Oculus Quest 2 still too heavy? This Steam VR headset is four times lighter

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Virtual reality developer Bigscreen is expanding into hardware by unveiling its self-proclaimed “world’s smallest VR headset,” the Beyond. That title is also not entirely without merit.

The afterlife (opens in new tab) is approximately 5.6 inches long, two inches wide, and clocks in at just over four ounces barring any added accessories. For comparison: the Oculus Quest 2, another lightweight VR headset, weighs nearly four times as much at 17.7 ounces. That said the CEO of the company, Darshan Shankar TechCrunch that as technology improved, VR headsets got bigger and bulkier. Heavier devices can lead to neck strain, restricting user movement and affecting gameplay. So Bigscreen decided to go the opposite way by creating a more comfortable, compact machine. Admittedly, it achieves some of this weight loss by moving batteries and some components to the connected PC.