VR Guide 2022 and Beyond 

As someone who has been paying a lot of attention to the vr space for 2 years by now I can say that you really did your research on this video and negated from leaving your own opinion or even dystopian prophecy, very good video! I will send it to anybody interesting in the space.

Please do Half Life Alyx mod showcase. Many cool mods came out lately, completely changing the main gameplay.

I truly don’t understand why other manufacturers aren’t copying the index controllers. Whenever I play on my friends quest 2 all I can think is just how inferior it’s controllers are. The Index controllers are SO much better than the competition that I’d recommend the index for the controllers alone.

I find it rather confusing that companies still prefer to go with higher and higher resolutions rather than offering finger tracking like the Index. Sure, it’s nice to have a 16k display, but it won’t allow me to flip off people in Pavlov.

Of all the VR stuff coming out I'm still amazed that the Index Knuckles are the only controllers that understand it's better to strap to your hand instead of your wrist. Let go of any other controller and your VR hand breaks at the wrist, let go of the Knuckles controllers and your VR hands just open, letting you easily grab something.

Love your content philip, glad to see you still around and still making quality guides and so on.

The Russian headsets you mentioned are being specifically used for mil sim training, particularly for pilots from what little I've heard about the program. Being manufactured primarily for military use, I doubt we'll be seeing public availability anytime soon

Thanks for the info! I've been looking to expand my VR equipment and this opened up a lot of alternatives! I really appreciate it :)

Thank you! This rundown of what's coming in 2022 came at exactly the right time!

Been one of the most efficient video I've seen on the topic

I hate that the budget option is one owned by Facebook. I simply don’t want that… :(

This was a great report - no mountain of fluff between the primary points, and the positives and negatives of each device were clearly highlighted - the way all tech reports should be. I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the DecaGear, but the consumer version is pretty much dead, and we have yet to even hear about any actual physical device being sent to preorders.

The major change I want in VR is an implementation of of leg tracking so movement options get better in games and other applications so that the teleport locomotion ability is sidelined.(without compromising cyber sickness)

Just bought a index for Christmas for myself and i can say. Its really good and i think eveyone that is investing in vr in 2022 are making the right choice. As long as more good titles release

This video was exactly what I've been looking for, what a coincidence!

im happy with how vr is evolving and i hope to see that vr will be accessible to everyone, if not, almost everyone

I feel like the G2 is underrated and so much more than just "a good option for simmers". Of course if you don''t have a half decent computer it's the quest 2 or nothing but the G2's quality is so much better and factoring the frequent sales the value is arguably better if you are a frequent vr user (well depending on your use case of course). I get that a lot of people were burned by the tracking and fov but if you can get your hands on a version 2 I highly recommend it. It truly is a fantastic piece of hardware, If it had a wireless option, I would never touch my quest 2 again.

I just really hope someone like valve makes a true competitor to the budget oculus headsets. I'd be willing to spend a hundred or two more for a budget index as long as its about as good as an oculus but without a scummy company behind it

Between the last video and this one I both bought a VR headset, and also sold it some months later because I rarely used it for more than using my PC while in bed.

Hell yeah, VR is so cool. Thanks for the summary. I'd love to get my hands on the Varjo VR-3 to test out, it's probably the best VR headset right now if money is not an issue.

While a bit harder to find than other Headsets the Samsung Odyssey Plus is certainly a good Headset from my experience. Same resolution as the Valve Index, Inside out tracking, better colors, and decent audio quality I never complained about. My main issue would be the FOV of trying to play some VR games and going in the perfect spot out of view of the 2 cameras

as someone with a vive pro 2, i do have to say that with a 6mm face pad, and a lot of adjusting the headset for comfort, the headset is the most immersive experience i’ve had. i’ve been the lucky few who haven’t had an issue with the overlap or the sweet spot but if you are unable to get a valve index, your next bet is a vive pro 2.

Playing PC VR in my living room, with my PC upstairs in my office, and with no cables or lighthouses to worry about makes the Quest the best for me. Something to be said about no tether cable wrapping around your feet and the freedom to walk around a whole room. And I can do this with no performance dips with just a $120 dedicated wifi 6 router. I was an original Vive owner 4 years ago and it's insane just how far we've come.

