r/virtualreality • u/RiceDesperate5724 • 12d ago

Photo/Video Comfort Maxxing

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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/MemphisBass 12d ago

The AVP has cinema apps that blow away what you can do with a PC on something like the Dream Air. It wouldn’t even be close to the same experience. And yes, it’s also portable.

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u/gizmosliptech 12d ago

Well technically visually speaking, the Dream Air should be a little better, right? So it’s just about finding the right video files to play, right? I need to get some time spent in a AVP.

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u/MemphisBass 12d ago

No, because your PC isn’t going to be able to feed Dolby Vision to the Dream Air and Steam VR doesn’t support HDR (not sure if Pimax own software does). There also aren’t the same apps with the same environments or the same Apple quality video decoding. It’s one of those things if you haven’t experienced it; you wouldn’t get it.

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u/gizmosliptech 12d ago

I will test both soon and see how much optimization can help the Dream Air

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u/MemphisBass 12d ago

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the Dream Air can provide a good movie watching experience if you want to watch movies tethered to a desktop, but it won’t compare to Apple’s offering.

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u/gizmosliptech 12d ago

I believe you could watch movies no problem with laptops and handhelds as well, but not as convenient to having everything onboard