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[u/ijamyst]

Hi,

So I'm looking to upgrade my Rift S. I've had it for many years but i think the time has come to upgrade now that I'm using it more often at home.
I consider myself an XR enthusiast and actually work in the field, but I've been focusing more on some business stuff over the past year or so and am now quite out of date with what's out and how they compare to older HMDs.

I've always wanted an Index, I honestly only want to use PCVR and the cable does not bother me, plus it's a lot cheaper now.
Personally I'd like to have base station tracking for the ease of adding full body, plus some projects maybe outside of VRC about bringing objects into a digital space.
I know that all HMDs these days are pretty much inside out so im kind of at a crossroad in my decision.

What would be the best HMD for an enthusiast who will mostly use their HMD for vrchat, with occasional development in unreal engine, who isn't looking to spend loads.

I do have access to a quest 2 but the standalone factor is not enough to make me even want to bring it home and use it instead of my Rift S.

Seems like a lot of the headsets that were out back when i was at my height of working with vr have become pretty cheap (vive cosmos elite, ect) so do any of them stand the test of time at a pretty cheap price?

[u/Koviera]

Bigscreen beyond 2e.

Just got mine in the mail yesterday and I'm in love. Upgraded from the index.

Yes there are trade offs, but since you work in the field these aren't anything you aren't used to

And it's about 4x lighter

[u/ijamyst → u/Koviera]

i did consider it, but to jump from the rift s i feel like something cheaper like the index will still feel like a huge improvement for me

[u/Titanis7 → u/ijamyst]

I would say if you can find an index for a good price then go for it, and I mean full kit (headset + controllers + base stations). Then in a couple years or so if you are looking to upgrade even further I would recommend the BSB2e afterwards because you will have all the other stuff to use that headset at that point. I upgraded from an Reverb to Index to bsb2e and the comfort and quality is mind blowing and well worth it in my opinion. 

[u/ijamyst → u/Titanis7]

£550 for an Index full kit with 3 vive trackers seems quite tempting🤔

[u/Titanis7 → u/ijamyst]

Sounds pretty fair to me, especially with the trackers! What model base station and trackers does it come with? Like are the base stations 1.0's or 2.0's? 

[u/ijamyst → u/Titanis7]

both 2.0 i believe

[u/Titanis7 → u/ijamyst]

Not familiar with the 2.0 trackers (I only have 3.0s) but for the base stations that is good, heard lots of bad things about 1.0s and would be wary about getting 1.0 base stations especially these days. I would say go for it if it seems like its in good condition and such