Pico 4

Honkster

Preordered my Pico 4 from Amazon UK and received it in the US yesterday. To finish the setup I sideloaded the Pico Assistant onto a separate Android device and successfully entered PayPal in the app for in-headset purchases in the Pico store. My old headset is an Oculus Go, so I can't compare it to the Quest 2. To have maximum field of vision I left the spacer out of the Pico 4, which seems fine.

One advantage to the Pico 4 is the ability to play videos from the USB port, giving viewers an alternative to transferring videos onto the headset or streaming. I use a micro SD card with previously-saved videos, placed in a card reader, attached to USB-C dongle. The dongle-dangle only weighs about 20g (less than an ounce). So far I've had no problem viewing any of the previously-saved videos I've tried. This is what my dongle-dangle looks like.

![https://i.imgur.com/NQmYEoq.png]

justsomedude101

Honkster This is what my dongle-dangle looks like.

You can't just put pics of your "dongle-dangle" up for anyone to see!! 😆

valerianVR

Honkster
Excellent! I was just wondering that myself.

You can also hook up your USB to any android device via OTG and it will set up the Android folders for you.
Another idea would be a Dual sided USB Stick, USB A on one side USB C on the other side. That's what I use on my phone all the time to transfer podcasts. (Actually I use a USB A / Micro, but same idea)

Look on Ali

How do the movies look? Can you change the angle, lie down, go on your side etc.

ajaxmatt

I too am interested in the new Pico , I would gladly purchase it if I knew it offered definite
visual improvements watching the type of movies that all of us on this forum are interested in.
Would also be a definite buy if I knew the DeoVR app and Heresphere ran on it.

valerianVR

Yeah, me too.
Good luck finding one though.
By the time a new batch is ready, DeoVR might (MIGHT) be ready. Heresphere, I don't think so. No idea if they will port it. However, it may run via Virtual Desktop.

Honkster

valerianVR The VR movies look much better on the Pico 4. I have discovered that the increased FOV (particularly when the spacer is not used) gives a stronger sense of immersion. The angle can be changed by re-centering the screen, including laying on side or back. But the video player doesn't have fancy controls like Skybox. Twitching the joystick to the left or right will jump 10 seconds forward or back.

Vrsumo2017

Found this on Czech

Quote"
"Currently I do not see HereSphere on the Pico store. However it's an android device and HereSphere is not a from scratch product. It uses Unreal Engine. This makes it very likely it could run on a Pico.

If you already have a pico 4 you could try downloading the demo APK file the Quest 2 uses:
https://heresphere.itch.io/heresphere-vr-video-player-quest-2"

Hope this helpful 👍

ajaxmatt

Honkster Thanks for your findings , does the image seem sharper and I assume with the
new lenses the overall visuals are clearer ?. Hopefully there will be a Deovr app soon I'm very tempted.

Lonkilan

ajaxmatt
Yes. The visual quality is better. Sharper picture and more natural colors. It only remains to wait for DeoVr ...

eos666

what about a web browser? do vr camsites work in it?

Honkster

eos666 https://www.reddit.com/r/oculusnsfw/comments/yk8tfc/vr_cam_site_viewing_on_pico_4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

ajaxmatt

Honkster Thanks ,Puts me off buying one although the Hardware seems an upgrade over the Quest 2
I'm currently using , perhaps in time software will improve.

alina

The built in pico browser was able to support SLR videos directly from the website every time I tried on my Pico4 The only limitations so far is when selecting which quality it only goes as high as 1920 and the low is 1080. However once you enter VR mode and watch the video it takes you into a web browser version of the SLR app. Again this works as normal but the quality is low. Until SLR app is added or DEOvr is added this works for now. 1920 looks pretty decent so can’t wait to see how a native 2160 will look.

Honkster

alina That's not my experience at all. Using the Pico 4 browser on the SLR site just gives me the two VR buttons when trying to view a video: "DeoVR" and "SLR app". Cilicking either button brings up a small window which includes a "Pico" tab; selecting it tell me to install the DeoVR app from the Pico Store (but that app is not yet in the Pico store!). I also tried installing the DeoVR app for cardboard Android, but it failed to load on the Pico 4.

valerianVR

alina You could try downloading the higher res vids to the movies folder and playing them natively. Might work. The live streams are often meh quality.

valerianVR

Honkster Oh that ain't good. Seems like random glitches. Maybe try updating the firmware?
Honestly, hope they can sort this all out. The Pico 4 really does look like a good unit, but with all these random issues and glitches, Idunno. It's like one of those Expection/Reality memes.

Probably better to wait till everything is ironed out before ordering. For the rest, hopefully the unit arrives, and SLR DeoVR is up and running same day as unboxing.

😛

alina

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Honkster if you log into SLR on pico browser you play the video then the glasses will appear.

alina

valerianVR oh wow, this is the cheat code. After actually downloading the video onto your pico4 the quality of video is fantastic. I use my oculus go for standalone and hp reverb version 1 for desktop and I think the quality on this is actually better. Will compare reverb vs pico4 but off the bat the first impression was wow.

valerianVR

So far no updates on the DeoVR forum or Discord I'm afraid.

doublevr

valerianVR the guys just got a headset. Will start working next week

deni12

doublevr any update to the progress or ETA?

alina

Once you click on the VR glasses logo then it will enable you to view in VR. However the quality is capped to 1920.

Honkster

alina Again, that's not my experience. When I tried that method in my Pico 4 the glasses do appear but when I select them the screen goes black or is frozen.

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