Our quick take

Pico 4 - 4.5 / 5

Design

  • Weight: 586g Rigid head strap with rear battery placement Motorised stepless IPD adjustment

Display and audio

  • 2160 x 2160 resolution per eye at 72/90Hz Pancake lenses with a 105-degree field of view Integrated stereo headband speakers, Bluetooth 5.1 audio support

Battery and controllers

  • 5300 mAh battery - up to 3 hours of playtime per charge Qualcomm QC 3.0 20W fast charging Dual touch controllers powered by AA batteries (approx 80 hours)

Hardware and performance

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 8GB LPDDR4X + 128GB/256GB UFS 3.1 16MP colour passthrough camera

Software, PC VR and accessories

  • Pico OS 5.0 Support for tethered and wireless PC VR Pico Motion tracker, PC dongle, case

To recap

The Pico 4 is an excellent VR headset that beats out the market leader in all areas but one - the software. If you have access to a gaming PC we think this is one of the best VR purchases you can make, If you’ll be using the headset standalone, you may want to wait and see how the library evolves.