So what is the best hardware deal atm?
Quest 2 by far, the adds are coming now in some games, so would always check which ones.
Virtual Desktop is still the best, but issue is that FB bought a lot of VR devs, so you'll see a lot of those games be on the headset itself instead.
Quest 2 only lacks field of view, fine IPD adjustment, and the controllers are "worse". The knuckles have better finger gestures, you only have index and middle finger for Quest 2 with the buttons.
That said, the Index controllers have a tendency to break very easily.
Advantage of the Quest 2:
- Price, I would suggest get a separate strap, the base one is garbage, worth the extra as cloth strap shifts it so over time your focus is off
- Resolution
- On-headset stuff, e.g. Eleven Table Tennis is better since latency is super important there
- Wireless streaming
-- Virtual desktop SSW (Synchronous Space Warp) so can half frame rate on PC and then interpolate the frame on the Quest
- Hand tracking - Handful of games that support it, but some just do it amazingly well,
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2280285932034855/?locale=en_US
- No base stations. Way quicker/easier to set up
- slightly better lenses
- note that FoV, you will have a sharper image on the Quest. Personally prefer the Quest 2 for it since I play games where e.g. looking down scope or something is more important, if racing I would prefer the Index.
Refresh rate on both is similar enough (Quest 2 now has 120Hz support if enabled dev settings, VD supports it, battery life goes way down though, do not suggest without external battery pack, personally keep it on 90).
I wouldn't get the Quest 2 right now though, so many Index 2 rumors/leaks, so maybe we'll see something announced by Valve soon. Really hope Valve comes in with a $600 headset, it will open up the market quite a bit.
EDIT:
Just wanted to elaborate on the 90Hz a bit, note if your PC can't handle a frame, it will skip a frame, so it will be the equivalent to dropping to 45Hz for a frame, that can cause nausea if happens too often, that's why the SSW is so important. Allows me to up the graphics a little bit and not worry about under 90 drop.
Note as well Nvidia has a setting in control panel to help make center of the frame get priority, forgot what it was called, do enable that.