TL;DR: We reluctantly recommend the Meta Quest 3 for flight simmers who want to try VR on a budget. We strongly prefer other headsets due to the painful experience of Meta’s PCVR software.
We purchased this headset with our own money for this review.
⚠️ We do not recommend buying a Quest headset without a warranty. Meta has had issues with mandatory software updates bricking headsets, including out-of-warranty devices.
Pros
- Decent field of view (110°x96°)
- Relatively affordable
- Easy to configure for PCVR use
- Good warranty with easy returns/exchanges
- Also good for roomscale
- Standalone capbilities
- Includes controllers
Cons
- Meta’s Quest Link software is a pain for flight simmers.
- Requires a quality WiFi5/WiFi6 dedicated router or wireless access point or a third party charging+link cable for long PCVR sessions
- Significantly lower pixel density than our other recommendations (25 PPD)
- Significant compression artifacts including image noise and color banding
- Forced Oculus/Meta software updates contain breaking changes and sometimes unfixable issues
- No eye tracking
- Medicore microphone and speaker quality