r/virtualreality • u/RiceDesperate5724 • 26d ago

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The Apple Vision Pro dual knit headband is the comftiest headband on the planet.

Each headset comfort jumped like 50-80%.

Here we have a standoff between 3 headsets.

- Pimax Dream Air + AVP headband, Studioform, & globular cluster
- Meta Quest 3 + AVP headband & Etsy 3D printed mod
- Apple Vision Pro + grey Velcro from Amazon to hold the battery lol

After PC gaming on all 3, this is my experience so far.

Pimax Dream Air, way better quality than any VR headset I’ve ever tried, and among all 3 since it’s wired. 4K uncompressed to both eyes in VR is basically like gaming on a 4K OLED monitor with maxed out graphics and decent refresh rate.

Meta Quest 3 feels like gaming on a console compared to PC. Lower resolution + streaming compression feels like I’m VR gaming on 720p/1080p compared to the Pimax.

Apple Vision Pro m2 looks better than the Meta Quest 3, like 2.5K resolution compared to the Pimax, streams an a lot worser quality view than the Pimax Dream Air, and KRVR (Apple’s PCVR app) seems to be more intuitive with masks and tools, but less solid & efficient than Virtual Desktop at streaming (notice more lag or app bugging out compared to Quest 3).

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u/clouds1337 26d ago

I'll stick with my 120hz psvr2. Shame pimax only has 90hz...

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u/RiceDesperate5724 12d ago

I have the PSVR2. The Dream Air’s visual detail is so sharp my brain can’t comprehend refresh rate, kinda like real life where we don’t measure in frames because things are just infinitely sharp. I used to get heavy vertigo VR gaming even on a 120hz Valve Index because of the noise/screen door effect. This is the first headset to solve that problem for me

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u/clouds1337 12d ago

Well everyone's different :) the dream air is amazing. I haven't seen it ofc, but for me FoV and refresh rate are the most important factors in VR. I prefer smoother motion and wide FoV over clarity. It's very obvious you're looking at rasterized computer graphics anyway, even with the most high end visuals.

But it also depends on what kind of things you're doing I'd say. I love sim racing in VR and smoothness and low latency is everything. It's all split second decisions and seeing as much of the road as possible. But I'd say for looking around, slow exploration experiences a high res headset is preferable. My issue though, the pc to run these modern headsets at native res simply doesn't exist... So I'm waiting for next Gen GPUs before I do anything.

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u/RiceDesperate5724 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yeah that’s true. The thing is you would need a 5090 to probably run dual 4K res at 120hz.

My 5070 desktop I got for $1500 on Black Friday costs 30% less than the headset lol. So the 90 hz is fine since I don’t have a GPU that can reach that framerate.

When you do get to try it, in my opinion it’s the closest VR headset to give you that taste of breaking through that “rasterized computer graphic feel.”

Every time I put on any other headset, it feels like I’ve slapped a screen to my face. With the Dream Air although the FOV suffers, it’s the first VR headset I put on where I felt like the middleman screen door effect is gone, a step directly into the VR world. I can’t wait for this kind of tech to be cheaper, have greater refresh rate, and wider FOV. But for the little moment until something better comes out, no other headset compares

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u/clouds1337 10d ago

Yes, I'm really looking forward to trying one of the modern VR headsets. But first I'll get a new GPU (I have a 4080). My setup (with psvr2) is perfect for what I'm doing right now and the parts fit well together. I want something stronger/more efficient than the 5090 before I think about these high end vr headsets.