PICO 4 All-in-One VR Headset 128GB

Really happy with my Pico 4, the pancake lenses are a massive upgrade over the old ones with the circles on them, plus higher resolution and more ram for cheaper makes it a no brainer for me. The strap is great and its super lightweight and balanced so most comfortable headset I've had compared to vive and quest with premium strap upgrades. Virtual Desktop with my wifi 6 router gives me perfect wireless vr and no hassle with software getting anything working so far. The pico store is a bit bare and with Real VR Fishing not having patches and features you get on other platforms and like v1.01 of the software locked down to Korean version only even in UK. It's in English but only Korean fishing spots and multiplayer options like you are in Korea. So the software works perfectly its just not as mature as quest and a bit neglected on ported stuff and amateurish on the Pico native apps. My main use case is wireless PCVR though and it has totally satisfied me for that. No accessories yet is a bit annoying, but once they are out I want an extra facial interface to swap in for me playing sweaty games for fitness and will use the original for showing friends. The fitness tracker is a good feature, like a gamified smart watch in the headset that tracks your movements playing any game so you can say play 45 mins a day for fitness and it tracks it no matter which games you play.

This is a great headset, especially to upgrade to from the Quest 2. Almost everything hardware wise in this headset makes it better: Lighter, smaller, pancake lenses, higher resolution screen, motorised IPD adjustment, the list goes on. The stock strap on this headset took me a while to get used to, coming from using a BOBOVR M2 headstrap. However, once I got used to it and found a position that was good for me, you hardly feel the headset on your head, thanks to the good weight distribution and light weight of the headset. There are, however, some things which Meta have done better. Notably the software. While the software on the Pico is usable, certain things like the streaming assistant (to use PCVR games) are borderline unusable. While this is easily sorted by using Virtual Desktop, it would still be nice to have a functional solution out of the box, which you don't have to pay another £15 for. On a positive note about the software, it feels incredibly snappy, much more than the Quest 2. The controllers are another field where Meta outdoes Pico. The buttons, triggers and joysticks all feel cheaper on the Pico controllers. The joysticks, at least on my controllers, make a pretty audible pinging noise when moving them downwards, and the force you have to put on the buttons feels inconsistent depending on the position of your fingers. The tracking is also slightly worse, though still perfectly usable even for games like Beat Saber. Overall, if Pico sorts out their software, then I am very excited to see how they will fare against Meta with this headset, and with possible future headsets. If you do not mind the reduced standalone games library, and don't mind dealing with some software gripes, then this headset is a brilliant upgrade from the Quest 2. I highly recommend it.

I sold my quest 2 for this headset and I have no regrets. It has better lenses, more ram, lighter and more comfy. Better controllers. Ipd adjustable. Better sound. Higher resolution Software and games are far behind quest 2 but the Pico can catch up if they put the work in. Negatives are Strange mist/fog on the pancake lenses which can be distracting. It does seem to go away once the headset is warm. The face gasket is a bit to stiff and hard for me but is okish. It's also to big which hurts the fov. The rear head cushion seems ok but again a bit hard and the top strap ain't great quality. I use this headset for pcvr and it's great it's been fun playing half life alyx again. Comfort in vr a big deal for me and quest 2 was to front heavy and not balanced like the Pico 4. We need lighter and smaller headsets that we can wear for more then an hour. Don't get this headset if you have a large quest 2 library or you just play beat sabre or resident evil 4. It's a good attempt from Pico I look forward to the Pico 5 with eye tracking, better specs and smaller,slimmer.

