Meta Quest Pro Review | Better Than Apple Vision Pro?

now this this is the meta Quest Pro one of the most expensive headsets on the market right now and in today's review I will show you everything it can do from demonstrating its face and eye tracking its next level uh controllers dive into foviated rendering test how good its color pass through is and most importantly if you should buy this headset for work or gaming so full disclosure I bought this headset myself and it's good to know that I am not part of meta's ambassador program with that being said let's kick things off with the unboxing okay let's first talk about the packaging on the front we got the hardware rising up straight from the metaphors and as you can see the meta logo has officially made its entry with a giant one staring right into your soul from the top and on the back it tells you what's inside anyways when we slide it open we are being met with the pro and its controllers it comes in the same cardboard box as the Quest 2 giving it a cheap first impression I mean even the Oculus Rift dk1 came in a cool case but hey you quickly forget when you get to hold the beautiful Pro in your hands it feels premium and gives a mature look making clear this is not a toy the front is overlaid with a dark tinted piece of plastic that houses the tech that not only lets you explore virtual but also augmented reality unlocking full color pass through to explore the real world from a whole new perspective we call this mixed reality to balance out to 722 gram weighing Pro the headset's battery is located in the rear serving as a counterweight to adjust the neck area it has a knob in the back a depth wheel in the front and for Comfort it makes use of silicon pads that are both detachable the Halo strap is spring loaded meaning that it can melt the stretch when pulling it for transferring data or streaming it has a USBC port on the left and this speaker's volume and power buttons are all built in with the Finishing Touch being headphone jacks on each side when we check the back we can find these fantastic looking pancake lenses gorgeous this is also the place where your face and eyes get tracked and where you magnetically charge the headset before we move on to the controllers it's good to know that the quest Pro is mainly aimed towards Enterprise so we're talking businesses who want to expand on productivity and mixed reality for meetings presentations Education Health product design architecture and training purposes see the pro as a tool to experience and build stuff for the future so that they are ahead of the game when this headset stack becomes the standard later down the road and talking about games since since the pro is a quest to his big brother he does actually run the latest and greatest titles but hasn't been specifically designed for that purpose for now the quest the 2 will remain meta's Flagship for gamers till the quest 3 comes out you can buy the pro for 1500 and US Dollars 1500 in British pounds and a whopping 1800 in Euros thanks to inflation by the way that does not include the additional carrying case full light blockers for VR sessions earphones and Link cable I decided to pre-order the necessities and ended up paying nearly 1 970 Euros in my opinion all of this should have been included in the Box especially the full light blockers now let's talk controllers they come in matte black have index finger sensing triggers a pressure sensor built-in batteries stronger haptics and has no large tracking ranks instead it uses IR cameras that track themselves regarding the battery life on both the headset and controllers stay tuned moving on to the magnetic its Compact and has a anti-slip service it comes with a power supply a USB type-c cable and an extra charging cable for One controller do they seriously expect you to charge one at a time when you are on the road or something again for the price you pay very very confusing things that do come in the Box are not full but have light blockers that magnetically attach to the sights very useful a cleaning cloth the standard warranty and safety guides two stylus tips a cable clip and a protective cover that you can slide over the front the setup speaks for itself you power up the headset let the controllers automatically pair and hook it up to the Wi-Fi after that you log into the quest mobile app and other devices select the pro and give it a moment to connect it will then give you a short introduction on how to adjust the Halo strap and lenses this is being done by grabbing them with your fingers and moving them to the left and right thanks to the eye tracking and can tell your exact ipd but I honestly expected something fully motorized for 1800 Euros the stated ipd is 55 to 75 millimeters but inside the headset mine only goes from 59 to 71. on the spec sheet metal says that the value is based on the clearest spots of the lenses but it's still weird that this varies per device okay well let's set up the guardian with a headset like this you expect it to be aware of your surroundings and scan everything in your room automatically but you still have to do it yourself although it is a slightly smoother process thanks to the color pass through and new controller tracking when done you arrive in the quest Pro's new home environment the menu and settings look almost identical to that of the Quest 2 with classic options such as casting the pro to a mobile device bringing your couch your desk into VR using hand tracking instead of the controllers and double tapping the side of the headset to activate its pass through in quick settings things start to look a little different there is a feature that lets you now use the menu in combination with the full color bastru and two buttons that pause the phase and eye tracking for privacy enough of the menu let's dive