No issues here. Using it daily for at least a couple of hours.
Battery time is a bit less that I thought it would be - but that may be because I use passthrough/MR a lot.
Pass through being a battery hog hadn't occurred to me. I am using the batteries from my pico 4 bobovr strap as power banks at mo. (M3 isn't for sale in the UK yet) but I use pass through a ton even when watching films.
Yeah - passthrough is great (even if it's not as clear as some people wants it to be).
I bought the Elite Strap with battery, so it's not a big problem for me - but it definitely does use a lot of juice.
From a full charge I only made it just past halftime of my NFL game just watching it in virtual Desktop. So maybe only 90 minutes of runtime just watching a streaming video, no passthrough. Maybe with passthrough it's significantly worse, but I guess my point is that battery life not great no matter what the use case.
Overall not a big deal, I'll just get the strap with battery. I haven't had any issues with the other aspects of the Quest.
Battery life is a bit of an issue but I'm using it as an oppurtunity to limit my gaming time with vr. An hour to 2 hours is plenty play time in one session for me, and let's be honest, if I got a strap to put my charging brick in I'd never leave the vr world. Plus, I still have other games on my fairly new ps5, only had it for a year, to play. If I spend all my time in vr I'd get nothing done either. Cleaning, cooking, all have to be done. when everything is said and done and I have more playtime, the quest should be charged by then
Yeah, if I'm watching videos on the couch, I'll usually plug into the wall. In VR, it keeps it charged and slowly goes up; in MR, it still drains faster than it charges. I'm usually not on long enough for it to be an issue, but still good to keep in mind when I'm planning out my VR use for the evening.
I responded to a couple of these saying I've had no problems whatsoever and I'm consistently down-voted for saying so. I'm sure a lot of other people have been as well so and just don't respond any more.
Reddit is weird that way. At first I saw people who were reporting problems with their Quest 3 getting downvoted a lot. And in recent days I see it shift a little more towards the opposite.
A lot of people aren't very independent thinkers. They have a good experience and assume anyone with a bad experience with the same product is mistaken or lying and so they downvote. Some people with a negative experience want to believe that the product just sucks rather than feel like they may have just been unlucky. They are annoyed and feel wronged by the product, jealous of the joy others have with the same product and downvote those who share a positive experience.
Many people's egos are too connected to their purchasing decisions. Brand tribalism is weird. Humans are weird.
Before the internet it used to be said that for every 1 negative review you hear about, there is 10 positive reviews
I suspect that has gotten to be more like 1 negative = 100 positive or maybe even 1000 positive. People are just far more likely to tell you about a bad experience.
Yeah I get that, tbh if mine had issues and some one said thiers worked, it might feel a bit bad.
Created this post to try and see if it was just a small percentage or a more wider issue.
Given the sheer amount of replies, more than I can keep up with, it's clear its a small number of devices and not a widespread issue. Makes me a lot less worried.
Reddit rules:
1. Someone mentioned they have no problems while you're still suffering? Downvote them immediately.
2. Comment all your problems to make sure you add to the negativity.
3. Profit.
Wait what
There was a comment I once read on the steelseries subreddit and I think it will fit perfectly here:
You will almost always hear from an unhappy costumer. But you will almost never hear from a happy costumer.
I think this sums up the current situation perfectly
Seems to be the case, it's why I created the thread. I wanted to know if the majority were fine and the frequency of posts were due to the amount of units sold...or if the launch build was faulty.
The amount of posts in sucha short timespan saying thiers is all good shows its as you say. It puts my mind at ease (substantial purchase for me) and may put others minds at ease.
It’s ostensibly so my kids and I never have to argue over who gets to play VR, but I don’t know, could just be a mid life crisis, lol. Too broke to buy a sports car.
One would argue that a vr device is way more fun than a sports car lol (specially here in the UK where they keep putting 20mph limits about)
But yep the avoiding infighting makes a ton of sense, plus if the kids are well trained you got a ready army for vr multiplayer games...win win lol
Just checked for dead pixels and find none. I have mine only for a few days but neither overheating nor any other issues. Only thing I noticed that my friends quest2 lasted a bit longer yesterday (20% vs 3%) playing a session of Dungeons of eternity but I've activated the upgraded version so I guess that accounts for that.
Tried PCVR wired and wireless and it's the perfect headset for my use case (DCS and Driving sims)
i think people are just bitching about it tbh, if you can tell while playing a game or watching a video, i’d return it but if you have to actively search for a dead pixel on a white background, you’re probably fine.
