Played around with he Quest 3 today and all in all it's a really nice headset. My biggest worry was the FOV but it was actually pretty okay, quite similar to Index if you really push it up your face, which is a lot better than I expected. Passthrough was pretty neat too, not perfect but very usable and most importantly a very cool experience (also for non porn). I've only tested it in daylight so far though so curious to try it out at night.

To me the biggest surprise was playing some Half life Alyx with 200% super sampling and godlike on virtual desktop. This looked so much clearer than my 8kx, I thought I was playing an updated version of the game. Really cool. Unfortunately videos don't get the same experience boost and look quite similar as image quality of current gen videos is the limiting factor 99% of the time.

The handtracking was also fun and interesting, never had a headset that does that before. Would be nice to ditch the controller at some point.

Then there is all this talk about the elite strap being all that. I'm just very glad Meta decided to go for one you can comfortably lie on your back with. Awesome! More than comfortable enough I would say, all though I will probably replace the face gasket with a more comfortable one that's also sits closer to the lenses. (it leaves your face red unlike the index or 8kx for instance).

My only gripe so far is that the battery drains like crazy. Especially with virtual desktop all maxed out. Didn't expect that to be such an issue.

    fenderwq ye battery sucks, it's going down much faster then my 2 year old quest 2, I wonder how bad will it become in one or two year.

      Just got it today. Looks like a very very nice device. Although now at this resolution videos are the limiting factor in terms of visual quality. The visual quality of videos doesnt look much better than my 8kx but games do look much better.

      But passthrough is incredible. Looks really awesome. I didnt like MR before this device coz it was so ugly. now its good!!!
      Mixed Reality can really be the future i think!! the immersion is so much better than normal videos tbh.

        albertleder that is what I was saying all videos looks same but when you look at games and dash surroundings, it's much more clear and crisp.

          loulou206 The q3 is much better than the q2, u can see this in games. but 8k videos are simply not high enough reesolution to fully utilize it. q3 is 25 PPD but an 8k video is only 21 PPD. and q2 is 20.

          I dont know about the grid effect tbh. I havent seen it or know what u mean.

              nice reviews!!. The sound is better imo - just played some music on YouTube and played a movie on Netflix and it sounded better to me than on my quest 2 which would distort when too much bass was coming through the speakers.

              One thing I noticed is that you can hear the headset when the volume is turned all the way down and I am noticing this much more than on the quest 2.

                theHobbit
                Yes I'd forgotten about the better weight distribution. I do use my Quest 2 to watch some YouTube and video on the DeoVR app and also intend to use it to watch some movies, so might be tempted to buy the Quest 3 after all.

                    albertleder But passthrough is incredible. Looks really awesome. I didnt like MR before this device coz it was so ugly. now its good!!!
                    Mixed Reality can really be the future i think!! the immersion is so much better than normal videos tbh.

                    🤜🤛 welcome to the ptgang lol

                    It's cool, it's there as an option, toggle off and on.

                    My favorite is laying cg, spreading legs apart lol it looks like they sitting on your lap. 🤦‍♂️

                      Slr should make alpha productions viewable for deo vr, like the salsa dancing hottie so it can be suitable to share on other social plat forms.

                      Can't really share videos where a floating cock is visible. Lol

                      I mean com on a short vid at 5mins 🤷‍♂️

                        What should frame rate refresh should be set at? There is no longer a 60hz option in deo with Q3, just 72, 80 and 90..neither of which are 60 or 120.

                        Yorky

                        Apparently it’s heavier than Q2, but you don’t feel it. Its way more comfortable and portable than Q2 by a lot. Still tough to keep on for more than 2 hours, I find that’s the max before my contacts start drying out and before you start feeling like you have to make adjustments.

                        Battery is ass. When I got mine it was at 70%, it got down to like 5% in less than an hour doing some PT and watching several normal vr porn vids

                            albertleder quality video Will be alm0st the same , i think for want Better quality shoulda wait another device. instead im wait review for passtrough colore video that for me the only motive for buy it

                              polipo18

                              Yeah the color passthrough is worth it. I mean, still has all the crappy issues PT has, but the color background really makes it 100% more immersive. However, it also makes you see more of the flaws. Some videos actually seem worse because it actually looks less realistic with the room being real behind if that makes sense. It’s really tough to line it up with your room where it doesn’t feel forced. There’s really a small percentage of videos that work well. When do you find one and get it to work though, it’s insane.

                                Yorky Yes I'd forgotten about the better weight distribution. I do use my Quest 2 to watch some YouTube and video on the DeoVR app and also intend to use it to watch some movies, so might be tempted to buy the Quest 3 after all.

                                Yeah I have to admit - watching movies is great using the bigscreen app so you can watch Disney and Prime on there. Bigscreen has loads of environments so you can set up a nice cinema experience for yourself and there is even a cool outdoor drive in movie simulation too. I love doing this just before I go to bed and you have just enough battery to watch a movie.

                                  Just picked up my Quest 3 and xfinity has an outage in my area 😭

                                  Hurto11 pretty much my experience too but if its possible to get away from the elite strap then technically it should be more comfortable for a slightly longer period as the elite strap also was used to provide a counter balance. I think you are right though- I can only use this device for about 2 hours max.