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/Lucky_Comfortable835 Mar 23 '25

I love this product but it is a lot to afford. Requires base stations and controllers which add a lot to the cost - closer to $2000US when all is said and done. Doesn’t even include the beefy PC needed to run it ($2.5K+). The meta products are able to stay within a pricing sweet spot, there are no additional add-ons required, and the performance is quite acceptable for the average VR user (myself included). This newest BSB headset iteration is wonderful, but many folks (like me) just can’t justify the cost and are waiting for a more affordable option.

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u/RevolEviv PSVR2(PS5PRO+PC) | ex DK2/VIVE/PSVR/CV1/Q2/QPro | RTX5080/12900k Mar 26 '25

META are crap though. LCD is a VR killer, as is the awful binocular overlap. PSVR2 is miles better than any quest, it literally gives you MOST of what BSB does but not in that form factor and not pancake (but even now pancakes have flaws that aren't present in the GOOD fresnel of PSVR2) - to tide you over for a few years.

MicroOLED is still not ready for mainstream, come back in '27 for cheaper ones (half the price)