What hardware should I get?

Welcome to Virtual Reality! There are a lot of available VR headsets to pick from to jump into / upgrade your VR experience. This is a non-exhaustive list explaining what headsets would be good for what usecase.

 

Before choosing a headset, its important to consider what is important for you:

• How much money are you willing to spend? Are you comfortable buying used products?
• Are you new to VR? How much custom work are you willing to do to get experiences to work, or do you want something that works out of the box?
• Do you want to prioritize comfort over feature set?
• Do you sleep in VR?
• Do you wear VR headsets for long hours?
• Do you have a gaming computer?
• Do you want to do work in your headset?
• Are you playing racing sims? Motion intensive games? Shooters? Social VR?