Hardware
Comparison
| Oculus Quest 1 | Oculus / Meta Quest 2 | Meta Quest 3 | Varjo Aero | Varjo XR-3 | Varjo XR-4 | HTC Vive Tobii retrofit | HTC Vive Pro | HTC Vive Focus 3 | HTC Vive XR Elite | Lynx R1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile / PC | Mobile | Both | Both | PC | PC | PC | PC | PC | Both | Both | Mobile |
| Tracking | Inside Out | Inside Out | Inside Out | SteamVR | SteamVR | SteamVR or Inside Out | SteamVR | SteamVR | Inside Out | Inside Out | Inside Out |
| On ArborXR | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Hand Tracking | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes (no controllers) |
| Eye Tracking | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Quantity Available | 9 | 12 | 20+ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Technical Specifications (Link) | VR Compare | Meta | VR Compare | Varjo Site | Varjo Site | VR Compare | HTC Site | HTC Site | HTC Site | Lynx Site | |
| Year of release | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2023 | 2016 | 2018 | 2021 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Notes | Privacy | ||||||||||
| AR / VR / MR (aka Passthrough) | VR | VR | VR / MR | VR | VR / MR | VR / MR | VR | VR | VR | MR / VR | MR / VR |
Example Specs for Publication Method Section
Oculus (Meta) Quest 2
Oculus / Meta Quest 2 is a 6 DoF (degrees of freedom) VR HMD, released in 2020. It has fresnel lenses with a resolution of 1832x1920 pixels per-eye, running at a maximum of 120Hz. It has a peak pixel density of 20 PPD. The IPD (inter pupillary distance) is 58-68 mm hardware adjustable (3 fixed IPD settings: 58mm, 63mm, 68mm). The maximum FoV (field of view) is 104º horizontal, and 98ª vertical. The HMD weighs 503 grams. It uses either hand-tracking or two 6 DoF controllers, weighing between ~150-175 grams, depending on the AA battery used.
Hand tracking. Note: some devices are technically capable of doing hand tracking (e.g. Quest 1 / Focus 3), but are not good enough to make it a useful / usable experience
ar/vr/mr focus? - note: described here is the device's "focus". E.g. the Lynx R1 is designed as an MR device first, that can do excellent VR, whereas the Quest 3 is designed as a VR device first, which does excellent MR.