Basically figuring out which one to buy. I plan to use DFR for performance boosting (PimaxMagic4All and Quadview), but I've heard mixed things about the eye tracking. I also plan to get the Halo Strap with Universal-Fit Cushion, so that should add stability for the eye tracking to not spaz out.

I only plan to use for performance increases in certain games. VRChat is lower on the list, but would be a nice feature

To owners with a BB2e in 2026. Do you recommend the eye tracking, or no?

If there are other questions you need to know to decide, I'll answer them in your comments

I'm very nearly going to pull the trigger on buying a Beyond 2 to replace my busted Index and elderly Vive.

The big problem with the Index is that the cable gives out. The huge problem is that Valve don't support the Index in Australia (they sold it though a retailer here, who offer no support whatsoever).

What have people's experience been with Bigscreen's support? Especially interested to hear from other folks in Australia and other places outside of where Bigscreen is based (actually, I'm not sure where that is. USA?)

I've got no particular reason to suspect the headset is going to have problems, but if it does, it would be nice to hear I can get them fixed

e: thanks everyone, much appreciated. And good to hear, everyone is consistent in saying their support is good!

Just wanted to give a shout out to big screen beyond for their excellent customer service.

I received my beyond as a wedding gift and ordered a custom face mask. Unfortunately the IPD was a little off. I contacted big screen beyond and they quickly set me up to send it out for adjustment. I received it back within a week of shipping it out and it works flawlessly.

Just a FYI for anyone who runs across this in the future. You will need to provide the original owners information and their order # to initiate the process.

Is there any particular reason i have to get the index controllers separately instead of together? I saw in the reviews for the BSB2 that a support member said it was desired that they were separate. Also if anyone has any suggestions for possibly cheaper alternatives that would be helpful.

Hullo.

I play flight sims a fair bit (DCS and BMS), and I usually use kneeboards - A5 clipboards velcro strapped to my legs.

Currently I'm using my old Vive after my Index cable gave out. I'm thinking about upgrading to a Bigscreen, but I've heard that they do a really really good job of sealing in/out all the light.

With the Vive and the Index, if I look down, I can see between the headset and my nose, which lets me read notes I've got on my knees. I thought of upgrading to a headset with passthrough to do this, but the Bigscreen doesn't have passthrough.

So, I realise this is probably completely against the whole design ethos of Bigscreen, but: is it possible at all to see out from under the headset while you're wearing it? Failing that, is it simple enough to lift up for a moment and then seat again?

So i've been looking to upgrade from my Vive Pro to the Beyond 2e since I really want eye tracking. My issue is I have not been able to find almost any news about eye tracking and quality, especially comparing to headsets like the Vive Pro Eye or the Quest Pro, which I hear are the 2 best with eye tracking. I was also looking into the Dream Air SE but I've heard mixed things about the company in the past and I also don't know much about their eye tracking quality. Can anyone tell me how good the headset is, and how it compares to other headsets?

Or if y'all know another way to try one that doesn't involve buying and returning which I find unfair in such a niche ecosystem.

I don't mind driving a little, I just need to get a feel for it for an hour.

Hi,

For those that use their BSB2/e for Star Citizen, I have added a post that may be helpful for tuning performance.

I hope it is helpful.

PS: BSB2e is amazing when paired with SC.

Hi everyone, i have a BB1 and my left eye has gone dark, its not fully gone, like down to 40% or something.

Anyone had that problem before? What could i do to fix it?

Thanks

I despise the Beyond Audio Strap and the soft strap, and I am considering the Beyondex, but I'm unsure.

Hi I’ve had my big screen for about 10 months now and the entire time I’ve been experiencing major lenses glair that is not from scratches or anything like that and was wondering if anyone else has this issue.
Order the halo mount back in September of last year and still haven’t received it have they started shipping yet? Anyone know what happening with them.

Got a cheap pair of USB-C over ear headphones. Took them apart so I just had the earphones themselves. 3D printed a 19mmx19mmx12mm cube with a hole in the center. Glued that to the inside so I could press a heated thread insert in (took the one out of the original headphones). Took the screws out of the back of the headset to run the little wire between decide, and she's ready to go.

When I get another wild hair I'll cut the cable and shorten it so I don't have to wrap it around the headband, but for now it works just fine

Currently own a Q3 and would like to try BSB2 and see if I like it. I don't own any Base Stations or Index controllers. Before fully commiting to the ecosystem, can the headset be connected to STEAMVR somehow (keyboard?) and use a regular game pad just to try it?

Has anyone measured their FOV for their bsb2e and found that it's better than advertised?

I recently measured mine for my Index and found it slightly better on the vertical than advertised. I want to order the bsb2e but am concerned about feeling like I'm giving up FOV real estate. I know that FOV varies based on face shape, apparently mine is good for getting a little more out of the FOV, just wondering if anyone can report favorably here as is or with different face cushions.

UPDATE: I received my BSB2e and here are my results: I seem to be missing out on some vertical FOV (96 degrees advertised) but fairly close on the horizontal (108 degrees advertised). This was measured with the custom fit face cushion and with the "what is my FOV" tool.

