{"id":39476,"date":"2020-09-16T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=39476"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:21:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T19:21:05","slug":"price-drop-oculus-quest-2-debuts-at-299-100-cheaper-than-previous-gen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/price-drop-oculus-quest-2-debuts-at-299-100-cheaper-than-previous-gen\/","title":{"rendered":"Price Drop: Oculus Quest 2 debuts at $299, $100 cheaper than previous gen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you have been interested in the standalone Oculus Quest headset, Oculus just announced a new model of the popular VR system which will be sold for $100 less than the previous model on the October 13 release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 64GB Oculus Quest 2 is priced at $299<\/a> and the 256GB version is priced at $399<\/a>. By comparison, the first generation headset was $399 for the 64GB model and the 128GB model was $499. Effectively, you can 4x your storage size at the same price of a 1st gen 64GB model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other upgrades include a jump from 4GB to 6GB of internal RAM and a faster Snapdragon processor. The Quest 2 comes with a higher resolution LCD display (1832 x 1920 per eye) versus the original OLED display (1600 x 1440 pixels per eye). The new screen is capable of a higher refresh rate (90Hz versus 72Hz), but the LCD may have less contrast \/ deep blacks than the previous OLED technology offers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One downgrade is a shift from the manual IPD lens slider to a slider that only has 3 positions. Battery life hasn’t changed much, offering just 2 to 3 hours of play before having to recharge the headset. Battery life in the controllers has improved though. Oculus claims that the AA battery in each controller will last 4 times longer as the previous generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are upgrading from the original Quest, all your games and software will transfer over to the new VR headset. Keep in mind that a Facebook login is now required to use the Quest headsets, a new requirement that Oculus implemented this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the announcement of the Quest 2, Oculus also announced that the company will be discontinuing the PC-driven Rift lineup of VR headsets since the Quest 2 will be able to connect to a PC via USB-C cable to take advantage of higher resolution, complex games. Sales of the Rift S will be halted during Spring 2021 and consumers will have to look to HTC and Valve for PC-specific innovations in VR headsets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have been interested in the standalone Oculus Quest headset, Oculus just announced a new model of the popular VR system which will be sold for $100 less than the previous model on the October 13 release date. The 64GB Oculus Quest 2 is priced at $299 and the 256GB version is priced at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[441,33,2133,2024,2023,2275],"class_list":["post-39476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-facebook","tag-gaming","tag-oculus","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr","tag-vr-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39476"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39495,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39476\/revisions\/39495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}