“Soon” after launch, according to Oculus, the company will make the 90Hz mode default for the main menu and also allow developers to take advantage of the extra refresh rate, but that may well require per-app updates.

Games, however, will continue to run at 72Hz. On day one, Oculus says that Quest 2 will run have an ‘experimental’ 90Hz option which will run the headset’s main menu at that refresh rate. Not only is it significantly more powerful, it’s also a made-for-VR chip which includes some additional features that make it even better for use in a VR headset.īut it’s going to take some time until we see the XR2 really shining in Quest 2. While the original Quest launched with a dated (even at the time) Snapdragon 835, Oculus effectively picked the highest-end processor they could for Quest 2, the Snapdragon XR2. One of the most exciting but as of yet untapped bits of hardware in Quest 2 is the processor. Now onto the full review… if you want to summary without the detail, skip to the very end for our conclusion.

Quest Specs Photo by Road to VRīefore we dive into the full review, here’s a breakdown of Quest 2 compared to Quest official specs: In that sense, I think it would be fair to call it Quest S on day one, but once Oculus delivers some promised post-launch improvements, it’ll earn the name Quest 2. Similar to the original, Quest 2 will see improvements over time. As you’ll find throughout our review, a good chunk of Quest 2’s potential has not yet been unlocked. Quest 2 has effectively zero new features compared to the original, and Oculus says both headsets will share the same game library.Ī quandary then… would Quest 2 have been better called ‘Quest S‘? Well yes, but also… no. Quest 2 might be better in (almost) every way, but it really doesn’t do anything new.

Oculus Quest 2 has a release date of October 13th.īut before owners of the original Quest look at their old headset with disdain, consider this. Quest 2 is (just about) here! Facebook announced the headset and opened pre-orders today starting at $300. And now we have Quest 2, which is pretty much the same headset, just better in (almost) every way. And over the course of its life, we saw Quest improve over time with software updates that added new features and improved existing ones. When Quest first launched in 2019, we called it the “first great standalone VR headset,” owing to it being a truly complete package between hardware, software, and content.

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