Facebookās VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the companyās best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is [ā¦]
Well, possibly people have finally been turned off by Zuck Zuck and his creepy-ass avatar doing their combined best to make his āMetaverseā pipe dream as cringeworthy as possible. Seems he canāt get it through his head that all we really want to do is play video games (and I guess maybe watch VR porn), and for $1500/999, we can buy an awful lot of game console with change left over for some games, or a pretty significant chunk of normal gaming PC.
I think Iāll stick with my Reverb G2. I wouldnāt take a Meta/Facebook backed device, nor touch its ecosystem, if they paid me.
Iāve spent over $1500 on VR (HTC Vive, and Valve Index, plus some accessories for both). Iāve never been able to talk myself into even a Quest 2 for $200 back when they went on sale shortly before they raised the price due to āsupply chain issues.ā I enjoy VR experiences and Iām personally okay with paying enthusiast prices for hardware that improves the experience, but I want nothing to do with Meta/Facebookās ecosystem, at any price.
This ^ That is all the same exact reasoning I thought of when I purchased my Valve Index this year. Sure, itās older hardware at this point but I want nothing to do with Meta/Facebookās ecosystem as well.
What extras do you recommend for the Index? I have the standard kit with 2 base stations and controllers.
The big ones for me are a cover/replacement for the fabric face gasket, prescription lens inserts, and for long play sessions a fan insert for the headset can be a nice to have, but I donāt run mine all the time since sometimes itās just adding noise. The face gasket has probably been the hardest thing to get right, since a lot of third-party ones either donāt have enough padding, or are hard to swap in and out, so I kinda prefer having a full extra magnetic insert so I can easily change between the original which is most comfortable for me, and something else that Iām less worried about sweating all over for more active games.