0:28 wouldn't be a kliksphilip video without the AI upscaled text

I love your videos keep up and good luck to you

The music is new and I like it

This is all super exciting for the VR space. I love the innovation and I love the competition. I've had the HTC Vive since 2016 and since then, have acquired over 50 VR games. I play at least 10 hours per week and have seen the evolution of VR tech and game mechanics over the past 5/6 years - it's all been fantastic. My take on all this is that for me *personally* for me to shell out the cash for a new VR headset, it'll be the NEXT generation of VR tech that gets me to put my hand in my pocket. Am I missing out on resolution and clarity still sitting on my HTC Vive? Certainly! Do I have the best controllers out there? Nope! Am I missing out on the comfort other headsets bring? Oh yeah! I feel though, like those things are only really emphasized when you get the opportunity to compare them side by side. For example, I didn't realize what I was missing in resolution until I got to try someones Quest 2, same with the comfort. So If I manage to trick myself into looking the other way for another year or two, I don't think I'll be any worse off game-play wise, especially having a PC that can do some supersampling within the SteamVR settings. But I just can't part with my Vive right now. Non of these next generation headsets seem to be the "full package". The Index has the controllers and the speakers - but not the resolution. The HP Reverb G2 has the resolution, the comfort however the controllers don't quite compare to the Index, nor do the stability or the speakers. For me, that's the reason I'm holding off for whatever comes *AFTER* this. I'm hoping that the "Next, next" headsets, will be a golden year for VR, similar to how the 30 series GPU's were a golden year for gaming. If you're buying your first VR headset, you can't go wrong with any of these options and you'll be having a fantastic time with any of them, but for me - I just can't part with my trust Vive yet... flaws and all.

Strange to have a comprehensive kliksphilip guide released right as I'd started to look into buying a headset myself. I think for now, with so much coming up next year and beyond, I'm going to hold on and hope something good comes into fruition. I was this close to buying a quest 2 before that! But now, I'm hoping for some further down the line wireless tech with some better inside out tracking. The Index 2 sounds like just what the market needs to push in that direction.

Reverb g2 v2 is the goat for 1000$ or less. The improved tracking is a game changer for the reverb. Better fov and sweet spot is also a plus. Picture quality is worlds better than the index and the tracking is on par with the quest 2 now.

I just got a HP Reverb G2 for 330 dollars, I know there are more/better stuff coming out, but for almost 300 dollars cheaper I just had to get it and I am in love with it.

0:21 well of course the tracking is good, its made by Facebook

Well, for the Arpara 5K Tethered and AIO versions they did manage to increase the brightness by 40%. It should be around 95 nits now and comparable to most other VR headsets (but not the brightest ones, obviously). There's still a decent amount of questions left about the AIO version... but my main concern is the tracking. I hope it's good, since no other VR headset capable of wireless streaming from the PC is better than the Quest 2 and it's a question if one will even release this year. Well, we should know soon once RU-vidrs get their hands on the AIO version this month, before the Kickstarter ends.

Beautiful music

Jus yesterday i decided to buy reverb G2. You mentioned that it is going to have upgraded version. But however it is only available in US at the moment.

the next valve index and other gears are working on making eye tracking rendering that would allow from a 16x to over 64x reduction in processing needs as they only render a 5-10° cone of your vision and the rest is LOD'd away, the larger the FOV the larger the ratio you could have a 8K screen and render fully only a 1024x1024 circle where your eyes look at this will change the game entirely, the games could be run entirely on the headset instead of running on an external PC

4:50 was not expecting such a savage burn in a VR hardware video

Its kinda funny how quite a few years ago VR was kinda stagnated, like it would be a dead end. But now it is really succesfull and the speed at which it evolves makes it seem like whatever you buy will be ridiculously outdated in like a year. (And for this reason the oculus will be the most profitable since even if it becomes outdated it is still super cheap compared to others)

will you make a videogame guide as well? I got some more titles in these steam sales but I'm interested to know what's coming up in the near future :D

I'm eagerly waiting for something to come in that competes with the price point of Oculus stuff.

