FINALLY! A VR headset that’s actually MADE FOR ME 

Hope ya'll like the end. A quick correction! The prescription lenses are actually magnetic! So.. if you need a prescription change you just swap out the magnetic lens part. NOICE. Discord.gg/thrill

It’s small enough that I would be confident that I wouldn’t accidentally hit it while playing.

The first headset with the form factor that scifi promised us. It's incredibly impressive.

Yup, I think this kind of service is the future for VR. Prescription lenses and form fit to your face? It just makes sense. "Early" VR headsets were often expected to be shown off to friends and family because it's so cool and novel, but this really seems like a device made just for you.

Very reminiscent of the Ready Player One headsets. Glad to see we’re moving in the direction of not having bricks strapped to our faces 😂

You had to sit on this and not say anything about it for TWO YEARS? That's nuts xD This looks super hype, I'm excited to see it come out!

I feel like if the FOV was pushed a little bit further, maybe closer to 100°-115° FOV, as well as the ability to add custom inputs like eye tracking and face tracking (in the future, definitely not rn). This could be the start to an amazing way to make headsets. Edit: Told ya.. FOV was increased to around 105°

Yeah as long as you can order facial interfaces and lenses separately, I think this is a really awesome addition to the market. Most VR people are going to be enthusiasts who want the perfect custom solution, and often will ALSO have a standard solution like Index or Quest to introduce others to VR, so it really mostly applies to reselling, but also if you want one of these custom headests for multiple regular users, then you could just swap in and out your custom pieces as necessary, plus the modular nature of it gives room for tinkerers to make their own custom gaskets or whatever. Best displays in the space and a custom fit I think are BIG selling points even without those other considerations. The only thing that I would want in addition would be eye tracking for foveated rendering but also focus-based depth of field. Oh and wireless would be good, maybe through the use of a battery pack headstrap / wireless combo unit, to balance the weight and maintain that modularity

Your enthusiasm is infectious! I'm checking this out right now, and I'm eager to see your review!

This is the move. I did not expect to see this much quality in such a tiny form headset arriving so soon, and it's the most cyberpunk looking headset we've had yet.

I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE SO BAD...I play Bigscreen like twice a week and the index definitely weights on you while watching movies. Really cool to see a company I love making a headset that has been needed for along time!

The custom lenses and facial interfaces is actually a really cool idea, most VR headsets end up crushing my nose unless I raise them so high that the focus is terrible, and I can imagine Bigscreen could get the manufacturing process down to the same price as a 3d party interface for current headsets. Really excited to see how this one goes!

Has it really been 2 years! Super excited as the guys at Bigscreen are awesome and deserve every success with this awesome VR enthusiast headset.

Im so glad you pushed them to include a good quality microphone! Make a huge difference in VR chat and streamers

Wow the form factor is quite innovative, expecting great things in the future as well!

I love seeing all this new hardware coming out that just gets better and better, it’s just so incredible to me, especially when I consider how much further we can take things. Of course, there is also a twinge of sadness when I also realize how much I will never be able to afford most of this comfortably :,)

This is going to be my favorite I think. Good review. Great looking product.

That's really damn cool that they're taking notes from an actual VR user and enthusiast with tons of hours, who knows their stuff and what the community wants

I hope this product is successful, but I also hope it has good customer support and sustained long-term development, thing about the Index is that it actually has been a viable option for several years and has aged better than many of it's contemporaries.

WOW, I was just thinking on buying some VR today and I was doing some research and BAM, now, I will wait for this, this is exactly what I want. Thx.

This is genuinely sick, it solves so many issues with headsets, their size, displays, and overall comfort. I kinda wish it had onboard tracking cameras, but honestly, I can see this being a community-made addon, like with the Index wireless kit. This also gives me Ghost in the Shell vibes, and if I ever got one and was able to somehow add passthrough to it, I'd be wearing it around everywhere I go.

They NEED to make a pro version that has a very wide FOV. That would be the deciding factor for me.

As someone with a full index setup and 4 base stations this has me totally excited! The bulkyness and weight of the index hmd has always been my biggest complaint about it and to think I could get something like this is amazing!

My suggestion for the company: Make the device modular, so some components can be resold and make it so that that only the parts that needs your measurements are needed and can be swapped on the fly. Decrease the price for the headset as time goes on, to make it more widespread and attractive to regular consumers. Also make the service which requires custom facial measurements separate as well, because our facial shape will change over time and eye prescriptions also change over time.

