HP Reverb G2 VR Headset With Controller, Adjustable Lenses & Speakers from Valve, 2160 x 2160 LCD Panels, For Gaming, Ergonomic Design, 4 Cameras, Compatible With SteamVR & Windows Mixed Reality
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About this item
- THE NO COMPROMISE VR HEADSET - Realistic visuals, soundscapes, and superb performance come together to form a more immersive experience
- IT’S ALL INSIDE - Packaging includes HP VR Headset, 6m headset cable for desktop and mobile PCs, 2 motion controllers, 1 DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort adapter, 1 Power Adapter, and easy set up instructions
- EXCEPTIONAL VISUALS AND SOUND - Seeing and hearing is believing with high-quality resolution and fully immersive spatial audio with mura-free 2160 x 2160 LCD panels per eye
- A HEADSET THAT ADJUSTS TO YOU - Flexible material, increased cushion size, and lenses that adjust to suit different eye distances, allow you to bask in your virtual world comfortably
- MORE CAMERAS. BETTER TRACKING - With 4 built in cameras, and ergonomically designed controls, tracking more movement with the VR headset just got a whole lot easier
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ASIN | B08TB5J7KY |
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Release date | April 29, 2021 |
Customer Reviews |
3.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #26,408 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #562 in PC Virtual Reality Headsets |
Product Dimensions | 7.32 x 3.31 x 2.95 inches; 1.1 Pounds |
Type of item | Electronics |
Item model number | 1G5U1AA#ABA |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 1.1 pounds |
Manufacturer | HP INC. - NSB OPTIONS |
Date First Available | January 18, 2021 |
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Explore your virtual world with the HP Reverb G2 VR Headset. Stellar visuals, audio from Valve, and high-performance join to create a more immersive experience* than ever before. Your package not only contains your headset, but it also includes a 6m headset cable for desktop and mobile PCs, two motion controllers, one DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort™ adapter, one Power Adapter, and easy set up instructions. Seeing and hearing is believing with mura-free 2160 x 2160 LCD panels per eye and incredible spatial audio. The VR headset adjusts to your needs thanks to its flexible material, increased cushion size and lenses that accommodate various eye distances. Plus, tracking more movement with the gaming VR headset is made easy and comfortable with 4 built in cameras and ergonomically designed controls. The HP VR Headset with controller is compatible with both Steam VR and Windows Mixed Reality.** Game with peace of mind knowing that your investment is protected with HP’s 1-Year Limited Warranty including parts and labor. *Compared to HP Reverb G1 HMD **Windows Mixed Reality requires Windows 10 May 2019 Update installed on the workstation or PC. Features may require software or other 3rd-party applications to provide the described functionality. To minimize the possibility of experiencing discomfort using a VR application, ensure that the PC system is equipped with the appropriate graphics and CPU for the VR application. For HP workstation VR ready recommended configurations, see: http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA6-9646ENW.pdf
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Customers like the quality, clarity, and resolution of the virtual reality headset. They say it's a great product with amazing speakers. They also appreciate the comfort. However, some customers have reported issues with performance, cords, and software. They mention that the features work intermittently and cause the game to crash. Customers also have issues with the software, saying that it'll bring down the hardware.
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Customers like the clarity of the virtual reality headset. They say the image is really clear, the resolution is spectacular, and the view is impressive. Some mention that the graphics are amazing and the headset is amazing.
"The G2 is simply awesome. It's light weight, has great resolution and is super smooth!..." Read more
"...For the image quality and cost, hard to beat this!..." Read more
"...The graphics are amazing through the head set.. yes smaller sweet spot than what i would prefer but from what i have read compared to other units ....." Read more
"...The resolution is definitely an improvement over the old Rift...." Read more
Customers like the comfort of the virtual reality headset. They say the face mask fits well and doesn't let in any light. They also appreciate the lightweight design and the excellent audio. Customers also like that the audio speakers sit away from their ears.
"...It's light weight, has great resolution and is super smooth! The face mask fits well and is comfortable and doesn't let in any light...." Read more
"...PROS:1: It was comfortable to wear, with out glasses or smaller glasses then mentioned2: The sound was awesome...." Read more
"...The VR world around me seemed wobbly and nearly made me motion sick...." Read more
"...I really like the way the audio speakers sit away from my ear; it's gives you great, immersive sound without covering your ear completely, making..." Read more
Customers like the quality of the virtual reality headset. They say it's a great headset, with amazing speakers. Some say the experience seems ok, but it'll change the way you game forever. Overall, customers say it’s able to provide immersive sound without the earpieces.
