- The Oculus Quest 2 was a bit of a surprise to a lot of us.
For one, it's cheaper than the original Quest,
but it also has some notable changes, niggles, if you will,
that makes this headset awful in some ways.
Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic things
to like about this headset.
The new, like, 2K graphics resolution for each IP,
the 90 Hertz refresh rate, and just the sheer speed
that this thing opens up games and applications.
But there are tonnes of reviews already online
that you can go and watch,
talk about all of the fluffy, lovely stuff.
So here is my down-to-earth take
after owning the original Oculus Quest headset,
which I shot a sort of review in a video
that I'll link up here and down below in this video.
Now upgrading to this brand new Oculus Quest 2,
which I've had since launch day,
so that's been a couple of weeks or so now.
Now, if you already own a Quest 2,
then I'm interested to know
if you have the same thoughts as I did.
So, do let me know in the comments,
but otherwise let's crack through them.
Point number one is the straps.
Now previously, you could adjust the straps in three places.
There was one on top, which is still there,
and then two on the sides, which are not there anymore.
Now you have to have a more awkward adjustment
around the back to adjust these two sides.
Personal preference, I guess,
but I find it really difficult to adjust them
whilst I'm wearing it.
Point two is the eyepiece adjustments.
I honestly don't get this one at all.
On previous models, you had a sliding thing
on the bottom of the headset, that slides the eyepieces
closer together or further apart.
Well on the Quest 2, they've completely ditched this switch.
And instead, you have to take off the headset
and physically push the eyepieces together or further apart.
And they now kind of click into place,
so you can't really get that fine adjustment
that the first-generation headset had.
Point number three, also the eyepieces fog up,
and maybe this one is just me,
but I use this daily for a 30-minute workout,
which gets me my vitality health insurance points
that pays for the Apple watch,
Amazon Prime, and a few other things.
But when I exercise with this thing on,
particularly playing boxing games and then maybe Beat Sabre,
the lenses fog up.
I've actually given up a number of times here
where I can keep on taking the headset off
to clean the lenses,
but, I don't know, guess my body heat
is just fogging them up, it's really bad.
Point number four, is the field of view.
You know, when you play some of those games
where you might say, like, wear a helmet in the game,
and then your field of view gets restricted
because you can see the edges of that inside of the helmet?
Well, That. That's a thing here.
Now, I did recently sell my original Quest,
so I can't actually compare now,
but I don't ever recall this being a thing.
With this headset on and in pretty much every game now,
I'm now more aware than ever,
that when my eyes look around
and it hits the edge of like a viewable area,
and then it's just black,
kind of makes the immersion in some of those games
a little lacklustre at times.
Particularly when I was playing games like, you know,
Half-Life: Alyx, which is an incredible game.
And then lastly, is that you have to sign in
with a Facebook account to use this thing,
which wasn't a thing with the previous generation.
And personally, this isn't really an issue for me,
but I do know that this caused uproar in the community
as, of course, we all know
what Facebook likes to do with our data,
and not everyone has a Facebook account.
So if you don't have a Facebook account,
you're gonna be pretty stuck with this headset.
And there we have it.
And like I said before,
there are a tonne of great things about this Quest 2.
Games from the Quest 1 work on the Quest 2.
They're getting updated for the higher refresh rates.
Battery life is great,
considering I have the standard headset
with no extra headpiece or battery.
The audio is stunningly good,
considering it plays into your ears
from the headset itself without wearing headphones.
But if you're directly comparing this to the Quest 1,
it seems that there have been some compromises made,
which, for me, put a slight dampen on the experience.
Maybe that's why it's cheaper,
because there's less parts to it, I guess.
But still, would I recommend you still buy one?
Well, yeah, yeah, I still would.
Since otherwise that would be technically like me saying
that you should buy a Xbox 360
instead of like the new Xbox
because the Quest is the latest tech
and the latest features, it's faster
and better in so many ways.
And for those who didn't own the Quest 1,
this thing will absolutely 100% blow your mind.
The way you can physically walk around in games,
pick up objects from the floor
and interact with the environment,
all of which is driven by the headset
and just these small cameras built in,
it's absolutely incredible.
If you wanna grab your own,
then link, as always, in the description below.
And if you do go on to buy one yourself,
I'd love to know what niggles,
if you've found the same niggles
that I've come across as yours.
Of course, like the video if you did,
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and I'll see you in the next video.
Thank you, bye-bye