PICO 4 Ultra 256 GB - VR and Mixed Reality Headset

Pico 4 Ultra VR Headset: A Capable All-Rounder with Room for ImprovementAs an avid VR enthusiast, I was excited to get my hands on the Pico 4 Ultra. After spending some quality time with it, here's my take:Pros:Easy Setup & Performance: The headset was a breeze to set up, and its 12GB RAM delivers great performance and multitasking capabilities.Clear Visuals: The pancake lenses provide clear, edge-to-edge vision, and the display, while LCD, offers good resolution with minimal screen door effect.Impressive Mixed Reality: The mixed reality passthrough is a significant upgrade, offering excellent tracking and room recognition, making for immersive experiences.Seamless PCVR Streaming: Pico Connect makes PCVR streaming straightforward, providing good quality even wirelessly.Accurate Full-Body Tracking: The optional motion trackers are incredibly easy to set up and deliver accurate full-body tracking, a huge plus for social VR.Cons:Facial Interface Discomfort: The biggest drawback for me was the facial interface, which caused discomfort and light leakage due to its shape.Subpar Hand Tracking: While present, the hand tracking lacked accuracy and responsiveness, with noticeable latency.Smaller App Store: The app store, while growing, is still not as robust as some competitors.Overall, the Pico 4 Ultra is a strong contender, especially for its mixed reality capabilities and effortless full-body tracking. If the facial interface fits you well, and you're looking for a solid all-around VR experience, it's definitely worth considering, especially with the pre-order bundle. However, be mindful of the less-than-stellar hand tracking and the comparatively smaller app library.

I bought this after a few tube reviews, particularly Simhanger and VR Flightsim opinions which are based on the Pico4 not ultra.For FS2020 the Pico Ultra beats the G2 on the clarity, increased clearer view. Using the Pico connect app this gives you the option to tether via USB cable to the PC, the untethered method via Wifi worked surprisingly well too, but I think its more stable wired for FS2020.Their software also gives you tweaking options for resolution and colour etc. which have enhanced FS2020 for me.Weight, comfortably balanced on the head with the battery at the back, far better than the bricks of the G2&Quest 2.A fan in-built to the HMD which is quiet but does stop my face melting as it did with the G2. This was the deal maker .There maybe better headsets out there but my retirement of the much vouched G2&Q2 may stand for something.Suffice to say for VR in FS2020 you still need a powerful PC.Also its a good standalone headset as per Quests .

Upgraded from a wired Oculus Rift S gen 1, and the difference is night and day, really I didnt believe the advertising before that its more comfortable and provides a better image or that it can do streaming from pc wirelessly without issues.Well all those came true, streaming is awesone no hiccups with av1 decoding/encoding, games work perfectly virtually no lag, its almost not noticeable, beat saber does have a bigger delay but with adjustment its almost the same, and the best part if you want it to be the same, just grab a type c cable and use it wired!Screen and ipd adjustment are amazing, in the rift s i could clearly see the pixels with this its way less noticeable. The clarity is great and the colors are well oled cannot be beaten, no more grey darks, and no more yellow whites.Pico connect app works fine, sone settibg tweaking is required for better quality but it still is a great streaming app, and yes it works with youtube and with sbs movies.There is a pico app store and some games can be found on it but i still prefer streaming from steam.Updates are pushed fairly often and all settings are adjustable, developer mode is easy to unlock and adb debugging is also available. As for other settings Hand control is also great, no controllers required! Its a bit of a weird mess but when the lighting is good it works amazingly.Definitely my new favorite.

A bit of a lazy upgrade from Pico, hardly any improvements especially in the resolution department and there is a fair amount of glare and reflection just by wearing the headset, when I first put the headset on I thought the sticky lense protector had smeared the screen but nope this is how it is!! Sometimes you can see multiple reflections just from holding the controllers.The spatial camera is quite good and I find recording gameplay in vr on my P4U via the spatial camera really fun, I recorded gameplay from "into the radius" then I can play it back in 3D from the photos app and the videos look really good and the recorded audio is really good quality.There is no 3.5mm audio jack but I use the Prismxr T1 earbuds and I find they work really good with NO lag using the T1's dongle.I mainly bought the P4U for pcvr and using virtual desktop or the much improved Pico connect app using the AV1 code really good, you do need a decent pc and connection to achieve this though but the graphics improve immensely.I do own and love the Quest 3 but I do find even after upgrading my head strap I get headaches and feel neck strain and using the Pico 4 ultra I've had no such pain or ever felt uncomfortable wearing it.If you are wanting a very comfortable & stylish Vr headset look no further than the Pico 4 ultra it does have it's issues regarding glare and outdated lens but if you can look past this it can be your daily Vr driver.