into the Comfort the pro is heavier than the Quest 2 but since its battery sits in the rear it's far more balanced than the standard self strap putting it on is simple you pull the strap put it over your head and use the knob on the back to tighten it up there is also this so-called depth wheel that pushes the front face pad in or out Bring Your Eyes closer to the lenses personally the sturdy shape of this front pad doesn't fit me well and isn't very comfy resulting into my forehead becoming the main pressure point of the entire headset this causes the headset to Loosely sit on your face making it wobble shift not sit straight and even makes the ipd numbers jump having to constantly adjust them overall I find it hard to use for more than an hour before it distracts me from my work focus and creativity making me want to go back to just a traditional screen there is actually a calibration setup available that tells you how to wear it but it does not do the trick for me I think what could have made the difference here were different size and softer pads the option to tilt the headset in the front and overhead strap of course maybe a nose piece like the hololens has or a hard plastic face cover with cushion for cheekbone support but this partly defeats the purpose of its open design for mixed reality what I'm missing too is a flip a visor like the lynx R1 has Pros competitor this is most useful when you are doing work alone or together with other colleagues who don't have a pro as it lets you easily hop in and out of the virtual world okay let's talk light blockers then they are actually quite nice but they don't block out the light from underneath handy for when you want to look at your phone or have a sense of your surroundings during pass through but completely suck when you want to be fully immersed in VR for that you really want to get the full light blockers or maybe not as mine are in pre-order I can't share my personal experience but from my YouTube colleague Jay Brad who did a fantastic deep dive reported that it still bleeds light into your displays so I guess we have to wait for a third-party company to make a complete range of actual solid accessories before I forget wearing the headset with a pair of glasses is no problemo it's pretty mind-blowing that specs wise you don't even seem to get that much of an upgrade either the pro uses a Snapdragon xr2 plus 12 gigs of RAM and the resolution seems to be similar to that of its little brother with it still using LCD displays running on 72 and 90 Hertz the only thing that stands out is the field of view it's a noticeable improvement over the Quest 2 and as an extra does do mini LED local dimming this makes the screens look more vibrant more saturated gives great contrast and black levels with yes a male Bloom over lighter things in Darker scenes on top of that the pancake lenses are far more Superior than Quest 2's frenels making everything look way sharper thanks to the larger sweet spot as much as this levels up the clarity I wouldn't say the resolution earns the pro title for serious work stuff you definitely want something way higher but let me tell you the controllers are awesome overall they fit nicely in my hands and when sweating the material gives enough grip the fact they trick themselves is a pure luxury but gone are the days of sometimes losing tracking I mean the footage I recorded in rec room tells you everything you need to know and demonstrates perfectly how accurate it is what's even crazier is that if you place the headset on the floor and are then still holding the controllers in your hands people can see them move from one spot to the other also thanks to no tracking ranks you can bring the controllers closer together and drifting because of occlusion is a thing of the past the haptics are an upgrade too they send out strong vibrations that are real satisfying and more detailed the pressure sensor lets you grab and squeeze objects and the sensing Tech in the triggers is cool and all but not sure what you are going to use this for what does kinda suck is that the plastic piece on the rubber wrist strap easily slides down not being very secure but you can twist them take them out and replace the strap with a stylus tip they don't really click into the controllers sitting Loosely inside the holes making a subtle ticking noise so the quality and execution of these stylus tips feels cheap but they do give more accuracy while making notes on the table or while drawing on a virtual whiteboard it's not hard to lose them making me wish they came in a pouch so yeah the controllers are an amazing piece of tech especially for designers but do have their trade-offs as well I found them heavier in the front they take a well to sync which is super annoying sometimes they are not properly aligned and according to the specs sheet direct sunlight can damage them making me wonder where the protection covers are you'll have to charge these at least every two days or so as the battery life is around 6 to 8 hours which is not bad at all if you're interested you can actually buy them separately for 300 bucks and pair them with the Quest 2 but would only get them if productivity is your main goal for gaming they seem unnecessary as most Quest 2 titles are optimized for limited tracking anyways the charging dock is one of my least favorite rare things the magnetic pins are not really latching onto the hardware more often than not I have to go back to double check if everything is really charging especially getting the headset properly seated continues to be a struggle what's more silly though is that the pro cannot be charged when the protective or full face cover are on showing that the accessories were just an afterthought ouch well let's go back to the pro then and talk about its mixed reality pass through the whole