Awesome recap of the VR world. Tysm

The HP Reverb G2 is sooo good

you should make a video about the state of vr every year or 6-8 months

Keep up the good content

I wont be able to take mixed reality seriously until we get more stuff like those Huawei glasses at the end. I want mixed reality where you might not even tell it was a headset until you put it on

Hey Philip, would you consider making another video like this for 2023? I'm thinking about trading in my first gen Vive for something wireless and easier to use, but doing research into the market it looks like there are a ton of potential new headsets coming later this year; so I'm unsure whether to go for something like a Quest 2 now, or to wait and see what we get (like Valve's "Deckard", especially since I already have the Index Knuckles). Regardless, I greatly appreciate the time and effort put into this video, and I'll definitely be using it as a resource when I make my decision. Thanks!

if psvr too has the better lens which makes it lighter and smaller i will be very happy, a big problem when using vr is how heavy it is on my nose so it would be alot better

I'm so hoping that we will see a inside out tracking kit from Valve

I'm still on a OG Vive and think it's still a great experience. But the resolution makes me want more sometimes, a resolution where watching a whole movie or a tv-show on my headset without a bad experience would be really cool. The controllers would be cool to upgrade but I have never been annoyed at the OG Vive sticks tbh, they work great still! Would the Quest 2 feel like a upgrade worth the money? I'm not rich by any means so a upgrade for me would need to mean a much better experience and I'm not sure that any of the "cheaper" headsets is worth it.

I would still get the valve index, even if it's resolution is low. I do hope that a new valve index headset is updated for high resolution in the future.

just as I was watching the 2021's version. great timing kliks :D

Hopefully the lynx r1 can be used with pc's too, it looks like the perfect one for me

Should've also mentioned headsets than can be bought second hand for a good price. Quest, Rift S and CV1 are still good value for 150$ used

Trying out Resident Evil 2 Remake in VR is a good start of the year.

Great info, thanks m8. Yes, it's worth twice as much to not facebook. Totally fine with that, myself.

All I want is basically what Pimax Promised in their new 12k headset, everything they promised is my ideal headset. So here's to hoping they follow through for once

I think the upcoming quest pro in 2022 will be huge for people who don't mind spending a bit more (mainly in the comfort area, looks to be much lighter)

Just bought my Vive pro 2 with Valve index controllers yesterday...wish me luck.

I'm looking forward to full hand tracking gloves coming to the consumer market at reasonable prices

Philip, can you make a video on pancake lenses?

Maybe I will buy a VR Headset at the end of the year. I especially want to play Half-Life: Alyx. Should I wait for the Valve Index 2, or buy the Valve Index 1?

Got the Quest 2 and it's crazy how good it is

Still chugging along on my original htc

amazing

I hope the psvr2 headset might be used on pc. I hate LCD panels. It's like comparing todays TV to the big TV box from decades ago. Also why is index the only controller to strap on your palms? This makes vr games way more immersive. I am also curious when we will see the solution to locomotion. I am fine with stick but it would be awesome to be able to manually run in some fashion.

I think that steam deck is definitely a stepping stone to standalone headset

The music sounds like Shine on you Crazy Diamond

Half Life Alyx is one of the best games I played last decade, and reminded me of how I felt when I first played a 3D game (Mario 64). It has flaws, but it's truely a next gen game.

I recently got my own Quest 2. Tested it and had to make a few days break, pulled a muscle swinging sword in Until You Fall. Do you have any recommendation for fun SINGLE PLAYER games? Some military shoters prehaps? Or all are multiplayer only?

please do more vr stuff!!!

I've kinda pinned my mindset down, I keep telling myself that I'm going to buy the oculus quest 3 when it launches, ive been telling myself that for about a year, and now I feel like it's deffinitly too late to get one, I don't have a whole lot of income, so I wanna get it when it's fresh. In other words, I don't want to buy the quest 2 just for the quest 3 to release 6 months later

Hopefully something comes out that gives the quest some real competition

0:24 Philip AI Upscaling a textbox? Nice

I can only hope that a lot of pc games will be ported to psvr2, because it has a lot potencial to be one of the best vr headsets out there. And im one of the lucky ones to have a ps5.

The lynx r1 doesn't look like it would be so great for gaming since it doesn't even look like it covers around your entire eye so it looks like a lot of light will leak in from the sides so unless your playing in the dark it's probably not gonna be so great unless they add some bottom and side blinder accessory you can flip up and fully block the side and bottom :v It would probably be great for ar though

The dream VR setup I'm waiting for is wireless with minimal screen door effect

I bought a quest 2 because I had credit on ebuyer but they had no GPU. You can side load what ever you want and completely avoid Facebook. For the price the quest 2 is the most value I've ever had from hardware. It's amazing and it being able to connect to a PC and run PCVR titles makes it kind of unbeatable for me. With Facebook subsidising the quest it's hard to find anything at its price even in the next year.

