There is still no competitor for the standalone headset (Quest) which seems to be a more likely candidate for mass adoption. I own all of the (Oculus, HTC, Valve, several models for each) and I can tell you that convenience seems like the key more that quality of graphics.

The Vive Pro 2 is absurdly expensive ($1400) compared to the Oculus offering.

The Vive Pros are at its name implies, for pros, or for people with big budgets who want the best. You simply can't compare.

I think that if you don't want to buy Oculus and have a reasonable budget (~$400), WMR headsets are the only alternative.

That's like saying you can't compare a top of the line MacBook to a $300 HP laptop. The Pro 2 hardware specs are significantly better than the Oculus and the price isn't being subsidized in exchange for feeding your data into Facebook.

There are cheaper alternatives than the vive pro 2, like the hp reverb. The vive pro 2 is just the 3090 of VR at the moment.

The real differentiator is the cord free aspect of the quest 2.

> The Vive Pro 2 is absurdly expensive ($1400) compared to the Oculus offering.

Letting ads and Facebook behavioral surveillance into your life is way more expensive yet.

When Facebook bought them, I remember part of the delusional gaming crowd saying crap like "no don't worry guys, FB will respect the Oculus, they won't ruin it! FB login? They won't require it! Ads? No they won't!"

I remember they put out a statement saying it would never require a FB login, and that you were ridiculous to suggest it would ever have ads.

Had an oculus rift DK1 at the time - deleted my accounts, unsubscribed from everything, and bought an HTC vive shortly after it came out. Wasn't buying that at the time, and I feel vindicated now.

I don't think they ever put out a formal statement (I'd love to be corrected on this). What I do remember is Palmer Luckey saying that, but then, it's really on the Oculus community to have believed the words of a 22 year old about to make millions.

Facebook kept the promise(in airbquotes) though. Whoever behind Palmer’s Reddit account said he _personally_ assure that _Rift_ remains usable forever without an account, IIRC.

Facebook killed Rift few years later.

I'm not personally a big fan of Palmer Luckey but he really shat the bed with that statement. Just completely destroyed his credibility.

Why Vive and not Index? I believe the Vive lineup is carrying over the same basic design since original Vive and rather ancient for what it costs.

The Vive Pro 2 is a new headset and probably the best on the market. Compatible with the rest of the index hardware. I'm holding out hope for an index 2 sometime in 2022 personally.

Or take action: buy an Oculus, open the package and return it. Make sure you state why.

This is one of the few ways to make big corporations actually listen.

Could you set up a kickstarter and start doing this at scale?