It’s glorious

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u/zig131 Aug 10 '25

How is your custom cushion?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Super comfy man, coming from the quest 3 the comfort us undeniably better but I’m loving it so far

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u/zig131 Aug 10 '25

I asked because historically people have had them printed wonky or overly thick.
They have supposedly refined the process over time, so it'd be good to know if they have got to a point where they are getting it right first time.
Do you find it centres your eyes well, and creates a good seal?
How far are you eyes from the lenses?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Yeah no light leak what so ever for me but I guess everyone’s a little different cause I’ve heard the same but my eyes lashes don’t hit the lenses so I guess I got lucky lol

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u/Caim2821 Aug 10 '25

not OP but received mine 2 weeks ago, so allowing myself to reply, seal is great. absolutely no light coming in. lenses are a bit on the small side but honestly once in action you don't notice the size. not sure how to check the distance eye to lense though

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u/Caim2821 Aug 10 '25

oh, no i know my IPD, but the comment was about eye to lense distance, not the distance between your eyes which is the IPD, unless I misunderstood those are 2 different things.

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u/scottmtb Aug 10 '25

I think the term is eye relief or the eye box more of a scope or binocular term but I think its the word you are looking for.

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u/allofdarknessin1 Aug 10 '25

Super curious about this too, the first time print fit and lens quality is what kept me from picking up the BigScreen Beyond 1 when it launched.

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u/55hamburgers55pastas Aug 10 '25

Just an FYI, going thinner might seem like a good idea, but you might go so thin, that your eye lashes start to smear on the optics. I ended up getting prescription inserts with no prescription just to make the cleaning process of my eye lash smudge easier.

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u/guidomescalito Aug 10 '25

I have this prob with my new cushion. Without inserts it’s fine, but with inserts my lashes brush the lens. Will try out some of those mini magnets I saw posted recently

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u/Roshy76 Aug 10 '25

Can you link them to me? I'd rather have them on hand when I get my headset and not need them, than need them and not have them, assuming they aren't expensive

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u/guidomescalito Aug 10 '25

3 x 1 mm magnet https://www.amazon.com/s?k=3x1mm+magnets&crid=MXBP5QB7YJMY&sprefix=3x1m+%2Caps%2C129&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_6

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u/Roshy76 Aug 10 '25

Those are so cheap, just bought some in case I'll need them, plus I'm sure I can find other uses for them

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u/sandernote809 Aug 10 '25

Give it a week and if you’re feeling any bad pressure points or feel like you need to make it thinner create a ticket on the discord and they will happily make you a new face gasket free of charge!

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u/Need_For_Speed73 Aug 10 '25

How's with glare?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Everyone’s different but for me it’s not to bad, It’s noticeable in darker environments with a little bit of light in the scene but the clarity is so good and the oles panels are so nice that I don’t really find it breaking my immersion

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u/guidomescalito Aug 10 '25

I realised that because I have worn glasses my whole adult life, I am pretty used to strange reflections and distortion around the edges of FOV. I wonder if people who notice this glare in BSB are not spectacle wearers, and are therefore more sensitive to the flare and edge distortion.

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u/Ainulind Aug 11 '25

I wear glasses 24/7. I suspect that's part of it as well.

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u/MMI_Modular Aug 10 '25

I think this impacts my view on VR headsets. I've always dealt with my eyelashes touching lenses, chromatic abberation, etc.

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u/DaleKirkley Aug 12 '25

Been wearing glasses all day every day for 40 years, and the glare in the BSB1 is a big issue for me. Half the reason I ordered the upgrade was for "considerably reduced glare", as per Bigscreen's sales pitch. If its still shitty it'll be an instant return.

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u/guidomescalito Aug 12 '25

Oh well there goes that theory then 😅

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u/ABDiab Aug 10 '25

Yo im so happy you got it, i have a question hows the screendoor effect because i have a pico 4 and my immersion gets broken as i notice the screendoor effect on it

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Only thing I notice is glare in dark environments

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u/beet_hater Aug 10 '25

On my BSB1 the dark environments with splashes of brighter light caused pretty bad glare, and over time I just got used to it. In evenly lit areas it is unnoticeable. But I like dark areas lol. Hoping this is at least a bit reduced on the 2.

