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It started to take off in October, with the release of the Oculus Quest 2, which is out of stock all over the place. It has nearly doubled Oculus' userbase on Steam in just 2.5 months despite their various other headsets having been out for years.

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That's not a take off but still a niche. The Quest 2 is more likely to just replace other VR headsets.

Still on the same old tired track with this. Stores can't keep Quest2s in stock and have you tried to actually buy an HP Reverb2 lately? Developers are making decent amounts of money out of VR titles. Users who have the headsets love them, and the various reddit VR groups are extremely active. Still, nothing to see, and it's not getting adoption. Pls ..

Quest 2 and Reverb2 have low production numbers compared to the PS5 and XBox, so it's not surprising they are quickly out of stock. And VR is missing the you-do-not-want-to-miss App.

The inability to keep a specific tech product in stock, especially in 2020, doesn't say much about total industry sales.

Here in Japan, we have enough Quest2 stock over a month. I believe FB assigned too much volume dedicated for Japan. (Quest2 sold in Japan has special packaging for Japan)

It's a niche, but now it's a substantial niche rather than an incredibly tiny one like VR was a decade ago.

5m sales/year isn't a lot, but it's a lot more than nothing.

Dollar or devices?

I have a Quest2 and motion tracking is great, but the resolution/blurriness bothers my eyes a lot, to the point where it gives me a headache. Now it could be with not wearing glasses, but I tried it with contacts and it still bothered me. My wife meanwhile has no issues. Is this a common issue?

It's likely that the resolution/blurriness are not responsible for your headache, but rather the lenses and lens spacing, and your particular IPD. Quest 2 has low-granularity control over IPD settings, so you may just be a bad fit for the device. Check your IPD online using a webcam and credit card and see if its close to one of the three available settings on Quest 2.

There are apps that can measure your IPD in seconds with a good degree of accuracy.

I haven't tried Quest 2 specifically but had similar issues with Rift and HTC Vive (we had them at work). I have different prescription for right and left eye and was seeing blurry no matter how I adjusted the lenses, to the point of losing stereoscopic vision rendering the headset pretty much useless.

You might need a VR headset with better IPD adjustments. Going that route is more expensive and complicated and requires a PC. It also requires wires which kill the immersion.

Have you tried adjusting the IPD? Unfortunately, there are only 3 fixed positions.

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