Hands-on: Oculus Quest is an intriguing new middle ground for VR

Let's get one thing out of the way right up front: Oculus Quest is not the wireless, PC-free version of the Rift you may have been dreaming of. The Snapdragon 835 SoC powering Quest is much closer to a mid-range mobile phone than the Nvidia GTX 960 graphics card (and surrounding Windows PC) required to run a tethered Rift. The field of view and maximum refresh rate on the Quest both seem more comparable to the portable Oculus Go, which is a bit of downgrade from the Rift as well (though we have yet to confirm precise numbers for any of these devices).

Let's get another thing out of the way: None of that seems to matter that much when you're walking around an apparently solid virtual reality space without the need for any outside hardware or any external cameras or sensors.

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