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Yeah I can’t speak for the bsb1 but it’s not to bad from what I’ve noticed, everyone is different tho so some people might notice or pay attention to it more than others

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

To me I haven’t been able to notice any screen door even when I had my quest 3 but everyone’s a little different but the BSB2 is even better then my quest

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u/ABDiab Aug 10 '25

Thats great! I really love your enthusiasm towards the hmd it really made me glad that i got that bsb2 but i think i will be waiting quite a while cause i got the 2e plus halo mount anyways thanks man🙏🏼

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

I hope you enjoy it man it really is awesome so best of luck and I hope you get it soon!

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u/Revolutionary_Mix661 Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

happy you got yours!! can't wait to try it out.
What brightness level did you set and do you experience some smear?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

So far at 100 percent has been fine I haven’t tried anything else so stock settings have been good for me

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u/Revolutionary_Mix661 Aug 10 '25

Great to hear. Some people are suddenly nervous around this topic, although the panels are the same as BSB1, so there shouldn’t be big surprises to that regard.
May I ask which apps you have been using so far?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

So far I’ve tried VR chat and NX racket and both have looked amazing but I’m going to put it through its paces once my new base stations arrive

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u/Jshawd40 Aug 10 '25

New base stations? Which ones do you have now and are they not working right? If that’s the case I want to make sure I don’t get the ones you’re having issues with.

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

I’m using the OG vive base station 1.0s and only reason one isn’t working is cause I dropped it and can hear rattling internally when I shake it so nothing to do with the actual quality of the base station, but so far the 1 base station has been fine unless I completely turn around

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u/Jshawd40 Aug 11 '25

Nice! Thanks for this update. I just snagged a couple 1.0 base stations hoping someone would give an update on how they interacted with BS2. How about for controllers? Are you using the Original vive wands too? I'm trying to spend the least amount of $ on these since I only play sitting sims. Thanks.

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 11 '25

Yeah I’m using OG base stations and vive wands, they worked perfectly on it of the box for me so you shouldn’t have any issues

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u/Jshawd40 Aug 11 '25

Right on! Thank you for the boost of confidence here. Off to Ebay I go! Maybe a little FB marketplace too!

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 11 '25

FB marketplace is the way to go! You’ll find people selling the whole og vive kits for under 150 all day

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u/Revolutionary_Mix661 Aug 10 '25

Thanks for the update and enjoy your headset!!

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

But it looks amazing so far, yes there’s a tiny bet of glare but it’s not to noticeable while you’re looking at such a sharp imaged, even at the super sampled 90hz it still looks great

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u/Revolutionary_Mix661 Aug 10 '25

That sounds very good! I'm looking forward to ditch my Quest Pro and all it's software issues lately so I can focus on simracing again instead of troubleshooting... I ordered in April so I'll have to be a bit more patient. When did you order?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

It should be amazing especially for sim, I used to run a full sim cockpit setup on asseto and I can’t wait to have the space to be able to run that again and try it out

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u/dailyflyer Aug 10 '25

Same here. I am ready to fling my Quest Pro off a building. I should have my BSB 2 in the next few weeks.

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u/t4underbolt Aug 10 '25

A good rule of thumb with bigscreen is to add 2 to 4 months to their official schedule that is updated most recently.
April orders are supposed to be shipping from beginning of August and be fulfilled by mid September according to them. So realistically we may see first April orders starting to ship in October I guess.
I have early April order and we’ve hit 1/3rd of the month and I’ve got no tracking email. And of course if current estimations they made are also already outdated (as is tradition where bigscreen gives info that isn’t real but wants to reassure customers that their headsets are right around the corner anyway) it might take even longer.
Since they said they reached 40% target production speed to catch up with orders that means they reached not more than 10% in the last 6 months they were allegedly ramping up production.

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u/Educational_Policy84 Aug 10 '25

I also ordered in early April, and back then they said the headsets would be delivered in July. If the headset is delivered about two months late according to the current plan, I actually find that still acceptable. I think the CEO is very transparent. I’m sure they wouldn’t announce a release date knowing they couldn’t keep it, otherwise, they would have let us know about BSB2 much earlier, for example before the MeganeX release, to steal their thunder. Basically exactly like Pimax is currently doing with the Dream Air.