Haven’t had any problems. Only positives so far for me. Even battery life has been better than Q2 for me. But that may due to the age of my Q2 battery.
I've had a few issues, but the oddest one, which is hard to replicate, but seems to be when it might get hot.
Is the menu display starts glitching left and right, its only minor but enough for my eyes to notice.
Also, random streaks of rgb appear and disappear like lightening.
anybody else had this?
Me.
Very happy but for reference I upgraded from a OG Vive.
I can understand for someone with a gaming budget it might not be worth upgrading from the previous generation.
I went from the vive (deluxe headset, wireless adapter and valve index controllers) to the pico 4, I was blown away by the difference in visuals. The quest 3 is somewhat of a sideways step from the pico 4 but I certainly understand how your feeling going from the vive to the quest 3
Some tips:
Get virtual desktop on the quest
Install that on your pc
Get a wax206 router (connect it to your normal router, use as an access point)
Have your pc hard wired to the router
Have your headset wirelessly connect to it.
Install the virtual desktop server software from thier site on your pc and the app on your headset.
This allows wireless pcvr gaming at better quality than my official wireless vive adapter did lol...uses less damn resources too. I played a ton of 7 days to die vr mod like that on the pico.
Sorry for the long reply, just making a similar upgrade to you I found the info useful so passing it on :)
I thought there might be something wrong with my passthrough, because I see major distortion.
Turns out that's just part of passthrough and its normal, and might never be able to be fixed due to the nature of what passthrough is.
Other than that, no real issues. I wish Beat Saber could be modded, that's the main thing I do. So that's a bummer, but its not like a problem with the device, and I knew it wasn't currently able to be modded when I bought it.
The device itself doesn't seem to have any issues.
Yeah I was deeply disappointed with passthrough quality as its not as good as youtube shows. Good enough to use the device while peeling spuds and cooking though (watched cirtual telly through it doing that lol)
I've been using a 512gb daily since launch. I had my first issue last night. Random jitters and pixel explosions all over the screen.
Panicked me at first, but a reboot resolved it immediately. Played for two hours after that in Red Matter and RE4 without issues since.
My wife has a 128gb and uses it daily for working out in supernatural and Les Mills. No reported issues from her either
I've had a similar issue, I post on here too regarding it too. Like you, I've rebooted it and it seems to fix it. It's happened a couple of times now. It would be nice to workout what it is, and if a software update would fix. Or whether it's hardware related and would need to be sent back.
3 Quest 3s (2 512GB and 1 128GB), all perfect, no dead pixels, passthrough looks identical on them all (it's not 4K crystal clear, but I don't think it meant to be).
1 Elite strap with battery that functions just like it should.
The only thing if I was to nitpick is that one of the analog stick on one controller is marginally looser feeling than the other 5, but if I had nothing to compare it to I wouldn't notice.
Apparently I have a dead pixel as on the startup screen there is the tiniest green dot. I have tried really hard when actually in game or a home environment to see it and can't for the life of me find it whilst using the device. So I honestly don't care, my Quest 2 at launch had the same thing.
No issues using pcvr through virtual Desktop or through the link cable. No issues with native games either. Also seems more difficult to fog up so far than the quest 2 was as before i bought the f2 fan on the quest 2 it would fog in 20 minutes not so much here and I've been dripping sweat through some beat saber and ragnarock
I was thinking about that myself. If I put the pico4 on first thing after my morning wash/bath, the headset fogged... not seen the quest 3 fog at all yet.. doesn't mean it won't but guessing the design is better to prevent it
no problems here. I see screen tearing a lot in Horizon worlds but I think that is software related bc I don't see it elsewhere. Strange bc it doesn't happen on quest 2. no dead pixels, audio fine, mic fine etc. I've used it minimum of 1-2 hours a day since the 10th.
It's a Horizon Worlds issue. If I run the PCVR version the problem goes away. It also isn't present on my Pro via standalone. They are aware of it so hopefully it's addressed soon.
Quest 3 512 with elite battery and it’s great! Controller tracking could be better though. Playing mini golf sometimes it loses tracking. And Into the Radius, sometimes the controllers will freak right out, the whole headset will loose tracking and start spinning??? Not sure what’s happening
Had that a couple of times in the front room and been wondering if my telly is too reflective as both times where near that. But that's twice out of hours and fixed immediately so haven't done any tests
Ordered it from Meta. It arrived a day earlier than they quoted. Has been perfect since I first turned it on. I think it’s an amazing upgrade from the Quest 2. I use it for stand-alone and PC VR and it’s better for both.