reason this headset was created in the first place compared to the Quest 2 it's a big step up instead of black and white everything is in full color now with the cameras in the front giving a great field of view the bathroom is fully 3D but currently its quality leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't look anything like what meta advertised grabbing a drink from the fridge or making your way through the office to pick up your controllers is no problem but if you want to read something from up close everything is super distorted making it impulse possible to use compared to how Okay Asia things look from afar makes me believe the depth estimation had an overdose of Sweet Baby race I mean the colors are washed out not being accurate to the real world you see this black and white view shimmering through giving a cross-eyed effect the brightness is all over the place and doesn't adapt very well to day nor night time filling your screens with grain and motion blur I can totally see how some will get an eye strain from this or straight up motion sick funny that even though the Pico 4 is not being 3D it's still having better looking pass through for three times less the prize than a pro and it's not even an Enterprise headset anyhow despite all these problems it is a unique experience to see people in your physical space as you can feel their presence if you live abroad or work remotely and don't see your colleagues friends or family that much this is going to be a killer feature in the future it will let you chat face to face work and explore worlds together or play casual games like demio PokerStars the boss abilities are endless that being said I did try to use the pass through mode in a handful of productivity apps such as Horizon workrooms immersed archaeo Nano gravity sketch and also training ones like piano vision and tribe XR as long as the main focus is interacting with the virtual things in front of you and the pass through serving as a portal or subtle background it's pretty awesome but the moment the pastor becomes the center point of the attention it makes you want to turn it off because the quality just isn't there another disappointing factor is that you manually have to map your room because of no depth sensor the iPhone iPad hololens and Magic leap can all do this automatically I can't believe that meta sells a mixed reality headset that's missing this crucial feature anyways something that does work very well is the face and eye tracking so I can be very happy angry frustrated shocked and more phase and eye tracking are a glimpse into what the future will bring because this will change the way we are going to socialize with each other from within the metaphors you can be far more expressive and it makes your avatar feel more alive sadly no tongue tracking just yet but hey Jokes Aside this is mostly beneficial to someone else as you are not going to stare into a mirror all day with the recent update of now being able to stream the face and eye tracking to PC I do expect more realistic avatars that will hopefully trickle down to stand alone with maybe just maybe full body trekking another awesome thing that you can do with the eye tracking is foveated rendering this is a technique that reduces the rendering workload by greatly undercutting the image quality in the peripheral vision surprisingly enough there is no business app supporting this right now there is only red matter 2 that shows that it's pure Witchcraft and that it will play an important role in the future of gaming and other markets having access to all this Tech does make you question the Privacy right according to meta they only collect the data required for your headset to work properly so apps can't access images or videos without your permission total different subject the speakers of the quest PRO Sound more clear and detailed than on Quest 2. it has clear low and high tones but the bass could have been harder with the spatial audio being the only real thing that continues to impress me you're better off wearing a pair of wired headphones if you want to focus and when you are allowed to be in your own Zone on the work floor because of the Halo strap it's no problem wearing a pair of big or smaller headphones I did test their Bluetooth as well but there is too much of a delay what's interesting is that the pro has an array of three microphones versus two microphones on Quest but here's the sound check you're not going to believe this this is what the microphone sounds like on the quest Pro and for comparison this is what it sounds like on the quest 2. actually I can be very brief about the Pro's battery to me the headset on average clocks in on around two and a half hours of constant use use but you can stretch it a little by turning off the pass-through face tracking and lowering the brightness but I mean that's not what you bought a headset for when fully drained it takes one and a half hours to charge it so yeah it can only be used for short sessions of productivity unless you want to hook it up to a cable defeating the purpose of its ergonomic design it's a lot of money for just two and a half hours I wish they had at least tried to push it to four if you are working in an industry where short burst work tasks are the norm it could do the trick but for longer sessions this isn't it performance wise it is very impressive the program mostly run on a solid 72 or 90 Hertz with phase I and hand tracking enabled while also dipping in and out of mixed reality I did also try to push it to the limit in games but the performance and loading times seem to be pretty on fire with the quest too unless an app or game supports a foviated rendering it does not feel like an upgrade but that's not all the well-known performance issues from from the quest to do haunt the pro as well despite