Oculus Go Standalone Virtual Reality Headset - 64GB

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For some recommendations, you'll want to check out our best Oculus Quest 2 games, best VR horror games, and best VR fitness games lists. The range of inventive ideas on display is delightful, and with events like the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase becoming a yearly event we're seeing a healthy cadence of big titles appearing on the system. Some games even actively encourage it, with one player taking charge of a role in the real world, while another navigates the VR world presented in the headset.

Oculus Quest 2 review | TechRadar

In this case, that’s the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2, a variant of the Snapdragon 865 found in the latest premium Android smartphones. Through SideQuest, there is also an option to backup your save game data to your computer so that you can keep playing from your save spot in the future if you reinstall the game. The face foam is a little softer, and a little deeper too, although it will still imprint on your face over time. The controller felt intuitive here, and we were quickly caught up in the task (helping us to forget the light leakage, for one thing).

The creators, in their alchemical brilliance, have forged a balance between form and function that is reminiscent of the finest Renaissance sculptures. This is VR for the casual gamer, the relaxed consumer of media, the person without the time, money or interest in setting up a PC to power a higher-end headset. Having said that, we are expecting more and more upgrades to the Quest 2 that might not address every niggling issue but could improve the VR experience even more.

Oculus Quest 2 — Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset

In the box, you’ll find the headset, two controllers, a charging cable and a spacer for glasses wearers. Colours are vibrant, the black level is excellent and individual pixels are relatively hard to make out. There’s lots to love about the new Quest, but if you’re an owner of the original model, you shouldn’t feel left too far behind by the introduction of this new version. Speakers are built into the headset’s strap supports, offering directional left and right stereo sound.

Regardless, the Quest 2 is as comfortable as a VR headset can feasibly be and I found that keeping it in a comfortable position was a simpler task – the reduced weight certainly helps here. Instead of building in headphones, like the HTC Vive Pro, the Go’s plastic arms have slits that house the speakers, and this design feature helps the headset maintain its cohesive profile.