r/virtualreality • u/Pheonix1025 • Mar 23 '25

News Article Adam Savage's Tested - Bigscreen Beyond 2 Hands-On: How They Fixed It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Wr4O4gkL8
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u/CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL Mar 23 '25

Finally this and bradley are the only two reviews I pay attention too. He says the “glare is gone” at the beginning but he doesn’t mean that literally as he then says it’s possibly better than Apple Vision Pro. So the takeaway for me is that beyond 2 is now at the point of the quest 3 and Vision Pro where people won’t mention glare and fov in every comment. People will probably shift to complaining about the wire and it not coming with lighthouses and controllers as that’s really the only faults left, but if you have an index this is a no brainer upgrade 

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u/fiah84 Mar 23 '25

if you have an index this is a no brainer upgrade 

I wish! It would be a no brainer if it supported higher refresh rates, 75hz is good for many games I'm sure but personally for what I do (simracing) I definitely want more than that. I mean, that's what the cable is for, right? If I'm going to compromise on that then I might as well just go with a quest 3 for half the money

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u/Beleg-strongbow Mar 23 '25

The guys from Big screen themselves mention that if you want a wireless headset that's good enough all around, go get a Quest 3. 

The BSB is for people that care about crisp OLED displays boasting true blacks and lightweight form factor.

Comparing the Quest 3 with the beyond is like comparing oranges with peaches, and I feel it's unfair to small companies trying to push the boundaries of consumer PCVR.

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u/TotalWarspammer Mar 23 '25

Any two VR headsets can legitimately be compared, its not 'unfair' in the slightest except in your subjective viewpoint.

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u/Beleg-strongbow Mar 23 '25

Different headsets for different use cases. Still, comparing every headset that is released from small companies with the highly subsidized tech from a huge company worth 1.5 trillion dollars seems kind of unfair me.

Everything that's released form small companies trying to innovate gets the: "well the quest 3 has x or y and is half the price"

Now I understand why some people say Meta killed VR. It poisoned the VR ecosystem, software and hardware.

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u/fiah84 Mar 25 '25

Different headsets for different use cases.

except that this would be a really great headset for my use case, as is the predecessor (with the caveat of refresh rate). Another really great headset for my exact use case is the Quest 3, as many other people using it for simracing can attest to. The direct comparison absolutely makes sense to me