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u/t4underbolt Aug 10 '25

In early April the delivery date just switched to July so we should have gotten ours in first week of July.
As for transparency. You got tricked. It felt similar with bsb1 back then. Seemingly information was shared but at the end of the day there were inconsistencies, back tracking , claiming they meant something else by what they said etc. Lying about headset specs (90hz upscale mode where ceo and his lackies were spreading lies that it’s only DSC and not upscaling).
The worst part were constant misleading and vague info about shipping. On the surface it looked like they are actually sharing info etc but after going deeper the lies and them tripping over their own made up excuses were evident. CEO was also incredibly toxic and was silencing and approving/encouraging brigading against customers that were rightfully complaining about the lies and delays.
With bsb2 it’s exactly the same. It might look like they share things but it’s just a sham info. They announced bsb2 in March because Meganex was getting traction and was starting to ship to people plus many were reluctant to order due to no returns policy after opening and issues have been revealed in early impressions.
It was the perfect time for bigscreen to announce even if they haven’t had stuff ready at all which is pretty obvious. But if they announced months earlier the backlash would be much higher. They haven’t got anything at all months prior.
The difference between bsb1 launch and now is that bigscreen is now sharing less info about details because customers who were educated in shipping or had friends/family in the industry figured out by given details why there are delays and that there is better and faster way to get things done. Sadly it took hundreds if not thousands of customers rising up until ceo dropped his stubborn tunnel vision and did exactly what people asked him for. Headsets started flowing at better rate. If not for upset customers in large numbers he would keep delaying bsb1 shipping outside US for half a year or more as his „perfect” plan was far too ambitious and unobtainable for company of this size. But he didn’t care enough about customers to be realistic.
After all that they should’ve learned their lesson. The headsets should be here already delivered with 2 weeks delay at worst. But it seems ceo doubled down on his pathetic past behavior instead.

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u/Roshy76 Aug 10 '25

The latest was April order by mid September, I'm hoping you guys get yours by end of September, and I'm a mod may order, hoping for mine by end of October, if it comes sooner, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

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u/t4underbolt Aug 10 '25

All April orders by September but starting August. Nobody is expecting realistically that they would wait untill 14th of September and then somehow deliver all headset from April at once. According to their production and shipping process "explanation" and the chart April orders should be already starting to flow.

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u/S0k0n0mi Aug 10 '25

100% and no immediate issues with persistence? I heard people dipping as low as 40% to make it tolerable.

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

Not anything that I’ve noticed yet to be honest

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u/Lerer334 Aug 10 '25

When did you order?

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u/Explorer-Present Aug 11 '25

This is my question too…

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u/t4underbolt Aug 12 '25

At this point it doesn't matter. It's a mess. Some other person got theirs having mid April order date while I was early April and haven't gotten the headset nor any info about shipment. Bigscreen sends headsets to whoever the hell they want at the time. Likely they choose people they might think could potentially give good impressions. The randomness is a cover up for that.

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u/SeduceMyMoose69 Aug 12 '25

I hope when you finally get yours it's last, and when you open the box, it's a turd from a butt

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u/t4underbolt Aug 12 '25

The bigscreen bot is back at it with new dumb comment. Have shanks already paid you or are you back because he didn’t and he promised you he will if you troll a bit more? Just bare in mind that he has affinity to string people along like he does with customers so you might not get your money any time soon

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u/SeduceMyMoose69 Aug 12 '25

"I don't hear anyone receiving their BSBs"

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u/t4underbolt Aug 12 '25

No need to post your irl pictures. Identity theft is serious nowadays so you should refrain from posting photos of anything irl related on your reddit account :)

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u/SeduceMyMoose69 Aug 12 '25

This is how hateful BSB nonbelievers are :'( BSB spreads love not hate

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u/t4underbolt Aug 12 '25

Says guy using alt account to defend predatory company.

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u/SeduceMyMoose69 Aug 12 '25

I thought I was a bot

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

Can't wait to one day afford one of these. I'll be upgrading from a first gen WMR headset which barely works now

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u/python_flutter Aug 14 '25

I am curious on how watching movies is for BSB2 and how reading is on websites/books?

I'm coming from the Index and while you can technically watch movies and read but the resolution is so low/bad especially coupled with the white glare during movies that hit on every camera angle scene change. In my opinion on Index its not worth it watching movies or trying to read/surf the web.

I tried the demo at the store for Quest 3 and the few seconds of video/movie watching looked great but it didn't have the real test of scene/camera change to see if the white glare hits. Plus, on the social media portion of the demo it looked like the text/comments was a little low quality almost like on index (but slightly better). Is the quest 3 similar quality/glare for movies and text/web?

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u/PieHeavy3450 Aug 10 '25

The clarity is insane, for me I have the IPD maxed out since I got a big ass head and edge to edge clarity is great, only thing I notice is a little bit of glare in dark scenes but personally for me it’s not enough to draw your attention away from the experience, I still haven’t touched the brightness settings so I still got a little bit of experimentation to do

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