i still think that this is peak PC
gaming A set of Corsera racing sim in VR
but there's still room for improvement
The Quest 3 for example has some of the
best lenses that I've tried on any VR
headset but it's got a pretty low
contrast LCD panel You get a ton of
contrast on this though the Behemoth
Pimax Crystal Light Some of the best
specs that you'll find out there
MiniLEDD panels an unreal audio system
But yeah this thing weighs over 1 kilo
So then something way lighter the big
screen beyond one This thing is
ridiculous It has actually OLED panels
as well It's the most comfortable
headset that I've tried These lenses
though are far from the best As you get
towards the edges they fall out of focus
pretty quickly
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This is the big screen beyond 2 and it
looks like something straight out of a
sci-fi movie I was not expecting that
orange at all but I think it looks
pretty sick It has this really unique
pink fluorescent tint to it which is
cool They're naming it nuclear orange
which I think is the perfect name You
can also go with clear or black I
wouldn't recommend black personally just
based off of how my original big screen
looks It's scratched up pretty easily
The clear though is really nice because
of the tooling marks in the mold It
actually gives off some really
interesting refractions here and there
But yeah I mean this is definitely one
of the coolest looking VR headsets on
the market This is the first time I've
seen behind the cover as well I could
stare at this for hours Just mindbending
engineering that goes into this
Unbelievably cool On the other side
though there is one big difference The
original Big Screen Beyond had a fixed
IPD that is the distance between these
two lenses From factory it could not be
adjusted It was tuned to your own eyes
from the face scan that you provide with
your order This also meant though that
if you wanted to lend your headset to a
friend or maybe sell it afterwards that
next person would have to have the same
IPD as you It also meant that if your
face scan was not done 100% correctly
you would get a headset that was made
incorrectly On the new model though it
is completely adjustable They give you a
little tool in the box to mechanically
adjust each individual lens And you've
got some markers there to make sure that
everything lines up properly Believe it
or not they actually made this thing
even lighter than before 110 g just for
the goggles by themselves That is
unbelievably light By far the lightest
headset on the planet and 15% lighter
than the old one I mean even all up with
the audio strap and the face cushion
it's still only 270 gram That's around
half a Quest 3 and almost a quarter of
the Pimax crystal Does that weight
really matter though i mean if you're
doing like Beat Saber and moving around
VR stuff yes it absolutely does matter
But for what I'm doing stationary racing
sim pretty much exclusively in VR it
doesn't matter nearly as much Still
something that you will want to consider
though if you're doing really really
long sessions I though am willing to
wear a much heavier headset I mean way
way heavier headset if it means a
significant bump in specs And I replaced
my big screen Beyond 1 with the Pimax
Crystal for that exact reason This has
better lenses higher resolution and a
higher refresh rate as well It can do
2880x 2880 per eye at 120 Hz which just
completely blows my mind But what about
the big screen 2 well actually there's
no spec bump at all versus the original
It's using the exact same micro OLED
displays as the big screen one which not
so much a bad thing right there's still
2560x 2560 resolution per I OLED
displays It can do 75 Hz natively or 90
Hz with some upscaling That's still a
little bump over the Quest 3 and the
Valve Index but those headsets have been
out for a little while now So yeah in
terms of specs it actually loses to the
Pimax Crystal Light which I reviewed a
few months ago And I mean Pimax have
some really beefy speced headsets coming
out just around the corner which I
cannot wait to try But yeah big screen
Beyond 2 same specs as the original You
could assume the image quality would be
about the same as well But there you
could not be more
wrong The biggest improvement on the Big
Screen 2 are the lenses They are
absolutely incredible They are the
clearest most comfortable lenses that
I've used on any VR headset I've run
some back-to-back comparisons between
this and the Quest 3 which up until now
has been in a league of its own when it
comes to the optics and the lens quality
And while the Focus sweet spot is
similar between them the Big Screen 2
actually has noticeably less chromatic
aberration across the entire field of
view Looking into this headset through
these lenses I mean it might have
exploded my brain Especially when you
compare the size of these lenses to the
giant ones on the Quest 3 it just
doesn't make sense They're clearer
They're more comfortable to look through
They have less chromatic fringing and
they even have a wider FOV Whoever did
this 992 GT3 RS mod in a set of Corsa I
mean deserves an award It looks
unbelievable I can see all the textures
all the detail It is ridiculous on the
big screen too Those optics are such a
huge upgrade I cannot overstate it
enough It's not like a small difference
that I'm exaggerating It's so far beyond
every other headset that I've tried It's
