Some people live alone.

Plenty of people use their phones as TVs for streaming Netflix.

I don’t have experience with the quest 3 so I can’t tell you for sure, I’ve just seen people complain about it.

The Vive Pro uses fresnel lenses and comparatively is quite a bulky headset and is really showing it’s age. The Vive Pro 2, I have not tried it but the wireless adaptor can’t stream native resolution. Additionally it is still a very bulky headset. The wireless adaptor for these headsets is pretty expensive too. It’s also a bit fiddly with batteries and stuff though it worked for me. I’d be willing to bet it’s be out of your price range based on your post. The industry seems to have just decided that wifi streaming is the way to go for wireless, particularly over wifi 6 or 6e.

Talking about more things I don’t have experience with, you could try checking out things like Pimax but they’re also expensive and possibly fiddly.

In my opinion, there is no perfect option for VR at the moment and there aren’t a lot of options at the low end. Quest 3 seems like a good all rounder. PSVR2 is an alternative with few pros (including if you have a ps5) and a few cons (such as being bulky and I have seen some discussions on which has a better picture).

I really just want to see what Valve does.

Personally, I would rather get wireless working if I had a Quest 3 for PC VR because it’s a nice trade off for the compression. I’ve seen quite a few comments complaining about the lack of display port on Quest 3 due to the compressed video but I don’t know if that’s a vocal minority or not.

I used to have a wireless Vive Pro and I do miss the wireless a bit.

I don’t think Valve will go as premium this time. I think they’ve learned their lesson. I think the reason the Index costs so much is simply the lighthouse tech. Look at how much the base stations cost and how much the vive tracking pucks cost. Based on leaks/speculation (so, grain of salt) their current prototypes are using camera based tracking - which in theory, tells me they’re price sensitive

Haha oops.I definitely meant to type “virtual desktop” and not “cordial desktop”.

/Facepalm

As far as I’m aware, your options for mid tier are Quest 3 or PSVR2 with the PC adaptor.

I haven’t used either.

Quest 3 - if you buy a wifi 6 router that’s dedicated to quest 3 streaming, you can supposedly do passable wireless using either the Steam app or Cordial Desktop on Quest. As the other commenter said, you might want to consider a third party headstrap.

PSVR2 - No wireless option but there’s a cable (display port or HDMI - I’m not sure which) you plugin to your PC so the picture won’t have artifacting etc. Unfortunately eye tracking isn’t supported on PC. Also you won’t get the passthrough stuff you were asking about.

Pico 4 - I dunno much about. It has a display port connector and can also do wireless but no idea what it’s like or if it’s still considered an option. Also, if you’re avoiding Meta, I’m not sure byte dance is any better. I don’t know what the future holds for their vr plans

Then I think we start going up in price.

There is supposed to be some Android VR headsets announced this year (like from Samsung) and there’s also the possibility of whatever Valve is doing with deckard at the end of the year (but that’s all rumour, leaks and speculation).

Personally, I’d really love to see what Valve are doing but maybe that’s just my copium

I see this popup all the time since getting my 3080 and Reverb G2. I don’t recall it ever causing issues though.

I also don’t recall seeing it on my 1080 and vive pro (wireless) which is what I used to play the game the first time.

Someone asked what the fov was. Even if the product is vaporware, the specs are still valid for the prototype.

I even mentioned that MRTV can get excited so that people temper their expectations. And I didn’t try to refute anyone else’s claims.

I think you’re being unnecessarily guarded.

Regardless of the specs, I don’t think anyone should be slapping money down for pre-order.

https://youtu.be/fZcjtZZVX6A?si=z8zRVl8fRbx5nVrA&t=3m30s

Sebastian from MRTV does get excited about new products but he mentions a few comparisons and opinions.

I don’t mean to hype but he says:

• Higher fov than Apple vision pro and similar fov to Pico 4 and ultra. Estimates around 100ish horizontally and 100 vertically
• Very comfortable, super light
• Very good picture. Sharpest picture he’s seen in VR, period. Sharper than AVP, XR4.
• Better binocular overlap than AVP and Bigscreen Beyond
• Super clear pancake lenses. Don’t see any glare but not enough contrast in the scene to test it
• He asked if it could go brighter but the guy said they haven’t added that yet. Not as bright as AVP. Some brightness lost at very edges.

He says he’s doing a more in depth test “tomorrow” but that video isn’t up yet on YouTube afaik. I think he’ll reply on discord/patreon if you ask him questions.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2550040/Subside/

Oh cool! I hadn’t seen Eternal Starlight before. Another one for the wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/676030/Eternal_Starlight_VR/

I also didn’t realise Homeworld vr was coming to stream too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949240/Homeworld_Vast_Reaches/

If you’re interested in this style of game on pcvr, you could check out battlegroup vr

I’m not sure exactly how similar they are but they both have you commanding your own fleet. I haven’t played either so this isn’t an endorsement but they both look cool. Battlegroup seems to have a really cool perspective from the command ship too

Battle group vr looks like that https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178780/BattleGroupVR/