PICO Neo3 Link 2-in-1 Virtual Reality Headset

Four years ago I bought an Oculus Rift S. Although I have spent many hours enoying VR gaming with it, there have been 3 MAJOR PROBLEMS which have CONSTANTLY reared their ugly heads, and they are: 1. The Oculus Software: Right from the start I have had gaming sessions failing and the headset going black, accompained by a "Your Displayport Cable Is Unplugged" message, even though no ther applications have EVER had any problem with my DisplayPort. 2. Cables. Oculus deliberately created cables which only they could manufacture, which could not then be copied cheaply and made available to users. Naturally they were also ridiculously epensive. Oculus then ineplicably stopped selling them, leaving thousands of users with an unusable headset. They did it with the CV1 and then they did it AGAIN with the RIFT S. 3. Sloppy customer serice. Actually 'sloppy' is an understatement. Try sending an email to Oculus 'Support' about ANYTHING and getting a reply. Just give it a try. I gave up 4 years ago. The final straw was last week when I installed a brand new RTX4070 in my PC. As soon as I opened the Oculus sofware it told me my computer no longer "meets minimum requirements." I was planning to order the new Quest 3 and that was the final straw. Bye bye Oculus. So did a last-second swerve and ordered a Neo3 Link instead, and in the last two days I have been in a dizzying wonderland of delight and amazement: 1. The headset: Incredible comfort, incredible visuals, incredible sound, incredible tracking. I have been playing Project Cars 2 at 90fps in glorious, screendoor effect-free VR with NO errors, NO dropouts, NO compression artefacts arising from an insane decision to shoehorn the graphics through a USB port (like the geniuses who designed the Quest 3.) 2. The sofware: Easy to install, easy to use. There's a simple option to run in PCVR mode, fully integrated with STEAM/VR. You just start a desktop program called PICO LINK and choose the STEAM option. When you put the headset on all your steam games are there. 3. Wireless: With no external cable you can do everyting inside the headset. It has a simple, elegant VR lobby showing your games, applications, settings and so on. I purchased two "Epic Rollercoaster" games from thir store (again, it was easy, no problems) and it ran super smooth in glorious VR. No cables, no lag, just BRILLIANT. I know it sounds like I hate Oculus but I don't. I have had some incredible experiences in my RIFT S which I will never forget. But it has been an endless struggle, with a lot of needless hassle, stress and occasionally even blind rage. Not anymore. I'm now a happy little PICO PIXIE. So thanks, Oculus. In the end you DID deliver the VR gaming experience I always wanted, by forcing me to buy a PICO NEO3 LINK instead of a Quest 3. Thanks, Guys.

I bought this after trying the PICO 4, I got that as a replacement for my reverb g2 as that’s been returned for repair. After 3 PICO 4’s all with various issues like bad battery life, incorrect IPD alignment, I couldn’t put up with the issues of glare in the newer headset, so that went back. I then decided to get the PICO 3 link as it has display port over usb-c which means an uncompressed image and better frame rates on your headset. Massive oversight on the new headsets. I can say after getting it running, the link even with the lower pixel count display, slightly narrower FOV (cured with a better facial interface) it’s almost as good as my G2 was and better for pcvr than the PICO 4 (unless you have a 4090) Clarity is there pretty much edge to edge, but you do get ugly chromatic aberration at the far edges of the lenses. Sweet spot is better than the g2 or quest 2. You get no glare either which is remarkable for fresnel lenses. So it’s my default pcvr headset now. The controllers are, adequate. They do feel a bit cheap and. I’m not sure they’d last an accidental impact. Audio is awful, get headphones or a diy off ear solution. Store is lacking but growing slowly for the stand-alone users. Long term use will see hopefully improvements, as there are still issues with distortion over display port as the screen panels are still reported incorrectly to steam vr. Quality control is still a massive issue I hear with these headsets so be warned it may take a few returns to get a good one. Pros: Good lenses (If you get a good headset) Display port for pcvr Lightweight Wireless pcvr (get virtual desktop much better than the streaming assistant) CONS: Rubbish speakers Streaming assistant is not stable over wifi Non curated store No ability to add better strap later The PICO 3 link is still in beta, probably will be for a good while whilst the focus is on the 4. But if you get a good headset the PICO 3 link punches far above its price point.

