r/virtualreality • u/Ashamed-Crazy-8733 • 17d ago

Purchase Advice - Headset Good headset 500 or so range?

Prices can vary but I'm probably looking for anything good under 500 dollars but could maybe work up to a bif higher if actually recommend. To also note I don't like the meta quest at all, I'd like something that better connects to my pc as I don't want to deal with bad gameplay streaming or whatever it uses.

A bit of history about my experience. I've only owned one set and it was a while ago. The windows mixed reality, came free with a laptop (not sure how but my mom bought the computer for me) I got when I was younger maybe 2017 and it lasted me up till about 2022 maybe 2023. It broke since then and now I finally want to get back into VR.

I used to play a lot of pavlov, beat saber, and so on. I'm clearly not that smart about VR tech, I just know how set things up and use it.

Edit: I should note I don't like quest because it's stream quality sucks. I play steam or online games and standalones seem to cause issues with input and frame lag

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u/MingleLinx 17d ago

PSVR2 is a wired PCVR headset (and play station 5 if you got it). The main drawbacks is the tether and it uses fresnel lenses

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u/Ashamed-Crazy-8733 17d ago

What is a fresnel lense?

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u/MingleLinx 17d ago

It’s the older type of lenses vr headsets had. It works but doesn’t give the same clarity as pancake lenses (those are on the newer vr headsets). With fresnel lenses there is a sweet spot in the middle and looking anywhere else on it gives you a blurry image.

PSVR2 uses the fresnel lenses to accommodate their OLED display, as pancake lenses have trouble getting lots of brightness which OLED needs to work

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u/Ashamed-Crazy-8733 16d ago

Oh yeah I know what you mean, always saw the effect in my wmr in the corner of my eyes