Finally! A real reason to check out something other than the index. I've been eyeing the pico 4 - but seeing how excited you are as i feel you share a lot of passions about your headset and vr content that I do - makes me wanna save up for that next step in vr. I don't mind lack of eye tracking - it wasn't a draw for me - the face tracker can be a bolt on - this tiks boxes I didn't even consider!

This is absolutely awesome. This is exactly the kind of thing I want. Extremely light weight. Extremely comfortable. Extremely compelling image. Let my PC do all the work like it was built for. This is the first VR headset that makes me think the dream of ditching all my monitors and working from home using a virtual desktop is legitimately possible and even desirable. My 3 monitor setup was easily about 1k. So spending 1k to replace 3 monitors with infinite monitors is pretty compelling.

These are the types of breakthroughs I want to see in VR. Big niche items that pay for the research and move the needle further into the green zone of awesome for all!

Been wanting to get into VR for years, this is so so close. Hoping Valve announces something this year about their next headset.

It's partially thanks to you that I've now preordered it. My biggest thing keeping me from doing more vr is literally the comfort, the index is great, but its just heavy on my face

The custom foam is a great idea, and I can't wait to see it developed further. Sadly, I'll have to wait until there is a wireless/inside out tracking solution. Living in a very small apartment makes VR difficult at times

This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. My biggest issue is I’m too lazy for VR. Normal VR headsets are too big and it feels slightly suffocating to put on. Once I put it on it’s worth it but it is simply un-motivating, it’s rare that I feel the need to go into VR... I want something light that makes the transition into VR easy. I want it it be like when you sit down in ur chair and turn on ur pc monitor. Putting on a normal VR headset feels like ur getting geared up. Putting on a super lightweight and small headset that fits ur face is perfect for me.

The rough and dirty look of it is cool to.... Great job to all involved, vr needs a big change up and this is the right direction

That's awesome. I've been waiting so long for something like this to come to market. The bigger headsets I just can't wear due to a neck injury so something small and lightweight will be perfect for flight sims and space sims

I'm gonna be honest, it doesnt have any of the stuff i've been excited about (eye trakcing & wireless), but this is probably the first PCVR heads4et i've been very interested in for a looong time. I could see it being my daily driver and switch to my other headsets whenever i want eye tracking or wireless. I'll be looking forward to more info and news about it from you

You are honestly one of the best things that could happen in the VR community

purchased the quest 2 last week to test VR and I am hooked. seeing this blows my mind!! 100% will be considering the beyond for my future upgrade

Wow. U sold me at the custom form factor! Totally psyched

It is so good to know that there's actually people focusing specifically on PCVR. When you get it, can you tell us if it can use the same base stations used for FBT? By that, I mean can FBT and the headset share base stations. And sleeping can finally be comfortable!

This thing is gonna truly push the boundary for PCVR headsets, and I'm totally here for it. Personally it'll be out of my price range or feature preferences to matter to me in this current iteration, but I'd love to see this with a slightest extra bulk later on wherein it's then capable of working with inside-out tracking exclusively for PCVR. Overall I'm supremely looking forward to future headsets aiming for this kind of form factor. All of you with Indexes that have been hungry for an HMD replacement are probably all ready to hop in though, which is amazing. Good point on "why tf do they need to be so bulky if it's just for the PC?" lol

This looks AMAZING. Super hyped for this.

That is sick! Wish someone offered someone like this that did native head tracking for us sim racers that don't need the hand controls or movement just really tilt and looking around.

Wow. This is huge! Great video. Your contributions to VR will go down in history! Thank you for making this headset even better and for sharing it! Great job on keeping the secret, that must have been so hard! I would love to get one...when I can afford one in a few years

For me, this is almost perfect. If they were ever able to add good wireless to something like this. It would be my dream headset. I think the closest thing would be the shiftall meganex.

I think the weight reduction will be huge. A major challenge of mine is how all headsets sag just enough to distort my image. It always looks best when I hold it myself. The only workaround has been tighter straps, which is of course uncomfortable

I will wait for you review. Then probably cop this because I already got index controllers and base stations already so this would just be amazing to have

So happy that a company is still pushing for PCVR! I still have a Rift S from years ago, but can't justify $1k for the Index as it's so old, but also don't feel like going for a more slight upgrade. This seems like enough of an upgrade to get me excited! Hope it turns out great. Also hope they make a bundle with trackers and controllers as well eventually.

This is super exciting. I have a pretty feature rich headset with the Vive Pro Eye complete with face tracking and wireless, so I don't really want to loose those features, but the idea of custom face interface and better optics is amazing. Mostly I'm just happy to see a new player enter the VR hardware space, and with such a well thought out product to. Fingers crossed it goes really well, and we see future products from them that add more of those missing features.

