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As someone who only barely follows VR, what benefits would this have over the upcoming HP Reverb G2 besides price?

I was eying the HP Reverb G2 for high resolution, and for its Microsoft Flight Simulator support.

EDIT: ah I just found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/HPReverb/comments/it5jvj/hp_reverb_...

The biggest difference is that the Quest is a standalone VR platform (it includes hardware that can also run the games), whereas the majority of VR devices are just display devices (screens, lenses, audio, controllers).

If you're going to ignore 2X the price, why not compare to Pimax 8K?

Maybe I should! I didn't know about the Pimax 8K.

Will all of these have access to the same software titles, or are they built on closed or incompatible software ecosystems?

Most headset support SteamVR, either natively or through compatibility layers, but not sure about the other way around e.g. MSFS20 on Index. Pimax is SteamVR.

e: TIL, WMR as platform do have support for SteamVR headsets https://store.steampowered.com/app/719950/Windows_Mixed_Real...

Pimax supports steamVR, same for the HP reverb. You should be able to use Revive to access occulus games on those headsets too.

I feel that wireless and better tracking are the biggest technical differences that favor the Quest 2. WMR, whether deserved or not, has a bad reputation for tracking. I don't know why Reverb didn't support a base station option since it was supposedly about "no compromises". Oculus would be superior for non-sim games and would be near equivalent in sim game performance when it's linked to a PC.

The facebook requirement is a hard sell for many people though. The lack of IPD adjustment may be a be killer for a lot of people, but I'm pretty sure that's one of the major things that brought down the price to $299

The Reverb G2 has additional tracking cameras on the side which should significantly expand the tracking envelope. I still want an external camera option though.

A benefit of the Quest is that you will have a wider range of apps. You can run all the apps that you can with Reverb G2, plus all the Oculus PC apps and the Oculus Quest apps.

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