I've owned the Meta quest 2 since launch and while I still enjoy the quest 2 I watched a few videos and reviews raving about the Pico 4 being really good for PCVR so I took a gamble and the first PCVR Vr title I tried was "Into The Radius" and in all honestly I was blown away by the clarity of the games graphics and the game seemed like a smoother experience ( maybe because of the Pico 4 increase of Ram?) I must say though the game did look slightly darker than the quest 2. I do enjoy watching films on the Amazon prime video app on the quest 2 but unfortunately this app is missing on my Pico 4 so I just loaded the Pico browser and signed into Amazon video that way and it works flawlessly, I do notice that the web app for YouTube seems a little ropey and buggy even using the web browser and the VR 180 videos always look off! ( Not as good as Quest 2 dedicated app by a long way imo) So if your looking for an all rounder VR headset you can't go wrong with the Pico 4 and it definitely excels in the PCVR domain. The design of the Pico 4 is much nicer to wear but I didn't like the stock face mask as it was digging into my face so i changed it for a after market one and the field of view improved aswell as the comfort. So to rap up this review I would definitely recommend the Pico 4 if you can live without a couple of key games that are Meta exclusives in standalone mode. ( Not attached to the computer) but if your solely looking to use Pico 4 for PCVR there's only one winner in my opinion...the Pico 4!

Wanted to get a VR headset but didn't know what to choose, my last one being a Windows Mixed Reality headset that I'd gotten rid of years ago. After some research online, it was a tossup between the Quest 2 or this Pico branded headset I'd never heard of. Mostly intrigued by all the positive chatter about pancake lenses, I was totally taken back by how much better they are over the Fresnel lenses on my old headset which used to halo like mad. The headset is comfortable and the weight with the battery on the rear of the headband makes the weight nice and evenly distributed on your head. Performance of the OS is sound and playing SteamVR games without a cable connected to the PC is the best part about this headset. Combined with the Virtual Desktop app from the Pico store, both my main desktop and Laptop stream VR games beautifully over my 5GHz network. The OS running regular Android, I was able to sideload other apps I use like Microsoft Edge, F-Droid and NewPipe without issue. I even tested the Gamepass app on it and was able to stream from Microsoft's cloud service directly on the headset. Controller tracking has been flawless so far and no issues with latency or motion sickness to speak of when immersed in the headset and the built in sound is plenty good enough, although I do use headphones combined with a USBC to 2.5MM adapter. 3 odd hours of battery when gaming is just about enough when playing SteamVR games and the included quick charger means it tops up in no time. I've recorded a sample of gameplay from the headset and whilst the video recording is only 30FPS, the gameplay in game is completely smooth. Cant vouch for the Quest 2 as I've not used it but as an upgrade from an ancient Windows Mixed Reality headset, this is leaps and bounds better. Very happy with it so far.

I have the Quest 2 so am readily able to compare the two headsets. Would I recommend Quest 2 owners going out and getting a Pico 4? Probably not, at least for the average user. This is an incremental upgrade rather than next gen. I personally do not regret purchasing this headset however, and if, like me, you are a VR enthusiast and don't find it too painful shelling a few hundred quid, then yeah, i would recommend buying a Pico 4. The increased field of view and extra resolution and clarity make it just that much more immersive than the quest 2. Also the controller haptics are a clear step up to the Quest 2 controller haptics. Some have observed weaker colours compared to Quest 2. TBH I think it depends on the game. Some games I don't find much of a difference, whereas others seem to have slightly less colour saturation (although in some instances the opposite is true). Since some games seem to have excellent colour saturation levels however I think maybe some of the Quest ports have not been optimised for the Pico 4 headset as well as they could have been. But i think it misleading to characterise the headset as having 'washed out colours' (such people might be advised to turn the brightness setting down a bit as this increases contrast). What about comfort? Potentially this could be very comfortable due to the v lightweight form factor. However the facial interface starts feeling uncomfortable during lengthy VR sessions. As it is easily removed however i expect to find third party facial interfaces appearing on the market fairly soon. The biggest negative, although hopefully a temporary one, is the head tracking. It is somewhat jittery and needs smooothing out somewhat. It appears to amplify minuscule perturbations due to natural movements of the head leading to a slightly shaky visual experience. This however is a software problem, so i expect it to be rectified in future software updates, hopefully sooner rather than later. The controller tracking however is perfect. The other negative, and again i'm sure is temporary, is the limited game library. I am sure this will expand in time however. All in all this is a pretty awesome headset, and has great potential once the aforementioned couple of negatives are addressed.