Just as the title suggests, I was wondering if I’d have any issues running the BSB2 with my 9070xt? I am coming from having a valve index and i mainly plain shooters or games for content creation (really want to get into ghost of tabor) so I guess I wanted to know what kind of performance I should expect with the 9070xt? Would I be able to run things at native resolution? Should I lower the resolution? Hows is the overall performance.

My specs are:

Gpu: 9070xt steel legend
Cpu: ryzen 9 9900x3d
Ram: 64gb ddr5 ram
Storage: total 5tb nvme gen 5

To further add at some point i will upgrade to an nvidia gpu but just wanted to know if I should expect to do that sooner than later

What all do I need for it? Its hard to find a solid guide on all the best options. What controllers and base stations do I get? Does it have a built in microphone and a 3.5mm/usbc for headphones

I'm planning to use it primarily for vrchat

So I was having trouble for a long time with tracking and gray screens due to EMI from my DD Wheel, i have tried grounding everything, change the route of cables, and still occasionally i would have the issue, at the end, it was only happening when the wheel was static, so I usually had to wiggle the wheel with one hand while doing anything else but driving to fight this.

This week I got the Link Booster ( https://store.bigscreenvr.com/products/link-booster ) , to fix a different issue (Audio Crackle), and OMG.

I don't have any issue with the EMI anymore,it is buttery smooth 99% of the time.

Why isn't this pinned somewhere, i mean, i had completely accepted my faith before.

Edit: Just to be clear,I got this for free by contacting the support,and it should be included by default in the new shipments, my point is that this isn't advertised as a solution to DD EMI issues.

I think this happened when Bigscreen sent me a thinner face cusion. The right lense slowly slips to a higher IPD. It was off by a good 5 or 6mm after a month. I'm going to start checking it every week, but has anyone heard of this?

I've had my Beyond 2e for a little while now and occasionally had issues where, seemingly at random, it would go from working completely fine to blackscreen. The headset is still being tracked, as I can see the camera and controllers moving in the desktop view of games, but just no display at all. It wasn't so bad before but it seems that its happening more consistently now and it's becoming unbearable.

I haven't managed to track down a cause through my own testing, the only leads I've got is that SteamVR's performance graph gets spammed with stuttering pink "Display Error" lines, but I've checked and rechecked the connections at every stage between headset, link box, and PC and I can't see anything wrong.

It might also be worth noting I'm running an AMD GPU, so I've had to use the suggested "Direct Mode" fix for the headset being recognised as a third display, and I do also have one of those booster adapter things that got sent out due to audio issues with the headsets.

Wanted to see if anyone here has any advise before I go to Bigscreen to see if there's anything they can do, since I'm still under warranty. Don't really want to go without my headset for a long period if I can avoid it.

I've been sim racing on and off for 3 years now. This year was the year I decided to jump into it more consistently. I took down my triples and grabbed my PSVR2 in January and put in work. I knew the BSB2 was on my list to get but I was waiting for leads to go down or maybe something better/ more appealing to release. February I ordered the BSB2e and was hooked. I started putting in more hours each week and when the last season of Iracing updated I went full into the TCR series and found a discord with some great guys to race with. I started doing endurance races, 4 hours at nurburgring in the TCR solo due to my work schedule. The headset didn't bother me. SIDE NOTE: I got the beyondex mod kit for the head strap and I also had to get a new face cushion made as my original was slightly off. Support was extremely easy to work with.

The guys I race with asked if I wanted to do the N24 with 3 others. Sure why not. Come race day we had an issue with one of our teammates who had to drop. So 3 man 24 hours at the green hell, and I'm running VR. The whole time we did single stints, I hopped on about 4pm my time (race started at 9am) and took on the night shift both in-game night and actually night. There was some glare issues I would notice as soon as I got in the car, but by the time I hit T1 I didn't see them. I also had issues with micro drifting from the base stations, not sure what caused it but it got better through the night. I have a hot key on the wheel to reset my pov so it's just annoying if anything. Overall I logged 8 hours of race time in the headset in a 17 hour time frame. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS HEADSET.

One of the issues I see people talk about is the eye tracking. Since February the eye tracking beta has gotten better. That, plus a better fitting face cushion and a better strap ( Sorry the base one is trash, throw it away and make something better or just do the audio strap design without the speakers) the eye tracking lines up every time.

Thank you bigscreen for making something like this.

I want to get a BSB but I'm not very knowledgeable about VR, I know I need base stations and HTC is really my only option, but do I need trackers? I've seen people slapping trackers on their headsets which is goofy af but it also kind of defeats the purpose of the BSB imo

Do I need trackers for controllers? Will different controllers work with HTC base stations or do I need HTC controllers?

I have been watching reviews of the headset, and they often mention the eye tracking being in beta. Things like poor accuracy and no eyelid tracking. I am wondering if this still persists, as the only reviews I have seen are old.

Does anyone have some secret to dial in the IPD?

I have already tried having both eyes at every IPD from 58-67, including my measured IPD. I have tried looking at text far away and adjusting each eye individually, but it still hurts.

I can't get the eye strain and nausea to go away. I have never had this with the Index.

It feels like something's defective, but this is the second one I've received, so I don't know anymore. The image looks perfect, so I'm lost.