PICO 4 Ultra 256 GB - VR and Mixed Reality Headset

Pico 4 Ultra VR Headset: A Capable All-Rounder with Room for Improvement As 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.

A great first VR headset, been using it for 5 months. In the box it comes with an extra gasket so one can wear glasses and still use the headset. Standalone this isn't bad, Fruit Ninja is a favourite. PCVR is where this shines, downloading WiVRn makes this a great headset. Smooth framerates with WiFi 6, got as part of a pack with leg trackers. Great battery for the main HMD and the controllers take consumable batteries that last for several months.

Very good for pc vr, battery lasts longer than quest 3 and its more comfortable with a better fov and picture. There is slight glare on the lenses if you have the brightness turned up or have the vr on at the wrong angle and it’s probably not the go to unit for standalone games or if you already have a meta library full. I’m very impressed with how much nicer and faster this is than the quest 3 for steam / vd pcvr. Pass through is about the same as quest 3 and much nicer than the original Pico 4. Got this as a used like new unit (box opened return) and no issues.

An excellent headset with a much simpler connection process to PCVR than the Meta Quest 2, but the microphone leaves a lot to be desired. I have no idea what incompetence led to the microphone being placed on the front of the headset instead of the side. It’s constantly picking up harsh wind sounds from p and b words and when you turn the noise reduction on it greatly reduces the quality of the mic. Not to mention the audio from the headset’s speakers get picked up if you’re using it without noise reduction too. Furthermore, there’s a slight delay in the mic when playing PCVR as well. This would be a perfect headset but the microphone really holds it back.

All round great headset, though people with nose bridges may have to use the 'spectacle wearer' fitting otherwise the headset rests painfully on nose bridge, even with straps correctly adjusted

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.

Są to moje pierwsze okulary VR i po tych kilku miesiącach nadal jestem nimi zachwycony. Świetne do gier, rekreacji i pracy. Duży plus za możliwość podłączenia ich bezprzewodowo do PC jak i Mac. Polecam.

Visore pazzesco e divertente. Le app sono fatte molto bene. Funziona perfettamente con YOUTUBE VR e il browser integrato si adatta perfettamente con i siti di NETFLIX, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, DISNEY+ e gli altri. Facile da imparare a usare. La visione "a fuoco" delle lenti ha una resa da effetto wow. Tuttavia, nella visione periferica la qualità di resa cala drasticamente, che però è una caratteristica di questi visori "entry-level". Eccezionale anche la resa video quando utilizzato per PCVR e comodissimo che può essere usato tramite connessione wireless e non perde di qualità. Mi sono molto divertito, ma per questo ho deciso di passare ad un visore più performante per PCVR, con tipi di lenti più performanti e molto più costosi.

Versione riveduta e corretta del Pico 4 "normale": pannelli e lenti sono sostanzialmente identici, ma abbiamo una CPU di nuova generazione, un maggior quantitavo di RAM, supporto al Wifi7, passthrough migliorato e controller riprogettati senza gli anelli per il tracciamento. A livello software sono stati fatti dei passi avanti notevoli. È l'unico visore, al momento, che permette di utilizzare il full body tracking ad un costo umano: 80€ circa con due trackers (caviglie), 120€ con tre (si aggiunge quello alla vita). Tutti gli accessori del Pico 4 sono compatibili ed utilizzabili anche sull'Ultra. Meglio il Pico 4 Ultra o il Quest 3? Non esiste un vincitore netto dato su che alcuni aspetti si fa preferire il primo, su altri il secondo... diciamo che l'acquisto, tra i due, va fatto in base alle funzioni che usiamo di più o alle nostre esigenze specifiche.

I have used the headset for roughly half a year now. I upgraded from a Vive cosmos. I use it for PC VR exclusively, mainly for simracing and some MR. It's really fantastic, the tracking is rock solid, the inside out cameras have sufficient quality to be usable, which definetly wasn't the case with the Vive. The image quality itself is also great, it has great lenses (pancake) and screens. Can highly recommend the Pico for this use, it's probably the best price to performance headset out there and no subscriptions required. I would only recommend switching the face cover and getting a link cable. As for the Ultra version compared to non Ultra: the main difference is the option of AV1 encode/decode for PC VR and the higher performance chipset inside the headset for standalone use. I think it's worth it, the AV1 encoding provides me consistently with a lower latency connection compared to H264/H265 while maintaining good image quality.

it allows for impressive FBT with just these alone and the battery lasts a long long time very worth imo