UPDATE: Second time bought Pico 4 as first time I had many issues and sent it back (last year). I thought to give it another try. The box was a bit teared on arrival. What I still like: - The clarity is way better than Quest 2. Pencake lenses are working there for sure. - For me it is comfortable enough, even for fitness apps. - Controllers with 2 batteries. Easy to replace and gives a bit extra weight. - IPD adjustment. - Lighter than Quest 2. What I dont like: - Huge God Ray effect all over. Pencake lens should solve god-ray issues but it is actually way worse than in Quest 2. - The battery is just bad. A message of 10% battery lasted less than a min? - Sometime apps crashes on first try. What I really dont like: - Fan is really noisy. - Also, I feel it blows air towards my eyes somehow. I have been using Quest 2 for years, played 100 of hours. No issue. With Pico, my eyes got pain after an hour. Sent it back which is a shame, as I really wanted it because of the clarity. First Purchase: I was looking forward to get PICO 4 as I did some research and regardless the mixed reviews I was expecting that PICO 4 would perform a bit better than the my Quest2. The balance and comfort of the device was perfect and the set up was quick. At first glance it was WOW. Very sharp, better FOV, colours were ok for me. I also liked the menu. Similar as Q2 but for some reason I liked this more. However, there was something off with the device. The lens showed some weird "fog" effect around the centre of the screen. It was very annoying as it blurred everything around it. Tried a few things like cleaning the lens, modify IPD, etc. No change. It was already noticeable just by being in the lobby, but when started a game or played a video it got way worse. Could not even watch a video for 2 min as it was really bad. Then suddenly a fan started spinning quite fast and loud and blew some really warm air to my nose. It made PICO so warm that I had to switch it off. Could not even test the length of the battery. Then it started to lag. Some app did not even start, froze, etc. I also tried PCVR using PICO Streaming Assistant. Big NO-NO with the device I got. I have been using Q2 for way over a year. Played HL-Alyx, Asgard's Wrath, Eye Of Temple, Puzzling Places, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, The Thrill of the Fight, just to name a few. Also watched several videos. Apart than the low quality Q2 Fresnel lens (which was the reason to purchase PICO to get pancake lens), no issues. Q2 gets barely warm even though both have the same CPU. Never heard any fan noise. I believe I got a bad PICO4 as other people liked it and some reviews claim to be better than Q2. Unfortunately, I had to send it back. I will keep Q2 for now and hopefully another PICO in the future will perform better. Without the issues above, it would have been a great VR device. PICO should improve their quality control.

