I am also quite wary of Meta after how they handled the Rift S with updates and replacement cables.


Some other considerations I have are

  • Works with my desktop PC running Windows 11 so that I can play games I have on Steam and elsewhere like Arizona Sunshine and EmuVR. As well as watch VR movies. If it can pair up with a PC running Linux that would be even better.

  • Doesn’t have proprietary parts that I will likely need to replace at some point.

  • Minimal to no mounting of lighthouses and as little cables as possible.

  • Something that won’t require an abundant amount of troubleshooting. The inability to just put on my Rift S headset caused it to gather dust a lot of the time.

  • I’d prefer not to buy a Meta product. I am not super set on this as long as they’ve been better about their more recent products.

  • Some kind of passthrough mode so that I can walk around my place and do things like wash dishes and fold laundry would be nice.

  • I’d prefer to spend $700 or less. I am not sure how often or what headsets are expected to go on sale and for how much. I feel like there are options out there for this price that would be an improvement over Rift S and original PSVR that I’ve used.


If the Quest 3 is my best bet is there anything I should know about it? Maybe concerns over how it would connect to a PC?

  • Corroded@leminal.spaceOP
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    10 days ago

    Quest 3 - if you buy a wifi 6 router that’s dedicated to quest 3 streaming, you can supposedly do passable wireless using either the Steam app or Cordial Desktop on Quest. As the other commenter said, you might want to consider a third party headstrap.

    That wouldn’t be much of an issue though if I was plugging the headset directly into a USB C port on my PC though would it?

    Personally, I’d really love to see what Valve are doing but maybe that’s just my copium

    Same. I feel like Valve handled the Steam Deck really well with it’s specs/price point and their community support. I imagine their next headset will be a continuation of that for the most part but I feel like it’s going to be even more expensive than the Index and targeting the high end market

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      10 days ago

      Personally, I would rather get wireless working if I had a Quest 3 for PC VR because it’s a nice trade off for the compression. I’ve seen quite a few comments complaining about the lack of display port on Quest 3 due to the compressed video but I don’t know if that’s a vocal minority or not.

      I used to have a wireless Vive Pro and I do miss the wireless a bit.

      I don’t think Valve will go as premium this time. I think they’ve learned their lesson. I think the reason the Index costs so much is simply the lighthouse tech. Look at how much the base stations cost and how much the vive tracking pucks cost. Based on leaks/speculation (so, grain of salt) their current prototypes are using camera based tracking - which in theory, tells me they’re price sensitive

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        10 days ago

        I personally don’t find the issue with compression to be that big but I do recognize that it exists, of course.