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Meta · Meta Quest
Oculus Quest
The original Oculus Quest is a standalone OLED VR headset with tracked Touch controllers, later gaining controller-free hand tracking and wired PC VR through Oculus Link.
- Works
- Standalone or with a PC
- Per eye
- 1440 × 1600
- Refresh
- 72 Hz
- Weight
- 571 g
What reviewers say
Road to VR and Wareable praise easy setup, freedom from cables and effective controller tracking, while noting the mobile hardware's limits compared with PC VR. Wareable reports noticeable game-loading delays. Road to VR identifies tracking blind spots and lens reflections, but finds the headset comfortable when its straps are adjusted carefully.
From roadtovr.com, roadtovr.com and wareable.com
Specifications
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- Resolution per eye
- 1440 × 1600
- Panel
- OLED
- Refresh rate
- 72 Hz
- Display details
- Dual OLED displays (Road to VR); 1440 × 1600 physical pixels per eye confirmed by Meta's developer table, distinct from its 1216 × 1344 default render resolution. Meta documents 72 Hz for apps and a separate 60 Hz mode for media playback.
- Lenses
- Fresnel lenses (Road to VR); no manufacturer horizontal field-of-view figure used
- Lens spacing (IPD)
- Physical lens-spacing adjustment, 58–72 mm according to Oculus as reported by Road to VR
Tracking and input
- Eye tracking
- No
- Hand tracking
- Yes
- Controllers in the box
- Yes
- Colour passthrough
- No
- Sensors
- Oculus Insight inside-out six-degree-of-freedom headset and Touch tracking without external sensors; four cameras (Road to VR). Controller-free hand tracking was added during 2019, rather than available at the May launch; app support is required. No eye tracking.
- Controllers
- Two Touch controllers with tracking rings; one AA battery each (Road to VR)
- Passthrough
- Black-and-white view from the tracking cameras (Wareable)
Performance
- Works
- Standalone or with a PC
- Chip
- Snapdragon 835
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Chip details
- Qualcomm's exact Quest launch announcement confirms Snapdragon 835 Mobile VR Platform
- Connections
- Standalone at launch; Oculus Link PC VR beta released 18 November 2019, using a compatible gaming PC and high-quality USB 3 cable. USB-C charging connector (Wareable); no storage-expansion slot (Road to VR).
Design
- Battery
- Built in
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 3 hours
- Weight (headset)
- 571 g
- Battery details
- Oculus claims approximately two hours gaming or three hours watching media, as reported by Wareable; rechargeable battery in the headset, charged over USB-C
- Audio
- Built-in speakers and two 3.5 mm stereo headphone sockets; either socket accepts a normal stereo headphone plug (Road to VR)
- Strap
- Flexible adjustable straps; 571 g headset weight reported by Road to VR, including the built-in battery
- In the box
- Headset, two Touch controllers, glasses spacer and USB-C charging cable; spacer and cable documented by Wareable
Pros and cons
Pros
- Standalone operation without a gaming PC or external tracking sensors
- Adjustable lens spacing and two tracked Touch controllers
- PC VR through a compatible Link cable after the software update
Cons
- Monochrome passthrough
- No expandable storage
- Gaming battery claim is approximately two hours
Closest rivals
Model | Works | Per eye | Refresh | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standalone or with a PC | 1832 × 1920 | 120 Hz | 503 g | Oct 2020 | |
| Needs a PC or console | 1280 × 1440 | 80 Hz | 561 g | May 2019 | |
| Standalone or with a PC | 1920 × 1920 | 90 Hz | 625 g | Feb 2023 |
Newer model: Quest 2.
Sources
- developers.meta.com/vr/essentials/render-scale
- developers.meta.com/vr/documentation/unreal/unreal-change-display-refresh-rate
- about.fb.com/news/2018/09/introducing-oculus-quest
- meta.com/en-gb/blog/game-on-oculus-quest-and-rift-s-pre-orders-are-live-shippin…
- investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2019/Qualcomm-Sna…
- about.fb.com/news/2019/11/play-rift-content-on-quest-with-oculus-link-available…
- about.fb.com/news/2021/03/five-years-of-vr-a-look-at-the-greatest-moments-from-…
- roadtovr.com/oculus-quest-review-the-first-great-standalone-vr-headset
- wareable.com/vr/oculus-quest-review-6563
- Original Oculus Quest with supplied Touch controllers, complete dark studio photograph and model wordmark: Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
- Oculus Quest at left and Rift S at right in the complete shared launch photograph: Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
- Oculus Quest and supplied Touch controllers in use in a living room: Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