"...really like the way the audio speakers sit away from my ear; it's gives you great, immersive sound without covering your ear completely, making you..." Read more
"...the tracking I was playing minecraft and pavlov and the experience was fun and awesome and I got this used good as New for $400 and everything was..." Read more
"...It has the highest resolution screen for the price and the best Valve speakers just away from the ears...." Read more
"...The issue:It goes black. Constantly. The screen just stops. I can see on my monitor it is still sync'd and senses movement...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the value of the virtual reality headset. Some mention that it has amazing visuals at a relatively cheap price, with the highest resolution screen for the price. However, other customers say that it's very cheap, unimaginably bad, and not worth it. They also mention that the controller is cheaply made and makes annoying noises.
"...With nothing running only ACC or iRacing stutter, blinking was just not worth it." Read more
"Resolution wise, these are amazing for the price!..." Read more
"...Definitely not worth the price, or headaches they have caused." Read more
"...However, the controllers feel really cheap even compared to my original rift controllers, so if you plan on using them for those VRChat or other..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the virtual reality headset. They mention that it overheats and fails, the features work intermittently, and the software is massively buggy. Some customers also say that the power cable or something stopped functioning. They say it's not worth trying out and only works with very high end GPUs.
"...I had a cable that worked for about a week, and it didn't work very well. Then all of a sudden my headset stopped working...." Read more
"...I tried LOW to EPIC and it just sucked, stutter, blur, focus see 4...." Read more
"...So far everything has been working perfectly...." Read more
"...earlier and fixed it, the performance was great... BUT it does degrade over time, meaning you'll need to re-start the Windows Mixed Reality software..." Read more
Customers find the setup of the virtual reality headset to be difficult and frustrating. They mention that the product does not come with instructions and that it is not plug-and-play. Some customers also mention that it gets very warm.
"...2: Setup for iRacing is far easier but graphics/visuals is better than ACC setup is cumbersome but graphics is the achilles heal...." Read more
"...Not very straightforward, not that its HP‘s fault necessarily. There’s a lot of gears in the process of making it work...." Read more
"...It was also a real nightmare to setup for use within any Steam Games and some of the Oculus games still have problems with the hand controls...." Read more
"...Setup is mostly straightforward but there definitely is some setting up to do!..." Read more
Customers have issues with the cords of the virtual reality headset. They mention that the power cable and data cable go bad. Some customers also report missing or damaged cables.
"...However, there is a known issue with the cable and USB firmware, HP is aware of the issue and is working to correct it...." Read more
"...The connector cable is the weak link. Be gentle and careful when plugging into the headset and securing with the clip...." Read more
"...I've had my headset for six months and the software does not detect my cable anymore, and you cannot get any support from HP for this headset..." Read more
"...than the trash-quality Asus headset I had before, but the right earphone has a bad wire and comes and goes unless it's in just the right position...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the software of the virtual reality headset. They say it's clunky, the experience is tarnished by bad software, and the controllers are worse than the Quest 2. They also mention that the software is very buggy and unusable.
"...In spite of reviews never get the SteamVR Vive Tracker 2.0 will not pair with controllers..." Read more
"...Simple fix, reboot computer and try again.Controllers might not always be useable through steamvr unless you connect them prior to..." Read more
"...The controllers are worse than the Quest 2, but passable...." Read more
"...whatsoever, didn't work, and if it is an actual solution it such poor engineering that I don't want it.2) New cable. Didn't make a difference...." Read more
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CONS:
1: Graphics suck in Assetto Corsa Competizion. I tried LOW to EPIC and it just sucked, stutter, blur, focus see 4.
2: Setup for iRacing is far easier but graphics/visuals is better than ACC setup is cumbersome but graphics is the achilles heal.
3: In spite of reviews never get the SteamVR Vive Tracker 2.0 will not pair with controllers
4: Either the lens were not installed correctly, I had to tilt my head up to see anything that came into focus reasonably. This was true in Mixed Reality, iRacing, ACC and general setup
5: Over all setup was a bust, once I got it somewhat working, everything disappeared
6: If you are a glass wearer and the glasses are larger than 5.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches Good luck
PROS:
1: It was comfortable to wear, with out glasses or smaller glasses then mentioned
2: The sound was awesome.
Overall, I had high expectations after going through almost all reviews, youtube, how too's. It was just not worth the pain of setup and torture to reset when it all went bad. I purchased this mainly to SIM Race. To be fair, I did manage to run an hour in ACC no motion sickness, but I had to run all graphcs at low. I have a AMD 5800x, X570 Aorus Elite WiFi MB, Crucial DDR4-266 Memory and an MSI RTX3060 12gb Graphics. With nothing running only ACC or iRacing stutter, blinking was just not worth it.