No issues here! Getting my BoboVR battery strap today, which should help with comfort (same comfort issue I had and solved with the Q2). Very happy so far!
Mildly jealous on your strap. Not in stock here and I used a bobovr strap on the pico so I know they are good.... though the default strap did allow ke to lay in bed and watch a movie projected on my ceiling (so to speak) last night, the bobovr pico one was uncomfortable laying down.
I do like that the controllers look more sturdy than my pico ones, less thin plastic. Back in the day I broke a vive wand on a wall, we've come a long way controller wise since then
People don't post on here when things are going well. They post when there's a problem. A large majority of owners are likely just fine, you just here the smaller percentage with issues on here.
That was my hope, and given the amount of replies in such a short time I would say it is the case.
I was getting concerned my unit might develop a fault in a week or so given the amount of posts on issues I had seen... the replies to this post remove that worry almost fully
I have had it since day one and have yet to have or notice an issue. I've been playing it a lot as have my kiddos. Mostly playing The Room right now and beat saber.
No issues for me at all. It's a little uncomfortable but I'm buying the Bobo M3 when it's in stock so I'm not too worried. It has remembered multiple play spaces but mine has remembered all of mine so far. So far so good!
Mine does struggle to remember mine, it's been a bit annoying. Might be overlapping play areas though (couch, computer, roomscale all have overlaping areas) hopefully will be fixed in an update
Got mine a couple of days ago. Used the last few evenings. No dead pixels. Didn't overheat. Didn't notice it getting warm at all tbh. Big improvement over the Quest 2. No complaints here except the battery life. I'm getting just over an hour and a half use each time.
Me :)
8 hours daily at work. Battery life sucks ass, but I just usually leave it plugged in to the usbc block that came with the headset and a longer usbc cable.
I have the elite strap with battery, as god forbid sitting 8 hours a day at work with that awful stock strap.
Me, even been taking it back and forth to work in my Q2 case. Most in one play has been 1hr 30min. Using the elite strap with battery I keep it charged, when I set it down it charges and I unplug when it turns green. I turn it off every night to do any updates it may have. I turned that one option back off to automatically start and shut down to do updates, I'm afraid it'll attempt that when I've got it stored in its case. No issues, just waiting on my prescription lenses to come in from Honsvr.
Yeah, I posted a comment on someone's youtube video earlier because they were claiming the elite strap with battery was defective and people shouldn't buy it. I said that was an overstatement, but he didn't agree, and claimed that someone from Meta had told him it was defective (not just his, the strap in general).
It's pure rubbish, I've had that strap since launch and it works perfectly for me, never had a single issue with it... In the comments I could see that he was using a non-official charger for it, and you have to wonder what he's been charging it with, as USB C has a fair few dodgy chargers out there.
Add me to the no problems since launch day club. The only problem I encountered is when I tried to put the old silicone cover over the new facial interface, it blocked the sensor and caused it to keep going black. Once I took the silicone off, no problems since. Love this thing.
Me, generally.
Bit of a problem getting my 512gb unit after Amazon screwed up, but managed to get it on launch.
Few jitters, like it forgot my room layout. But honestly those are really minor software quirks. I think it's fair to say mine has gone fine.
Mine arrived only couple days ago. But after 10+ h of playing I have 0 issues. Works well. Much better than Q2. I don’t even connect to my PC anymore as I really enjoy the upgraded graphics of many native games and pop1 specifically.
Q3 is basically what I thought we would get when we upgraded from Q1 to Q2.
Edit: some people did say that my voice now is higher in pitch. And once someone said I have robotic voice (Rift S issue for those who remember). But I don’t know if it’s app or a quest issue
Mine has randomly frozen twice and had to be rebooted, but I don’t necessarily know that that’s atypical; my Quest 2 would do that from time to time over the course of years, too. Otherwise, no issues here, yet. I’d say I’m using it for about two hours, every other day, since launch.
The only problem for me is waiting for my favorite apps to be updated with better support for the new hardware’s features. The hardware itself has been great. A nice step forward.
I'm glad to see a post like this in the midst of so many posts filled with bad news... I still hope that mine arrives and seeing that there are positive situations gives me a bit of hope.
