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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company's best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What extras do you recommend for the Index? I have the standard kit with 2 base stations and controllers.

[–] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The big ones for me are a cover/replacement for the fabric face gasket, prescription lens inserts, and for long play sessions a fan insert for the headset can be a nice to have, but I don't run mine all the time since sometimes it's just adding noise. The face gasket has probably been the hardest thing to get right, since a lot of third-party ones either don't have enough padding, or are hard to swap in and out, so I kinda prefer having a full extra magnetic insert so I can easily change between the original which is most comfortable for me, and something else that I'm less worried about sweating all over for more active games.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Those are good suggestions. I made prescription lens inserts for my wife by simply removing the ear-holder arms from an old pair of her glasses, just leaving the frame and lenses which fits well inside the lens area