PICO 4 Ultra 256 GB - VR and Mixed Reality Headset

Pico 4 Ultra VR Headset: A Capable All-Rounder with Room for Improvement As an avid VR enthusiast, I was excited to get my hands on the Pico 4 Ultra. After spending some quality time with it, here's my take: Pros: Easy Setup & Performance: The headset was a breeze to set up, and its 12GB RAM delivers great performance and multitasking capabilities. Clear Visuals: The pancake lenses provide clear, edge-to-edge vision, and the display, while LCD, offers good resolution with minimal screen door effect. Impressive Mixed Reality: The mixed reality passthrough is a significant upgrade, offering excellent tracking and room recognition, making for immersive experiences. Seamless PCVR Streaming: Pico Connect makes PCVR streaming straightforward, providing good quality even wirelessly. Accurate Full-Body Tracking: The optional motion trackers are incredibly easy to set up and deliver accurate full-body tracking, a huge plus for social VR. Cons: Facial Interface Discomfort: The biggest drawback for me was the facial interface, which caused discomfort and light leakage due to its shape. Subpar Hand Tracking: While present, the hand tracking lacked accuracy and responsiveness, with noticeable latency. Smaller App Store: The app store, while growing, is still not as robust as some competitors. Overall, the Pico 4 Ultra is a strong contender, especially for its mixed reality capabilities and effortless full-body tracking. If the facial interface fits you well, and you're looking for a solid all-around VR experience, it's definitely worth considering, especially with the pre-order bundle. However, be mindful of the less-than-stellar hand tracking and the comparatively smaller app library.

Very good for pc vr, battery lasts longer than quest 3 and its more comfortable with a better fov and picture. There is slight glare on the lenses if you have the brightness turned up or have the vr on at the wrong angle and it’s probably not the go to unit for standalone games or if you already have a meta library full. I’m very impressed with how much nicer and faster this is than the quest 3 for steam / vd pcvr. Pass through is about the same as quest 3 and much nicer than the original Pico 4. Got this as a used like new unit (box opened return) and no issues.

amazing quality and performance especially with SteamVR on WIFI7

All round great headset, though people with nose bridges may have to use the 'spectacle wearer' fitting otherwise the headset rests painfully on nose bridge, even with straps correctly adjusted

A bit of a lazy upgrade from Pico, hardly any improvements especially in the resolution department and there is a fair amount of glare and reflection just by wearing the headset, when I first put the headset on I thought the sticky lense protector had smeared the screen but nope this is how it is!! Sometimes you can see multiple reflections just from holding the controllers. The spatial camera is quite good and I find recording gameplay in vr on my P4U via the spatial camera really fun, I recorded gameplay from "into the radius" then I can play it back in 3D from the photos app and the videos look really good and the recorded audio is really good quality. There is no 3.5mm audio jack but I use the Prismxr T1 earbuds and I find they work really good with NO lag using the T1's dongle. I mainly bought the P4U for pcvr and using virtual desktop or the much improved Pico connect app using the AV1 code really good, you do need a decent pc and connection to achieve this though but the graphics improve immensely. I do own and love the Quest 3 but I do find even after upgrading my head strap I get headaches and feel neck strain and using the Pico 4 ultra I've had no such pain or ever felt uncomfortable wearing it. If you are wanting a very comfortable & stylish Vr headset look no further than the Pico 4 ultra it does have it's issues regarding glare and outdated lens but if you can look past this it can be your daily Vr driver.

Purchased this for my son as a gift. I haven’t seen him since. “Hours of fun, highly addictive.” - said my son

Had a lot of fun with this, replacing my aging Reverb G2. This has a simple usb-c connector for charging and data. It worked well for about 8 months and then the usb-c port broke because it's quite badly secured. The connector doesn't go all the way in. Over time, the simple weight of the cable is enough to break the socket and then this whole lovely headset is just an expensive brick. The socket for connecting USB-C cables needs to be much stronger. The cable for mine was long, never snagged, not regularly connected/disconnected, used for seated gaming only... and still the socket on the headset failed. If you buy one of these, you need a 'sacrifical' usb-c extender, permanently connected to the socket and taped to the side of the headset so it can take the stress away from the headset socket. Pico really didn't think this through. You can use WiFi for data but it's too stuttery, even on a dedicated WiFi 7 hotspot, for PC gaming

Technically seems to be very reliable and capable - never had a crash or slow-down. Also, reasonably comfortable (for a VR headset) and has some great titles. Remember to sign-up to the Pico Store and check every Bank Holiday when they usually give out a number of coupons with varying discounts for apps/games. Be savvy how you spend coupons by buying the mots expensive title first when the max discount coupon is automatically applied, then the next most expensive and so forth.