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As an owner of both Quest 2 (two of them!) and Quest 3, I've had ample experience with each device. The Quest 3 offers notable improvements, particularly in MR capabilities, but for those primarily interested in VR, the Quest 2 remains a solid choice. I frequently use my Quest 2 for most VR activities due to its adequate performance and ease of use. While the Quest 3 does boast a higher resolution, the difference isn't overwhelmingly significant in everyday use.

When it comes to PCVR, the higher resolution of Quest 3 is a double-edged sword. Yes, it provides crisper visuals, but it also demands more from your PC, requiring a more powerful system to fully leverage the enhanced resolution.

On the other hand, the Quest 3 shines in its MR features. The color stereoscopic passthrough, despite being somewhat grainy, is impressive and shows a lot of promise for future applications. It's an exciting development that highlights the potential of MR technology.

Don't feel like you need to share, but why do you have so many Quests? Do you play a lot of games? Are there multiplayers you can do with multiple headsets? Any games you'd especially recommend?

I am a Vtuber (though it's not my day job). Out of professional courtesy to anyone or organizations I interact with, I'm keeping a backup. The last thing I would want is to tell my partners that I couldn't show up because my Quest didn't boot up.

I have the Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3

For games, I feel that the Q2 is still the best because most games haven’t upgrade their visuals yet and because the original controller has the best tracking. Also it’s about half the price of Q3. It won’t last for long and the frenel lens aren’t great compared to the new fish eye lenses.

Quest Pro has the best form factor. I like the open headset style. Since it has eye tracking, it also has the best performance for PCVR streaming especially for Steam since Steam link supports eye tracking

Quest 3 has the best performance and resolution. Resolution is now good enough for doing work in VR. Some games optimized for it also look close to PCVR visual fidelity. Wireless PCVR streaming is terrible though, and I’m not sure why.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

My time with PCVR streaming on the Quest 2 dramatically improved when I upgraded my wireless network, to the point now where I only wirelessly stream except for very high movement games e.g. F123. I thought there was nothing wrong with my previous setup and streaming (PlayStation and Xbox streaming included) was just terrible, but it turns out it was my setup all along.

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