One if my kids wants a Meta Quest 3 for his birthday, and I am only vaguely familiar with VR hardware, and on top of that I’m wary of everything Zuckerberg.
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How are the ecosystems? Does the choice of brand lock you in or out of particular titles? I suspect his main goal is to play gorilla tag and similar.
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Is Metaquest 3 an objectively good/decent product? What are some viable alternatives?
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He’s got a decent phone and a half-decent PC. Will the same headset work for both?
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How much HPU (if any) is required to drive one of these decently?
Right now: Meta Quest 3 If you wait a few months: Steam Frame
Quest 3 is standalone, and runs VR games on the headset, or with Steam Link and good wifi, you can play VR games from your PC on it. Caveat, you need a Meta (Facebook) account to use it.
Quest 3, not the 3S, uses pancake lenses, which is the big advantage compared to older headsets in comfort and clarity.
Steam Frame is going to be the better, will also play Standalone, but is designed to connect to a PC, including its own wireless link that doesn’t need to use your wifi router. Requires a Steam account. Caveat, you need to wait a few months for it to be released.
Steam Frame has a better-specced design that is intended for its purpose of VR gaming headset, and Valve doesn’t track you like Meta does.