{"id":40286,"date":"2023-04-06T03:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/oculus-quest-2-still-too-heavy-this-steam-vr-headset-is-four-times-lighter\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T03:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:49:16","slug":"oculus-quest-2-still-too-heavy-this-steam-vr-headset-is-four-times-lighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/oculus-quest-2-still-too-heavy-this-steam-vr-headset-is-four-times-lighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Oculus Quest 2 still too heavy? This Steam VR headset is four times lighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home News VR (Image credit: Bigscreen) Virtual reality developer Bigscreen is expanding into hardware by revealing its self-proclaimed \u201cworld\u2019s smallest VR headset,\u201d the Beyond. That title isn\u2019t totally without merit, either.The Beyond (opens in new tab) is about 5.6 inches long, two inches wide, and clocks in at a little over four ounces barring any added accessories. For comparison\u2019s sake, the Oculus Quest 2, another lightweight VR headset, weighs nearly four times as much at 17.7 ounces. Company CEO Darshan Shankar told TechCrunch (opens in new tab) that, as technology improved, VR headsets became bigger and bulkier. Heavier devices can lead to neck strain restricting user movement and impacting gameplay. \u00a0So Bigscreen decided to go the opposite route by creating a more comfortable, compact machine.\u00a0Granted, it achieves some of this weight loss by offloadin&#8230; Click below to read the full story from TechRadar<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/oculus-quest-2-still-too-heavy-this-steam-vr-headset-is-four-times-lighter\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News VR (Image credit: Bigscreen) Virtual reality developer Bigscreen is expanding into hardware by revealing its self-proclaimed \u201cworld\u2019s smallest VR headset,\u201d the Beyond. 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