just pretty insane Something else I
noticed as well switching back and forth
between all of these headsets the Pimax
Crystal the Quest 3 they are bigger
heavier headsets I know I said it
doesn't make a difference And look
you're seated You're not moving your
head around so much It doesn't make a
difference in terms of like fatigue and
the weight for me anyway But when it
comes to the headset shifting a little
bit uh on your face and potentially the
lens becoming a little bit out of focus
that is a big difference I noticed
between the big screen too and those
larger headsets Every now and then the
Pimax Crystal for me would just you know
if I would move my head or look to a
mirror for example it would just shift a
little bit to kind of break that
immersion The Big Screen 2 on the other
hand not only is the focus just amazing
all of the time through the lenses but
it stays planted on your face So no
matter how much you're moving around
you're just getting that really
consistent optical quality all the time
I do find myself preferring the 75 Hz
mode as well It's just higher resolution
at the end of the day The shadows have
less aliasing There's less aliasing and
shimmering on these barriers here If
something looks more real then it's
going to feel more real And that's
basically my experience The thing about
refresh rates in VR as well it's not
like 75 Hz on a gaming monitor for
example where you would flick your mouse
back and forth really quickly and you
would see like individual frames
juttering back and forth Here I mean I
can shake my head really really fast And
it feels like it's an infinite refresh
rate in a way There has to be some
tricky reprojection happening here But
yeah if I turn the wheel I can obviously
see that that is 75 Hz 75 frames per
second you can kind of see a little bit
of ghosting and it's not as smooth as it
could be But yeah in terms of like
moving around moving your head which I
think is actually the most important
thing when it comes to refresh rate it
still feels incredibly responsive and
smooth But yeah the FOV noticeably wider
than the Pimax Crystal Noticeably wider
really than anything else I've tested
The closest would be the Quest 3 but
this to me even feels wider than that
I've also been using the audio strap
accessory for most of my testing and
it's pretty decent It plugs right into
the headset Gets more than loud enough
Has a pretty clean neutral sound to it
The audio quality won't blow you away
like a pair of expensive in-ear IM But I
do think I prefer the more open sound of
this This way I can still hear my paddle
shifters my pedals any phone
notifications that come through And it
is really nice not having to worry about
extra cables I won't lie they do feel a
little bit flimsy compared to how Pimax
has done it Although it's completely
intentional to have them rotating and
flexible like this they don't sound as
beefy either But yeah one thing's for
sure they are super super comfortable
Imperfect lenses have been the bean of
VR at least for the ones that I've tried
so far Doesn't matter how many pixels
you're pumping into a headset or what
the refresh rate is If the lenses are
not nearperfect in terms of optical
clarity and focus and you know free of
visual artifacts then those specs
literally don't even matter The Big
Screen 2 fixes those imperfect lenses
And again take a look at the form factor
It is ridiculous Not only is it super
comfortable for your face but also for
your eyes as well I can do multiple hour
stints with this thing and have zero eye
fatigue whatsoever It does actually make
these much larger headsets look pretty
pointless Now that the lenses have been
almost mastered yeah now we can start
talking about high resolution and
refresh rate for a big screen 3 for
example More pixels could help resolve
that little bit of aliasing and
stairstepping that I'm still seeing on
tracks here and there Shadows and fences
for example and a higher refresh rate
will simply just be more immersive A
complete edgetoedge FOV would be really
nice as well This one is not bad 116°
diagonally which is much wider than the
Pimax Crystal Light and quite a bit
wider than the Quest 3 as well but you
still do see little black edges on your
peripheral vision One thing is for sure
though Every other brand of VR headset
has a lot of catching up to do Now this
video is not sponsored as usual It's not
paid promotion or anything like that You
know I'm not taking money from companies
to try and sell you a product I honestly
think that kind of stuff is pretty
garbage and it's something unfortunately
you do see a lot of in the tech space as
well At the end of the day this channel
is just me testing out the latest stuff
You know whatever arrives here at the
studio I'll test it out And if it's
better than last time I'll make a video
If it's not then it usually doesn't make
the cut There is a link down below to
the product of course but um even that
is not an affiliate link What I'm saying
is I understand I'm hyping up the
product quite a bit but that's only
because it is a genuine like mindb blown
experience And even compared to the last
gen it is actually like a pretty massive
leap If you have a racing sim and you've
at least got the basics covered like a
wheelbase and a good set of pedals then
man this has to be the next thing that
you buy Like you will not be
disappointed in the slightest