After playing around with it for a couple days, I changed my mind. It's way better than Q2 in every way. My first run through I didn't have it on my face the way it should be, and didn't have some of settings where I like them. Quality is better and so is FOV as well as overall performance. You can sharpen/brigten the video and not lose FPS like you would with Q2. color passthrough is great. Sure a bit grainy (haven't tried it outdoors in daylight yet), but like night and day over Q2 which was super dark, grey and couldn't even move around clearly. With this I could go about my day like normal, read text messages, etc. with no issue. Couldn't do that before.

Still has a ways to go, and I think Apple's headset is going to totally shatter PT as we know it, it's going to be absolutley incredible...unfortunately not something any of us could really afford. Even if I could, not sure I would feel good about it. If it was 1k I'd consider it, but 3.5k? Hell no. Even if it's the real deal.

Having spent several hours in the pas few days, with the Quest 3, I've come to an exciting conclusion: it's a massive leap forward from my previous devices. In this review, ill dive into the Quest 3's incredible improvements and how it stacks up against the Pimax 8KX and G2 Reverb. I have even, revisiting older videos with the Quest 3 has been an eye-opening experience ..they look significantly better(Watching 8K videos on platforms like SLR and CzechVR feels incredibly real with the Quest 3, especially those up-close moments.)

Clarity and Sweet Spot:
What sets the Quest 3 apart is its remarkable clarity, and it's all thanks to those pancake lenses. But here's the kicker – the sweet spot covers the entire field of view unlike the Reverb or 8KX, creating an unparalled sense of presence
Field of View (FOV):
Way better than G2 Reverb. Less than 8KX in theory but feels way better coz the 8KX is warping and somehow unpleasant and not very clear. Wheres here the entire FOV is clear.
Eye Comfort: Way better than either. I used to spend 2 hours in 8KX and my eyes hurt all day. With Q3 none of that.
Mixed Reality Passthrough:
This feature is a killer. U can have the girl in ur room , on ur bed, creating another level of immersion for me. this feature is really cool.
Overall Ratings:
Quest 3: 8/10
Pimax 8KX: 5/10
Reverb G2: 4/10

    albertleder Glad to hear this. Did you test quest3 with pcvr mode?l think maybe av1 helps a lot it brings the same effect with half bitrates

        sheldoncooper I actually only use it wirelessly. My porn is on my HDDs which I then stream onto my quest using DLNA and play the files locally on the quest. This means there is no compression or anything. So AV1 actually doesnt matter for me.

          I'm far too lazy and really don't have the time to read the whole thread, I just want to ask is the Quest 3 enough of an improvement over the Quest 2 just to use for SLR and if I will notice a quality jump? I wont be using it for games and I have zero interest in passthrough as I really don't see the point in it and honestly I'm not too happy the way the site is going with passthrough but that's a whole different conversation for a different thread, I just want to know if its a worthwhile upgrade just to watch regular SLR and nothing else? Thanks

            xxxscottyxxx pass through and games a side, imo I stick to the q2, unless you willing to pay 500$ just to get rid of the sweet spot or the lens rings, and i also heard 8k looks better.

            I have no q3 yet but I've read and watched many reviews, and that's my assumption, no interest in pass through color or games? Then why spend the 500$

            Plus meta coming out with a q3 lite for cheaper maybe that one will have same pancake lense and maybe no pass through, 🤔...no one really knows yet though.

                Vrsumo2017

                the quest 3 is worth a buy same like the pico 4...

                but the difference and huge thing is the depth sensors and its all in color...which pico 4 lacks.
                the passthrough is similar to pico 4 but sligthly better in any way cause of depth and scale is 1:1 and you just feel immersed while in passthrough...

                in pico 4 you dont gonna have such level of immersed when in passthrough.

                but pico 4 is enough for porn in passthrough too and its rly nice too.

                quest 3 has just has more possibility which still in progress when it comes to passthrough ar porn...
                like your hands infront of object and tittis or your dick which probably will be possible soon. ^^

                and or if you put a model behind reallife objects then it will stay there and behind those objects...

                same is probably possible with pico 4 too but you need to learn unity or unreal and do everything manually if want achieve this.

                that why depth sensor is a must thing and just worth. it makes everything much simple for user...