it being slightly faster such a shame the overall software could seriously use an overhaul to make the UI more stable and snappier the pros Inside Out tracking does feel more reliable with having a good memory of remembering your play spaces but the moment you enter your home environment you are always in for a surprise this is why I wish meta had waited for the new Snapdragon chipset or have turned the pro into a dedicated pcvr headset like the vario doubling down on the resolution and horsepower and that brings me nicely to streaming the headset to a computer or laptop you can run apps and play games with a cable or use airlink and virtual desktop to Go Wireless the pro does have Wi-Fi 6E but it's not coming out till 2023 because of that the experience is far from perfect although during my play tests my frame rate was stable with an okay bit rate and no artifacts it is a real shame that the Oculus PC self where doesn't support fobiated rendering as this could take streaming to a whole new level hopefully it will in the future but with meta's Focus not being PC anymore I'm not so sure good to mention that for Wired use the cable clip that comes with the headset holds the cable firmly in place but because of its flawed Comfort pulls the pro down on one side making it not sit straight on your face now it's time to answer the most important question and that is can you use the headset for work well Pros current Library exists out of a moderate assortment of business and creative focused first and third party apps with the highlights being immersed Horizon workrooms thickman spatial and gravity sketch some of the other apps I tried seem to be in an experimental phase and were not ready for serious productivity missing things like a streamlined UI logical workflows and not matching your exact needs as a VR feather and myself I struggle to understand how to use some of these apps and can see how employees of a company who are not familiar with VR or ar at all will go through a real rough learning curve if you work for a business that is looking for a very specific use case chances are you are not even going to find it on the store instead you have to invest into an experienced Dev Studio to First make the software that caters your work field and that meets the quality standards meaning that if you are a developer this headset being the perfect opportunity to start building apps that companies want the pro definitely feels like a dev kit then a ready out of the box device to give to employees for training purposes and many other things it could be considered for meetings and presentations but personally don't completely replace my teams and zoom sessions just yet it feels futuristic but it's still easier to set up or join an ongoing call from my phone than doing it in work rooms the phase and eye tracking does make it more interesting but with the current Horizon avatars I'm still having a hard time listening to someone in metaphors form I do hope this is going to change with the collaboration between Microsoft and meta bringing office to mixed reality in 2023 but right now it doesn't feel ready to compete with more mainstream ways of communication in my opinion the hardware and software limitations do outweigh those who are on the road a lot or work at a cubicle Farm wanting to expand their office space if you have a laptop or a PC with a single monitor you can surround yourself with additional virtual screens and this can definitely improve your workflow next to seeing your physical keyboard by using the pass through you also have the option to connect one over Bluetooth or completely take it to the next level by streaming your PC to the pro from a remote location immersed virtual desktop and Horizon workrooms are your go-to apps but be aware they still have their own problems so yeah to wrap it up as a VR Enthusiast it is very exciting to see how much progress has been made since the very first Rift came out but doesn't take away that the quest Pro is a device that came a little too late with its many Pros cons and well steeper prize it really depends on what you want to use it for plus with the new chipset on the way it may be smart to wait and see what the near future holds if you are a developer an artist or early adopter who just can't wait and want to experience all of this Tech now then it might be worth checking this headset out as it does have interesting features I I do agree and I'm sure we'll get a solid software updates in the coming months or so but on the hardware side yeah I don't know I wonder if it can stand the test of time in a world where technology moves so fast it already feels dated so Enterprise folks out there I would wait and see what's gonna happen in 2023 I do expect a lot more Next Generation Hardware coming out and hopefully software too as a gamer I am most looking forward to the PlayStation VR2 and Quest 3 keeping my fingers crossed at some of prostag will make it to meta's New gaming headset and that's my quest Pro review I want to thank you so much for watching if it gave you some new insights if you thought it was entertaining then make sure to slam that like button and next to that let me know in the comments below what you think of this headset I'm very curious to hear what your stanza is and with that being said until next time see you in the metaphors and bye bye for now oh 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Keywords: Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest Pro Review, Oculus Quest Pro, Meta Quest Pro Gameplay, Meta Quest Pro vs Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro Face Tracking, VR Foveated Rendering, PSVR 2, Meta Quest 3, PlayStation VR2

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Length: 22min 24sec (1344 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 04 2022