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Have you used an AVP? I am surprised at your claims.

My friend has one and I’ve got a Quest 2 and I was absolutely blown away by the AVP, significantly better VR experience in my opinion.



The AVP can’t meet most of what I use VR for, and is incredibly expensive in my country to boot, so by default the Q3 wins.

The Q2 has horrible lenses that induce a terrible experience. I had mine for all of a week before I sold it and decided to wait another gen. The Q3 with better lenses is a significantly better product than Q2.


Yeah, the same friend has a Q3 too which I tried after the AVP and it was noticeably better than my Q2 (and pound for pound, held its own well against the AVP).

I’ve not had any issues with my Q2 though, I can play for quite extended amounts of time and it tends to be my arms and legs that stop me playing!


Haha yeah, due to an injury, as lame as it sounds for most games now I resort to a backless barstool which helps me with longer sessions.

Would highly recommend!


Then why haven't you switched - I mean, how would you replace your existing VR use cases with Vision Pro as an upgrade, not mere same ballpark alternative with workarounds, set aside its upfront price?


Cost aside, the main reason to keep using a Quest 3 or PSVR2 are controller support and PCVR support. And exclusive games.

Vision Pro supporting PSVR2 controllers will help a lot.

The final piece is getting something like ALVR or Virtual Desktop to support PCVR without requiring fiddling.


Bit of a weird “gotcha” this to be honest, but I don’t use my Quest all that often and the AVP is too expensive for my taste.




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