Decided to replace my Rift S as I wanted to try a new gen headset with pancake lenses. I had it for about a couple weeks and these are, briefly, my findings. Pancake lenses are a good improvement in FOV and clarity, and Pico 4 has a good pair of lenses. Although I found these annoyingly having reflections when watching something very high contrast (such as a black background with white text, or something similar). The panels are good quality, although they're lacking colour gamut a little bit and also the contrast isn't not the best, meaning black areas are looking more gray. But much better than my Rift S, where you can't even adjust the brightness of the headset. With Pico you can! The colour passthrough is very nice feature and I like it very much. There's a shortcut to trigger the passthrough manually double tapping on right side of the headset. You have to tap quite strong otherwise it doesn't trigger. But let's talk about PCVR, the main reason why I purchased it. I don't play standalone games as for me their graphic quality is quite poor, running on SoC is quite understandable. My system is the following: gaming laptop with very good integrated cooling system (TongFang based, Max 15) i7 10875h 8C 16T, RTX 2070 8GB (Max-P, 115W), 32GB DDR4, Samsung 970 Evo Plus. The games I've been trying are Assetto Corsa Competizione, Assetto Corsa, Dirt Rally 2.0. I've used a USB 3 cable and used streaming assistant to use PCVR via Steam. Here is the main problem: compared to Rift S, where the image run directly from DisplayPort to the headset, uncompressed, when using standalone VR headset the image is compressed on the fly by your GPU, as you were watching a very high res video. And that's the main issue on this headset. Using a third-party application, called Streaming Assistant Extender, I have increased the bitrate of the video stream going to Pico 4 up to 250Mb/sec, using HEVC compression, which is more efficient although more heavy on the CPU. In games like Dirt Rally 2, due to low contrast areas in the image (such as shaded areas, trees, horizon and any detail far away) is a blob of compression artifacts wandering in a decent and crisp image. The solution, although not definitive, would be cranking up the VR supersampling to something about 1.5-1.7x to full benefit of the high res panels and lenses. Otherwise you're just watching a highly compressed, slightly/heavily blurred video stream. When using standalone headset, the GPU does more work as it needs to render the game and adapt it to your field of view, PLUS, doing an on the fly video compression of a 4K 90FPS video stream. To play at the same quality as my Rift S, I should crank up the resolution even more to compensate the compression and artifacts, which a 2070 115W can't handle. I would probably need a 3080ti or 4080 to have a decent experience. But still, I am not a fan of VR using a compressed video stream. I've been an enthusiast for 30 years, so maybe it's me being more demanding in terms of visuali fidelity and quality. Also working with video as a professional, I'm quite prone to spot compression artifacts. Anyway, even if you aren't a video pro, playing racing games such as ACC and Dirt Rally 2 is not a good experience, your vision will be blurred (especially at the horizon, where everything is a messy blob), you will see compression artifacts in the distance and you will need a hefty configuration to benefit of the real advantage of higher resolution VR headset. Streaming Assistant software max bitrate is also limited to 150Mb/s, where there is some hard limit in the firmware of the headset which will limit it up to 250Mb/s, when the third party utility I was using could go up to 500Mb/s. I would have liked to try a 500Mb/s bitrate option, as I think it would have started to look decent. Unfortunately I will return it as I get lower performance than my Rift S, even though my Rift S has a more prominent screen door effect unfortunately. I will wait for a more powerful configuration PC to buy in the future and will see where VR headset will get in terms of new features, performance, etc. Such a shame as I really liked the headset. Oh, one last downside. The shape of the face cushion interface seems designed for more wider and rounded faces. Due to the above, you'll get some reflections on both left and right side of the lenses, although just visible only when the scene is dark. Materials and build are okay, nothing high of course, but it seems quite solid. I really like the weight distribution, having the battery at the back really play well in keeping the weight from going towards he front. Face cushion interface can cause some discomfort after an hour of playing on my forehead, with some visible red marks once headset is removed. The SoC is also fan cooled but it's very quiet and subtle. What I also like are the speakers. Compared to the Rift S, I found the sound more rich and vibrant, with more bass and amplitude of frequencies. Of course these are integrated speakers, anything such as dedicated headphones will better, but it's great to see pretty decent speakers on board. Hands tracking, although still in beta, it's quite a nice feature, although I didn't have the chance to fully try it due to lack of time. I didn't try Virtual Desktop, as suggested in countless forums, as I don't play via WIFI (the idea of a 5Ghz antenna next to my skull don't excite me, plus also more latency when playing). Also it works only via WIFI and it costs 15£, which I didn't want to spend as I was trying the headset and not sure if I would have kept it. Virtual Desktop could be used with an USB C to Ethernet cable that goes into the router, but then you need to provide power to the headset, otherwise you will see battery life of 1.5.-2h, and its' not healthy for the battery having a costant full discharge to 0. Some users used a USB-C Ethernet adapter with power delivery, but at this point it become quite clumsy and cumbersome, and it's still a third party solution using an external paid app. In my opinion, I shouldn't be doing all these tweaks and workaround to play PCVR. Maybe someone else yes, but once it become clunky and complicated it means there's too much going to make it work for the intended use. If only it had a DisplayPort such as the Pico 3 Neo!

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Che risate lol chi dice di prendere il Quest 2, un prodotto di 3 anni fa, superato dal Pico in tutto. Il Pico è come sognavo fosse il quest, che ho venduto per la risoluzione che fa pena. Si può installare di tutto nel Pico, youtube, netflix, telegram (su cui c'è un canale dedicato in italiano), insomma è il top degli stand alone in commercio oggi punto

È la prima volta che adopero un vr, acquistati su amazon uk e devo dire tutto ok dal dispositivo perfetto e dalla spedizione....ho fatto varie ricerche e sul nuovo lo pagato veramente poco!!unica pecca il caricatore è inglese ma basta prendere un adattatore per spina eu!!per il resto lo consiglio

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It’s good I liked it and yeah overall amazing.