I have a hp reverb g2 with valve index controllers

Got the queste 2 for christmas! Its baller for sure and graphics are a bit wanting but the price is honestly fantastic

Hopefully Valve announces a release date at E3 this year for their new headset

I can't believe you forgot to mention the $22 DIY VR gloves :^)

The reason ill be sticking with the quest 2 is the lack of wires and being able to stream from my pc. Yes, if I had a more expensive unit it would be able to output higher quality images, faster refresh rates and better tracking, but honestly having that one heavy wire dismantles all immersion for me

sometime in the future I can have those glasses Agent Norman Jayden had in Heavy Rain

@2klickphilip would you like to test out the AR windows in a live environment?

One incredible uses for augmented reality is for flight simulators, If you think a full VR setup where your hands reach out in a virtual cockpit is fun, or if you think physical hardware with a screen in front of you is fun, imagine having the benefits of both. 100% physical buttons and layout like the real thing, but when you look "out the window" (keyed by a greenscreen) you're looking in the "AR" world, outside of the aircraft like you would in real life. It's truly insane how good it feels too. It's tremendously expensive of course, but such a joy to fly.

Oculus quest 2 actually has exclusives that PC does not have. Mainly resident evil 4 VR.

You should include that options past the Quest 2 require a gaming PC capable of mid range gaming at a minimum. Whatever those cost in 2022....

reverb g2 😍

I have an Oculus Rift CV1 I bought from a friend for $150 USD but then we got the kids an Oculus Quest 2 128GB for $300 plus elite strap and Logitech earphones for Xmas, and they have not put it down. I really don’t like that you can’t play rift games on the Quest 2 without some kind of AirLink cable, or vice versa (so hard to play games together with two VR headsets) but so far the kids will not put down their headset and with no cables or PC needed it’s really convenient for them. Only issue is the lenses and how they keep getting them greasy with their eyelashes, etc. I haven’t even bothered to clean the lenses yet because last time I used a microfiber towel on my CV1 I scratched the lense barely just trying to get a bit of dust off. Really wish the lenses & the battery inside these headsets were replaceable. Also not sure how I get higher framerate in the Quest 2 & didn’t know it had that option but I’ll see if I can figure that out. I def like the clearer resolution of the Quest 2 over the screen door I get with the CV1

Anyone thing about getting the reverb g2 don’t I preordered it so Ive had a long time to test it. It looks great but the software is horrible half the time when you want to use it you have to replug it in to even make windows recognize it, and for some reason randomly now pushing (windows key + Y) no longer unlocks my mouse. There is always a problem with it one day 1 things fixed but a different thing is broken. It never just works it’s always something.

There was an optics company that were making VR displays that used projectors to project layers on, behind, and in front of your retinas. I forget what the company was called, but I'm really hoping that tech makes it's way into the consumer market.

It should DEFINITELY be noted that Pimax names their headsets as 4x the actual resolution This means the Pimax “5K” is actually 1440p The Pimax “8K” is actually 4K (2160p) And the Pimax “12K” is likely 6K, and you weren’t going to be driving 12K without a 4090 anyway

Should I just wait till later in the year to get a headset? I planned to get an index, but it seems next year is gonna be almost the next generation of vr

I brought a quest 2 a few months ago. It's a game changer. As much as I hate facebook, they really did make a great headset. Honestly, 300usd is a perfect price just to play VRchat. lol VRchat already stole over 1k hours from me. I'm just waiting for GPU prices to drop so I can finally play half life alyx. My poor RX570 can't keep up with HL:A T_T

The Reverb G2 is great for watching um... videos.

This is the first time I have heard of Roscosmos vr system. Considering how the whole company is run, I doubt it is real.

I'll trust it once the devices are seen, since the HP Reverb first version jebaited many people from early reviews

What do you mean Pimax underdelivered? I've had their headset more than 2 years and could've not made a better choice for a vr headset. How has noone else tried pushing the VR headsets like pimax has, especially the fov. Most baffling to me is that everyone else is still stuck with 120 fov or less, while Pimax is at 200. They do deliver, may it be a bit late. They can be a bit overoptimistic on their deliveries dates, but the end product works.

Very excited for the Lynx. Been waiting for a good open source headset for a long time, as much as I love my WMR, the fact I have to use a Windows RT app to use it annoys the hell out of me.

Why isn't field of view more taken into account? I find that it's just so immersion-breaking when the field of view is low on headsets

Mr Phillip, what's the music used in the background?