                  Vrsumo2017 Pico 4 available on Walmart for 380$

                  I'll sell my Pico 4 (256GB version) -- used about a dozen times, with a really cool upgraded strap that has swappable batteries and two extra batteries for $250 if anybody wants them. Just PM me. Will include shipping in the continental USA. Still have original box too. If nobody wants it here, I'll just ebay it. But I'd rather let one of you have first chance

                  I only bought it for the pass through -- if you don't care about the pass through, the marginal difference between the MQ3 and Pico 4 probably isn't worth the extra money.

                      Ventriloquist_Tacos I'm a chronic zoomer-outer (not all the way but halfway between default and max zoom out)

                      Me too, but I go the max -- can't zoom any of these out far enough for me -- maybe because I'm tall and the stunt dick body matches up better to mine when I'm laying down

                          SchnuppiLilac Situation for the 128 GB version is much better and I will most likely go for that one anyway.

                          I don't know enough about the tech to know if 512 gives any advantage of 128. I dropped the extra $$$ because, I guess, just in case?

                            the quest 3 makes possible to go and walk in your own room and you see an gangbang there going on...on your couch and everywhere...

                            that the real future of passthrough and what will be possible soon ^^

                            and if this gonna be everything in 3d models then this will just blow everything away...

                            porn industry gonna change hard in future with those vr glasses and passthrough,

                            and i am not even talk about realtime cam girls which gonna interact with you in your room and space...
                            this will be another level of porn consume too.

                            mebejoe the marginal difference between the MQ3 and Pico 4

                            I hear q3 still had grain, sum say less then pico 4 in low light but the selling point for me would be your actual environment looks accurate compared to pico 4, pico 4 the environment looks a Lil bigger then normal.

                            Do you see a difference there?

                              Lol the way anti pt users feel about pt porn I feel about some of these pt games I've seen in pt
                              Like pool and table tennis like why would I wanna be in my living room instead of a pool bar or table tennis arena.

                              Yall know whats odd and funny at the same time, if you search quest 3 and search by date on YouTube almost every reviewer you see are like men, they like in they're 30s with beards, lol like wth, I just thank that's strange, you'd think there be teens or early 20s reviewing it, is vr aimed at 30 year Olds and up? Lol 😆 🤷‍♂️...idk just thought that was strange.
                              One guy look late 40s maybe 50 lol

                              Someone should make a video "how good is quest 3 for porn and pass through porn" pg for youtube and deo, rated x here on slr. Lol

                              I'm surprised slr labs haven't done this yet, show off that alpha pron son!

                              not a lot of time with it...some 2D sites like CB and cool lil JAV site are very good. interface with cb is better on resolution, but the interface of getting in and out of full screen is dumb...which you do to tip and chat, but it leaves the open window way off center, which needs immediate correcting each time. JAV site is great and no issues

                              hoping for controller control updates from this place

                              have apps like bigscreen...the sample/previews of 3d movie look very cool...which you can rent. kinda MAKES sense to watch REG 3d movies with a 700-dollar headset...it was probably possible on the other headsets also...while i have had bigscreen, i never used it from before.

                              Vrsumo2017

                              sorry...i REMEMBER getting to SEE the green check the very first day looking at all this...before bringing it up...mighta got too excited, as i can't seem to get the green check to appear again over the last two days or times in SLR

                              luckily been busy seeing other things...NEW(to me) JAV site (no ESG....so all the crazy shit we're used to)...with little section of non-pixilated clips on the page. in three D...i would be going frigging blind, but only that looks great with q3