Published 15:43 IST, October 14th 2020

Oculus Quest 2 vs Oculus Quest: Check out the key differences

Oculus Quest 2 is now finally released by Facebook on 13th October. It is a major upgrade from the original Oculus Quest. Read on to know the key differences.

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Facebook finally launched Oculus Quest 2 on October 13, 2020. This new model is expected to be far superior to original Quest in terms of performance and will support all apps and games as well. All VR lovers can w order this from various online stores including oculus.com. Continue reing to kw main difference between se two Oculus Quest models.

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Oculus Quest 2 vs Oculus Quest

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Oculus Quest 2 Specs 

  • CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 
  • RAM: 6GB 
  • Resolution: 1832 x 1920 per eye
  • Refresh rate: 90 Hz
  • Stor: 64GB / 256GB

Even though Facebook officially released Quest 2 on 13th October, nearly all of specifications alrey were revealed on ir website. It's obvious from specs that Oculus Quest 2 is a major upgre from original Oculus Quest heset. With a Snapdragon XR2 processor, it is a big improvement from Snapdragon 835 on previous model.

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This model also has an upgred memory of 6GB of RAM (Oculus Quest has 4GB), an onboard stor of 256GB along with a 5 percent increase in pixels per eye with 1832 x 1920 resolution. As for refresh rate, Quest 2 has 90Hz while Quest has a refresh rate of 72Hz.

Or factors include improved version of Oculus Touch controllers in Oculus Quest 2. se new controllers are a lot more efficient in tracking movements along with having almost 4 times battery life from original Quest controllers.

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Oculus Quest 1 Specs

  • Display panel: OLED
  • Display resolution: 1440 x 1600 per eye (Oculus Rift h 1080×1200 per eye)
  • 72Hz refresh rate
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor
  • 4GB RAM
  • Lithium-ion battery with 2-3 hours playtime, depending on what you are playing
  • 6 degrees of freedom he and hand tracking
  • Two touch controllers
  • Weight: 571g (Rift is 470g)

This was first model of Oculus Quest and also first VR heset from Facebook which offers six degrees of freedom tracking which is also termed as 6DoF. This also means that Oculus Quest 1 has same tracking abilities which are usually reserved for high-end PC driven virtual reality hesets.

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15:43 IST, October 14th 2020