This virtual reality headset presents the best quality/price ratio in our comparison

Less than a year and a half after the first Oculus Quest, Facebook is already launching the second iteration of its 6 degrees of freedom, autonomous and wireless VR headset. This delay was sufficient to propose a real generational leap.

Only a year and a half after an already wildly attractive first generation Oculus Quest, the Quest 2 has the effect of a real little bomb on the virtual reality headset market. Not content with bringing some very welcome ergonomic improvements to its predecessor, it also achieves a real generational leap from a technical point of view. And as if that wasn’t enough yet, it takes advantage of the immense improvements made to Oculus Link mode to establish itself not only as the best standalone VR headset ever released, but also as an excellent headset for PC, in every way equivalent or superior to the Oculus Rift S.

Strong points

• True roomscale experiences in a wireless, standalone VR headset.
• Lightweight, comfortable, well constructed, moderate heating.
• Spectacular jump in computing power compared to Quest 1.
• Impressive display finesse, almost non-existent grid effect.
• Very intuitive and simple to use.
• High-performance motion tracking from headset, controllers, and even bare hands.
• Both a standalone headset and a PC headset thanks to the Oculus Link function.

Weak points

• Low battery life — between 2 and 3 hours depending on the applications used.
• No more fine adjustment of the interpupillary distance (but an adjustment in 3 positions is still present).
• Narrow series facial foam, may cause problems for wearers of large glasses.

The second best quality/price ratio

Let’s put it bluntly, there is a world of difference between PS VR and PS VR2. The first would almost seem like a trial run as the second offers a much more pleasant and richer experience. Easy to connect, fun to configure, offering performance worthy of that of much more expensive models, the PS VR2 stands out brilliantly against the leaders of the genre. You still need to own a PS5 to take advantage of it and (re)create a game library of compatible titles.