ThrillSeeker with ther Rec Room shirt and a new headset! Can't get any better!

This is EXACTLY what I've been waiting for. I haven't played as much VR lately because my spinal cord is simply tired after long sessions in the Index.

Big Screen makes little screen VR. FOV's are supposed to be getting bigger, not smaller.

Exactly what I've been waiting for, but Iphone required to do the scan? Well, that's a serious PITA, so for me: NOPE. Still waiting...

I've been saying people have undervalued contrast in headsets for a long time, it's good to see a company that understands this and sharing it with others ☺️

This looks amazing! The sharability aspect is unfortunate though. My girlfriend and I both use VR, so it would be nice to be able to hot swap the custom parts. Ideally, the facial frame and lenses would be able to connect to each other so that you could readily pull both off in one motion. This would allow you to quickly switch between custom frames for the frequent users. Of course the lens and facial frame would be severable via screw or something

I'm here for this. Incredible, this might be the first one I can really use comfortably. And insane content quality. If this were about 300-400 I would insta buy it

Aww shiat, a youtuber being honest and not taking money from a company. This is the reason i'm subscribed and take your word. Big love!

As someone who only really used VR for flight sims, this seems perfect. light and confortable is gonna be super valuable when in VR for 5+ hours at a time

I think my major problem with the lenses being specific for your prescription is the fact that prescriptions change.

This looks absolutely wild. I really hope this comes with an eye tracking module in the future, so that we can use this headset with foveated rendering. Once we reach this resolution, I feel like foveated rendering is almost a necessity.

def been waiting for this, 100% will be getting one. I have the gear vr, 2nd gen gear vr, quest 2, valve index, PSVR2 and I still want this. I have been needing and severely wanting a headset that doesn't weigh a ton. This is killer and am soo happy they finally launched pre orders

damn I never noticed that mixing near the end of the video to blend the songs nice m8

This will probably be what I’ll get as an upgrade to my Quest 2. Might as well go all out and get some custom IEMs to go with it too. The projected retail price of $1,000 is about what I expected …

You are such a VR enthusiast, it is adorable and really a delight to watch your videos. It´s just sad that VR is such an expensive hobby. It is funny that you never used Bigscreen with the Bigscreen Screen :D

It looks awesome! Time to start saving up :)

I cannot wait to get this headset! It looks so good!

Love what they've done with this headset, focusing on size, comfort, and overall usability. Sure, face/eye tracking would've been nice but most of the time I don't think that'd be useful. In a sense it feels like they've kept the essentials and just made them REALLY good. Looking forward to this thing actually launching! By the way: seems like the outro music link in your description is broken, it's such a bop but can't find the original :/

Holy crap this seems like the perfect headset. Though id also love to hear your opinions on the "high-end audio" strap if you've had your hands on one or at least when you get to do the full review. All I hope is for Valve to have the index controllers in stock when it comes out

OMG. It is amazing! That's the future I really want and wait!

besides the face/eye tracking and horizontal fov, this looks seriously incredible. this is the future of pcvr

If I had a bunch more money, I would be excited, yes. This looks like they stuck to the basics, and MASTERED them. And like you were hinting, I think this will make a great platform upon which to build a more advanced set-up. Regarding face tracking modules, I think you'd be better off sourcing a custom face mask or face shield to anchor the modules to. There doesn't seem to be much on the headset to attach things too. The face mask thing could also serve to mount other things like alternate tracking solutions for those without light houses. I think an external, inward facing camera based tracker would be a good alternative. Just place lightweight optical targets on the mask for the camera(s) to track.

A big shame there's no eye tracking! Hopefully it'll be a feature in the future, transforms it from a good headset to a great one

That looks like a dream come true! As I have still two old Base Stations from my Vive Pro (Gen1) and using VR in flightsims primarily I‘m definitely in, if the headset works with my base stations! I hope that I don‘t need any controllers to get it running. Haven‘t used the Reverb G2 controllers after installation anymore. Really looking forward to this Headset!

Excited for the future tiny headsets

I like working on 3d sculpting on my quest over pcvr. This would be perfect for that. I could sculpt for so much longer without the strain that eventually comes with the quest. It was also cool seeing the shots of the pre production models and recognizing that they're resin printing the prototype parts. Unfortunately $1000 without controllers and base stations is well out of my price range and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Hopefully something else will come along in the future that champions these same types of features but a bit lower price bracket.