Great value for money at a hundred and seventy quid when I bought it. My only disappointment was there weren't enough preinstalled games or software and you have to basically pay for apps via the store. Right now there are the summer deals so you're getting huge bargains. This was my first ever VR headset and it's absolutely awesome and it's an incredible investment if you want to keep fit and enjoy the training too. Most of the games I play really burn those calories and you feel it too, the OS keeps track of your calories and exercise time too automatically and you can set your goals at the system level and it give you a great visual summary too, it's a really well thought out OS. The OS is Android based (although you can't tell directly), so you can also install apks and android software which is a nice bonus. The sound is spot on, I was worried it wouldn't be sufficient but it is actually very good. The headset might not be as powerful as you might have hoped but that's really not a deal breaker as you can stream games directly from your PC too using the PICO connect software, either via Wifi or through the display port, although I quickly found out my pc doesn't support the display port! I do recommend it for daily fitness. I would add that the controllers although they are solid build, I'm not convinced of it's update rate when playing those ultra fast music sword slashing games or it could be software issues I dunno. It's also very comfortable and nice and cushioned, feels very solid and well built. Overall, I highly recommend the Pico neo 3.

top vr-Brille , leicht und gute Performance. Optimal für Rennsimulationen.

Ero entusiasta di acquistarlo ma ,dopo averlo provato, ho scoperto che provoca nausea e non è vero che ci si abitua. Restituito

Sie ist meine erste VR-Brille und ich habe keinen Vergleich zu andern Modellen gehabt. 4 Sterne habe ich gegeben,weil man immer einen runden Rahmen sieht ebenso, wie wenn man durch eine Brille schaut. Mit der Zeit blendet man das aber aus. Ansonsten ist die Bildqualität sehr gut! Das Einrichten hat bei mir etwas gedauert und zwei mal habe ich überlegt sie zurückzuschicken. Habe aber nicht auf gegeben und mir eine Menge Infos aus dem Internet geholt. Mein gröstes Problem war einer meiner USB-Ports, was ich aber zunächst nicht erkannte immer wieder kam eine Fehlermeldung USB Port nicht gefunden oder auf Steam Fehler 108. Mein Rechner ist schon älter und hat nur USB 2.0, was aber kein Problem darstellt, man braucht keinen USB 3.0 um die VR-Brille Pico neo 3 zu betreiben. Allerdings brachte der eine Port, an, dem ich das USB Kabel zunächst angeschlossen hatte nicht den erforderlichen Datentranfer. Nach dem ich das herausgefunden hatte, ließen sich alle Programe einwandfrei installieren und es leuft super. Wer gerne Filme Schaut, dem empfele ich das kostenlose Programm "Big Screen Beta"dieses Program auf Steam in die Bibliotek installieren und man hat die Möglichkeit in verschiedenen virtuellen Kinos oder Reumen sich seinen Lieblingsfilm auf einer z.b. Riesigen Leinwand anzuschauen, das ist echt der Hammer wie ich finde. Wie die Qualität über WiFi ist kann ich nicht beurteilen, weil mein Rechner kein WiFi hat und auch kein Bluetooth. Das gute bei der Pico neo 3 ist, das ein Daten kabel (5 Meter lang) dabei ist. Ein Grafikkarten Port geht in die Grafikkarte und USB port in einen USB Port am Rechner. An der Brille befindet sich auch ein 3,5 Klinke Anschluss für zb ein Headset. Ich bevorzuge eine Kabelverbindung, weil der Akku für meine Spielzeiten nicht ausreicht so ist immer ein lückenloser Betrieb möglich. Alles Kabellos geht natürlich, auch, wenn WiFi oder Bluetooth am Rechner zur Verfügung steht. Fazit wenn alles läuft eine tolle VR Brille von der es in Europa nur 22.000 Stück gibt (limitierte Auflage). Darum hat es auch etwas länger gebraucht, bis ich sie bekommen habe. Man ist ja sonst von Amazon sehr verwöhnt, was die Lieferzeiten betrifft ;-)

Die Brille ist von der Bildqualität über die Displayportverbindung am PC super und das Tracking der Controller funktioniert wunderbar. Leider hatte die erste Brille 7 defekte Pixel im direkten Sichtfeld der rechten Linse und die zweite Brille aus der Ersatzlieferung hat 3 sehr hell leuchtende Pixelfehler in der linken Linse. Da der Austausch 5 Wochen gedauert hat, überlege ich die zweite Brille trotz der Pixelfehler zu behalten, da ich befürchte, dass ein erneuter Austausch wieder nicht zufrieden stellend ist.