![]() ![]() Pico 4 vs the Oculus Quest 2: VR experiences Obviously, a downside of these last two features is that you must purchase additional add-ons, but the relatively cheap first-party peripherals – each one costs €49 (around $47 / £44 / AU$73) – aren’t too high a barrier to entry. For example, the bands could be placed on each ankle for foot tracking, to monitor your leg movements for step tracking, or for facilitating full-body workouts. These bands allow developers to track various parts of your body, to help improve immersive workouts and experiences. The Pico 4 also comes with support for optional fitness bands that you can purchase. The Pico 4’s dongle gets over this hurdle by directly connecting you to your PC. If your network is busy and you don’t have an optimized setup, the Quest 2’s Air Link can be slow and nauseating. You can connect your Oculus Quest 2 to a PC using a wireless connection, but it must piggyback on your Wi-Fi ( a method called Air Link). In addition, Pico 4 users can purchase an optional dongle that lets you play PC VR games wirelessly. ![]() This allows developers to use the Pico 4 headset to deliver much more realistic and immersive AR experiences than what you can get on the Quest 2. That means that the headset can show you a video feed of the real world around you that’s in full color, whereas the Quest 2 can only show it to you in grayscale. The most significant feature difference is that – thanks to its 16MP RGB camera – the Pico 4 offers full-color passthrough. You can enjoy VR and AR experiences with the Pico 4 (Image credit: ByteDance) This means the worlds are immersive and explorable rather than just static images that you can look at. Both headsets use inside-out tracking – meaning you don’t need to set up any physical towers in the room before you play with other headsets – and both headsets have the hardware to facilitate 6DoF VR (or full-VR) experiences. But once again, the Pico 4 has some advantages. Both the Pico 4 and Oculus Quest 2 allow users to play VR games using a pair of controllers that incorporate intuitive button layouts and haptic feedback. In terms of features, both headsets are fairly similar. It should be noted that very few Quest 2 experiences currently support 120Hz gameplay, so most of the time you aren’t getting a framerate that smooth. The only letdown is that the Pico 4’s display offers a max variable refresh rate of 90Hz, while the Oculus Quest 2 can get up to 120Hz. It offers 8GB RAM, a display that’s 2,160 x 2,160 pixels per eye, and uses a 5300mAh battery by comparison, the Oculus Quest 2 only has 6GB RAM, 1832 × 1920 pixels per eye, and a 3,640 mAh battery. In terms of CPU and storage options, both headsets are identical – using the same Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chip and coming in either 128GB or 256GB options.īut the Pico 4 pulls ahead in pretty much every other regard. Specs-wise, the Pico 4 is the clear frontrunner. As such, we’ll have to call this round a draw but we’ll update this page as soon as we’ve had a chance to review the VR headset properly. (Image credit: Craig Russell / Shutterstock)Īt the time of writing, we haven’t had enough time to try out the Pico 4, so while we believe its design will likely have many advantages, we can’t say if its design is indeed effective. The Oculus Quest 2's battery pack helps to balance the weight, but the VR headset is front heavy which can be uncomfortable for some. In addition, the battery is situated at the back of the strap, further slimming down the part of the headset on your face and helping to better distribute the headset’s weight around your head.īecause of this, despite being heavier – coming in at 586g compared to the Quest 2’s 503g – the Pico 4 generally looks less bulky. It swaps out the fresnel lens setup for a newer pancake lens optics system that allows the display and lenses to be much closer together, making the front box much slimmer. The box itself is very bulky, and relies on a fresnel lens optical setup for users to be able to see the worlds they’re being immersed in.īy contrast, the Pico 4 has a next-gen design. All of the components – the display, batteries, and processing power – are housed in a single box that is what your eyes look into. The Oculus Quest 2 offers a more traditional design. But within those parameters, two headsets can still look fairly different. Pico 4 vs the Oculus Quest 2: designĪll VR headsets have a fairly similar design a display covers your eyes and is attached to your head via straps. ![]() But for those of you in the UK, if we just looked at the price, the Pico 4 is the better option. So for now, unless you can import a Pico 4, you can only choose Meta’s VR headset if you’re in the US or Australia. Rumors swirled that the Pico headset would also come to the US, but that has yet to happen. We really wish the Pico 4 was available in more than 13 countries. ![]()
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