I just really wanna know how the microphone sounds on this, as excited as I am, I pray they put out something that sounds at least on par with the Index, if a little worse since I can't imagine they'd be willing to setup a binaural microphone setup for something as small as this. The fact that you've been helping them out for a long time to basically perfect this for index users who wanna upgrade, I cannot wait. genuinely. Now I didn't see this mentioned anywhere but does this have a 3.5mm jack? or anything like that? edit: nm thank you for forcing them to use a good mic.

holy shit i need this, this is probably the most exciting headset ive seen in a while!

I'm super interested in seeing what happens with this headset. One of my recent down falls with pc vr is options for those who do plan to spend extended times within a vr environment and cleaning options for the face gasket. I'll have to test it for the vr gym project I'm working on and see how well it holds up when they release for sure.

If nothing else, it's nice to see that PCVR is alive and well. Maybe I'll buy version 2, or whatever subsequent headset is inspired by it.

Definitely keeping an eye on this. I went from a Quest 2 to an Index and it felt like a massive upgrade in everything except the lens glare, black level, and resolution. This would be a nice step up from there.

Great stuff, thanks for the great vid as usual! Prescription lenses usually need changing though, what are there plans to update lenses for users?

I don't think this concept is terribly complicated so hopefully a lot of companies will hop on this and compete to make the best version of this for an affordable price

I sure hope there will be more headsets like this! Amazing Idea, only drawback imo is the price. Maybe there will be a non-custom alternative for less money one day.

I really love your content man, keep up the good work! I love how fair you are when it comes to reviews, not over or underselling any one product

got me hyped, i need this in my life

I've been wondering for several years now why nobody was pushing the entire processing stack into the logical place it should be, your super powerful processor it's already plugged in to. This is exactly the product I've been waiting for. Lightweight, custom molded, perfect fit, specific use case. It obviously won't have the impact or market saturation of a more all-in-one design, but that's not who it's for anyways. Well done Bigscreen, this is seriously impressive.

My only fear is that this headset won’t sell well as it seems more like an upgrade path for a small set of users. Pcvr is already a niche community of total vr users and those already own steamvr base stations and controllers are even smaller (vive and index users?). Still very impressive technology on display here, and hoping for their success in the future!

This channel is an absolute treasure, and It's amazing to be getting such insightful, useful, and almost relatable content all the time. :)

Love the size that’s something that would get me into vr

The realistic price tag being around $1500 for someone really wanting an upgrade from a Quest 2 (like myself) is really steep for the same FOV, but I am still very temped. I have been waiting for something new in the Valve Index class so I can justify an upgrade and this maybe it for me especially as someone with glasses. If I can afford the hefty price tag around when it come out, I will definitely be getting this.

Love what you're doing thrill!

I'm gonna probably get this as a monitor replacement and I am beyond excited

I do Synth Riders videos on my channel and I can absolutely vouch for the importance of having a lighter VR brick on your face. When I went from the Quest 2 to the G2V2, even though I was tethered, it made a huge difference. I felt so free!! There's something about having that weight there and even just being passively aware of it that affects movement. It's like my brain house does this calculation and decreases movement range while I sherpa a chunk of electronics on my face through a beatmap. I hope they keep the shell see-through like in the video because circuitry is sexy AF. Great video, Thrill. LOVE your enthusiasm and energy always. (get paid nxt time tho haha, nah, respect that u ain't shillin)

This with a pocket battery for wireless PCVR would be awesome. Ahh requires base stations, DENIED. Looks cool tho.

This is the exact headset I've been waiting for since 2015! Ever since then I've been rockin' the Vive 2.0, with a minor update to Index controllers a few years ago. I was originally considering upgrading to the Index headset just for higher resolution. But now that the Beyond is going to be a thing with lighter weight, better resolution, and mini-oled panels, my mind has been set. As soon as I have the funds, I'm preordering a Beyond! I can't wait to see what Alyx, Beat Saber, No Man's Sky, and we'll, Bigscreen look like in 2.5k mini-oled! 😄

Really awesome. And I think you totally deserve to make some money off this. Because without you I probably would have never heard of this device.

the main thing i loved about the CV1 was the weight it was so much lighter- this really has me thinking but 1000$ is quite the price tag - 700$ is closer to a possibility

I've also been waiting for exactly this : a small pcvr headset that strips away everything unnecessary to make it small and light. I wanna see how this evolves as a base for wireless and portable addon tech.

I wonder how insane the vr headsets will be in 10/20 years. Because this headset is already incredible

yeah I want this, building a new system soon and this looks absolutely mouth watering

I think this product is on the correct track. Just leave the computation and rendering load to the PC/console and let the VR glasses do its own job, which is to deliver good quality images. single cable to powering, light-weight design, I cannot say how much I love it.

Wireless connectivity and a battery in the back of a headstrap is an absolute must for me. Either way though, super excited to see where this goes!