My two cents. If you get a defective Q3 then it's worse than any Q2. The first Q3 I returned had so many problems it was practically a scam. If you get a Q3 without problems it's a big step up from a Q2 without problems. Like going from Google Cardboard to Q2 almost. I don't use passthrough except when leaving boundary so I can't comment on how good it is. Make sure to check the IPD setting when you turn it back on because it's easy to accidentally roll it to a different setting if you store the Q3 facing forward.
Is Quest 3 actually better?
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spanker brad likes it after a month of use
- VirtualDesktop is a mandatory purchase, which Brad onwed
- Brad has upgraded his strap
- Brad lives in Florida, where there's lots of light, so passthrough looks better
- There are reflections on some devices, so it's hit or miss if you get a good one.
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[deleted] brad likes it after a month of use
Nevertheless, I would recommend the device to friends. I wouldn't have recommended Quest 2. Depending on your Android phone, you could have a better experience with GearVR or even Cardboard. Quest 3 is a useable and useful device, not a gaming PC accessory like its predecessor...
[deleted] Brad lives in Florida, where there's lots of light, so passthrough looks better
Unless you live near the earth's poles there is lots of light everywhere
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That should be a feature in DeoVR! "Low light PT" - adjusting the video to be grainy and darker to match the environment. Not joking... could really help with immersion which for me doesn't work at all due to the difference in video vs. real environment visuals.
I just expected better camera quality from Q3 since it was released a year later after Pico 4. That's why I'm excited about the upcoming Pico 5 headsets, hoping they'll set a new standard for PT again.
Man, does yall face guard on quest 3 keep coming off by the nose curve? Seems like everyday i have push it in.
Also since there a Lil button by the battery cover it kinda feels flimsy sometimes.
This all normal for yall too?
And my pass through works good, better then the pico but I be seeing videos where people's pass through looks better then mine in low light.
It cuz we really can't see that grain in the videos?
Smh 
I'm cool with the q3 I like it, but I be thinking about these issues with it. Smh
After using Quest 2 for I think almost 2 years, and now having used Quest 3 for about a couple weeks now, I really can't tell much of a difference, if any. I download to PC and stream over wifi with Skybox, same as I did on Q2. I also don't really care for passthrough, doesn't feel more immersive to me, just less. While I am not going to return it, I would have preferred not spending $500 on it. I do regret it a little bit. I'd personally tell anyone thinking of getting Q3 that currently has a Q2 to just not bother. I'll probably feel different once I start playing VR games again though.
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Man I took mine back cuz the right controller kept making this clicking noise by the battery cover got annoying, now ima take this new one back cuz on the outer sides of the lense I notice like a shaded area and it makes the sides look shaded like a white wall will look grey-ish due to the shaded area, also every time I move in pass through its gets dim and brights back up, smh should of just kept my other one I didn't notice any of this shit on my first one. Smh , also on the left lense on the right I can see the frame and its real noticeable, idk if thats the binocular overlap yall talking about but on my other one that wasn't noticeable or as noticeable just looking straight out, ffs man, my other q3 the frames were good but I had to pull out the face guard to max to get a nice circle frame. Hopefully this third one will be better. Third times the charm. 
Fucking meta 
Hey have yall tried getting a flashlight and shine it on top, it's weird cuz light gets threw around the arm areas.
Got the third one, hopefully this works out good 
Hey, if anyone still thinking about buying q3 get it at bestbuy, right now returns are available untill January cuz of the holidays. Also if u get
The warranty they'll give store credit to buy another one, but you'll have to buy the Warranty again.
I turned in my q2 and got the store credit and put it towards q3. 
Idk why anyone would order it from meta or Amazon if u got a bestbuy available.
Smh check this out
The last two headsets did not have this blue cover.
Man these headset should all be identical and work all the same. Smh
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Vrsumo2017 Smh , also on the left lense on the right I can see the frame and its real noticeable, idk if thats the binocular overlap yall talking about
This 3rd q3 its less noticeable
So if you think you have to much binocular overlap might wanna take it back, cuz that shit was annoying on my second q3, it was very noticeable.
Vrsumo2017 on the outer sides of the lense I notice like a shaded area and it makes the sides look shaded like a white wall will look grey-ish due to the shaded area
It's there but less noticeable, you have to really look for it, my last one my 2nd q3 omg it was like I had a blurry shadowy spot to my lower right of the frame, maybe my first q3 had it too but I never noticed it.
Pass through seems about the same, when u move its grainger but focuses when u stop moving, my first q3 did the same.
Smh, controllers feel better, not flimsy around the battery cover like my first q3.
Looks good sofar.
Vrsumo2017 Hopefully this third one will be better. Third times the charm
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Got threw a long session, went threw a few videos, regular and pt and it was smooth, didn't notice anything, no shadowy spot, lens looked good like a good circle. And controllers haven't felt flemsy around the battery cover. I'm happy with this third q3 so far