Pico 4
I do realise I am impatient here (I might have refreshed this page a couuuple times over the last hours), but should I be able to see the app already in the store?
My bad. It's in review process. Normally takes some few days
Pico 4 app released on SideQuest.
To me it sounds like its worth it.
Less tunnel effect/wider field of view. Much bigger sweet spot where the picture remains in focus. Color pass-through. Depth/vibrance of colors and black levels I am unsure of though.
doublevr It got released in the meanwhile on Side Quest. Everything works very well and the passthrough mode for videos is really impressive. I did not think it would work that well. Looking forward to see more improvements for that feature.
I did notice though, that 8k videos are really laggy on the Pico 4 and therefore unwatchable. Maximum quality I can set videos is 2880p. Everything above is way too laggy. I don't know if there is a fix for it, or if it's because that's the maximum a standalone device is capable off.
Anyway, really happy to have SLR available on the Pico 4 now.
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Lonkilan It's a browser thing. It will get fixed at some point.
2880p Is still well above the official AVC spec. and even runs fine because of the Qualcomm XR2 chip. - In comparison, an RTX 4090 can't decode this.
But correct, use HEVC/H.265 instead, in particularly for anything over 2160p.
For VR on PC, I'd even say anything over 1920p
But when deovr will be released on Pico 4 store without Sidequest?I use Pico 4 without PC....
Not yet instead.It's possibile download DeoVr only with Pico 3 headset, not with Pico 4
Anyone know if the Pico 4 app has the "remote control" functionality?
Lonkilan Thank you! That was indeed the problem. Completely forgot to change the codec. I somehow thought it was default on h265.
Works flawlessly now. The picture on the Pico 4 is very good. Before I used a Reverb G2. Picture was also very good, but the higher sweetspot and the slightly better FOV makes a huge difference. Feels way more immersive. Plus wireless is a game changer.
Danny88 I was in the same boat. The pico 4 in my opinion is currently the best standalone headset out this is affordable if you are SLR fan. I highly recommend to get it. Also I just experienced the pass through feature on SLR for the first time with this headset and that in itself is a freaking game changer. Although it’s in it’s early stages, when you get a video to work well, wow!
alina I use only a smartphone headset but really want to try the Build-Your-Own-Journey video feature which is only available in the headset app rigth now. That's why I'm considering buying a Pico 4, but the problem is that Meta Quest 3 is on the horizon...