I also ended up making a custom bracket to hold everything on the rig I use which made the whole thing much more organized to work with.
That was a good, here’s the bad.
Nearly every time I start my computer and open up windows mixed reality, I always have to power cycle or USB cycle the headset before I can use it. It will not come straight onto the computer without some kind of issue. It’s a very simple thing to address in drivers or what not, I’m not sure why HP doesn’t deal with that. I heard on the newer revisions there’s a reset button on the power/usb block you push to jog power on/off. Really???
Then there’s just a general issue of getting it to work on the computer. Not very straightforward, not that its HP‘s fault necessarily. There’s a lot of gears in the process of making it work. Steam VR is an option, but very unrecommended if you want good frame rate without a lot of overhead from the system. That means doing a bit of detective work for now until vendors and software developers get their act together.
Within 6 months the right ear cup has become chronically intermittent. Meaning, you’ll be playing a game and the audio will cut out, but shaking your head or tapping it brings it back. Some sort of disconnect. I’m eventually going to move to a set of Bluetooth earbuds to address this problem. I don’t put that many hours in the seat at a time, so they should be able to last long enough. My other option would be to get some wired earbuds but that means running another cable to the computer which is difficult from a simrig, plus the added cabling that follows your head.
Headtracking overall has been very good provided there’s enough light in the room. That seems to be the only thing I’ve noticed in terms of headtracking issues. I imagine if you had something else with satellites (a la Steam Index or similar) this would be a non-issue in the dark, but I didn’t want to have the extra equipment in the room just to use it. I rent an apartment, so I don’t wanna constantly have to keep moving those things around form place to place, plus it’s more things to break.
For the image quality and cost, hard to beat this! Just know it may take a bit more proficiency and troubleshooting to iron out the kinks from day to day.
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2022
I also ended up making a custom bracket to hold everything on the rig I use which made the whole thing much more organized to work with.
That was a good, here’s the bad.
Nearly every time I start my computer and open up windows mixed reality, I always have to power cycle or USB cycle the headset before I can use it. It will not come straight onto the computer without some kind of issue. It’s a very simple thing to address in drivers or what not, I’m not sure why HP doesn’t deal with that. I heard on the newer revisions there’s a reset button on the power/usb block you push to jog power on/off. Really???
Then there’s just a general issue of getting it to work on the computer. Not very straightforward, not that its HP‘s fault necessarily. There’s a lot of gears in the process of making it work. Steam VR is an option, but very unrecommended if you want good frame rate without a lot of overhead from the system. That means doing a bit of detective work for now until vendors and software developers get their act together.
Within 6 months the right ear cup has become chronically intermittent. Meaning, you’ll be playing a game and the audio will cut out, but shaking your head or tapping it brings it back. Some sort of disconnect. I’m eventually going to move to a set of Bluetooth earbuds to address this problem. I don’t put that many hours in the seat at a time, so they should be able to last long enough. My other option would be to get some wired earbuds but that means running another cable to the computer which is difficult from a simrig, plus the added cabling that follows your head.
Headtracking overall has been very good provided there’s enough light in the room. That seems to be the only thing I’ve noticed in terms of headtracking issues. I imagine if you had something else with satellites (a la Steam Index or similar) this would be a non-issue in the dark, but I didn’t want to have the extra equipment in the room just to use it. I rent an apartment, so I don’t wanna constantly have to keep moving those things around form place to place, plus it’s more things to break.
For the image quality and cost, hard to beat this! Just know it may take a bit more proficiency and troubleshooting to iron out the kinks from day to day.
Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB 3466MHz RAM, 1TB SDD + 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X Graphics, VR
Ready, USB-C, Windows 11 Home …. I only use it for flight sims.. specially xplane 11. From the beginning I had no issues at all with my system detecting the Reverb G2 v2 and setup was as simply as following the directions during the intial set up process. Now it did take some time to tweak the headset to my liking for xplane 11 .. more trial and error but that’s all thanks to finding a ton of helpful youtube videos to really get the best out of what my system could do. I am new to VR so I have had no prior experience. I did have to tweak some computer settings to get the best performance. Everyone’s computer is different unless you have the exact same set up as me. The graphics are amazing through the head set.. yes smaller sweet spot than what i would prefer but from what i have read compared to other units .. it’s one of the best. .. Side note .. I did receive the G2 V2.1 … some have said it’s not but they must have gotten a bad seller or just really bad luck.. I ordered mine 3 weeks ago and just got the unit about a week ago
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When I do manage to buy a power lead I will review the set properly.
Headset was good and easy to setup.
Played DCS & MSFS. Yes, this is what I wanted when purchasing this headset.
Delivery as earlier than expected (Thumb Up)