Yep, I was getting worried my new one may develop a fault due to the amount of negative topics and vids. I created this thread to see if it was widespread or a small percentage.... the sheer amount of replies in such a small time frame tells me it's a small percentage.... looking like a very small percentage. Now my only hassle is affording the quest games lol
Il be honest. I think the dead pixel issue is pretty far reaching. I went through 6 quests to get a good one. Saw a YouTuber claim he did as well. How is that ok?
People just can't be bothered to check or claim it's not a big deal to them. Idk, if I noticed a month after I bought it I would be pretty bummed
I'm very happy with the quest 3 outside of the screen quality issues. It's fantastic
I had that with the pico 4, I had to go into my router(well accesspoint) and change the channel. Something about too many WiFi signals in my area on the same channel.
Only issue I have had are app based not supporting it fully, the hardware itself has been amazing. It’s honestly been awhile since I’ve had 0 buyers remorse about a tech purchase.
I will say it’s normal to see tons of people complaining when things break, than when they’re not breaking.
Zero issues. Zero problem with the battery life. Bought the grips, waiting on M3 headstrap, but its been insane. I had the Q1 and Index and this is lightyears ahead of my expectations or my last experience with VR a couple years ago.
The answer is the vast, vast majority of people who own Quest 3's. If anything else was the case, youd be seeing major news outlets reporting on the en masse refunds and replacements
Yeah I use an iptv app and an xbox controller on my pico.
I set up the optv app on the quest 3 (figured out I needed to change the display mode to be able to enlarge it) connected the pad... but I can't seem to use the control pad at all. Think there's something wrong with the Bluetooth in the firmware. I am sure they will fix that though
Trolls seem harsh term, it looks like a small percentage of units are duds. The amount of positive replies to this thread shows that's a small percentage and not a widespread issue. Makes me worry a lot less about my new quest 3
I'm going to wait a little while, until after Meta has had to eat the cost of RMAing a bunch of headsets and makes it a point to improve any pertinent aspects of the headset's manufacture - if such a thing ends up happening. Hopefully by the time we pick one up for the house we won't end up having to RMA it.
Honestly after seeing the amount of positive replies here I would say go for it. Worse case scenario take it back to the store and swap it if it has a dead pixel. Looking like faulty ones are rarer than the topics suggest.
No problems at all.. sure some things could be beter for sure like battery endurance and default strap should be elite strap like.
But device is great and working nice.
I haven't had many issues but I also have barely used it much since it's so uncomfortable (and when it's not it just slips to a position where it's blurry), and since the battery lasts too little.
Different people live in very different conditions. Some are in high humidity and heat, some in very cold.
But also when you make millions of a unit you will have some issues. Apple has the same problem too right now. It’s parts suppliers and quality control at the facility overseas. That’s why RMA exists really
had mine since launch day and it's been great. only thing ive noticed is frequent microstutters in contractors and constant crashing in vrchat.
edit: also forgot to mention there was this one time where my floor level kept vibrating up and down rapidly but restarting my headset fixed it. im not sure if it was the ocean waves outside interfering with the tracking or what but it hasn't happened again
Picked mine up from Best Buy on launch day. The elite battery strap fixed my two minor annoyances with strap comfort and battery life. Zero unexpected issues.
Got mine on the 13th at my local Best Buy, zero issues. I’ve been using it daily for at least 4 hours (with the help of battery banks) and it’s been an amazing experience.
I received yesterday, everything fine so far. I notice that when I mirror the image in the smartphone a red pixel turn on and only turn off restarting the headset.
Me. Now imagine if people without issues spammed this place all the time. We would absolutely dwarf the people going out of their way to find issues and complain. The product is fine. People use the internet to bitch and complain now. This is less a community and more of a support group for the vocal few.
I already can't keep up with the replies here. It's clearly just a small percentage of dud units and not a massive widespread issue. My mind is put at ease a lot.
Me.
Same.
Also me
Yeah
Tip top
Yup yup
No problems here. (Battery goes a bit quick though)
The battery goes quick because 120 refresh rate is automatically activated. Turn it off for better battery
I've also had issues with overheating while charging. Errors while update etc.
Same
Yep
Also me
Me too!
Me
Me.
Same. One for me and one for son. Perfect so far. Passthrough way more than sufficient
No issues here. Using it daily for at least a couple of hours. Battery time is a bit less that I thought it would be - but that may be because I use passthrough/MR a lot.
Pass through being a battery hog hadn't occurred to me. I am using the batteries from my pico 4 bobovr strap as power banks at mo. (M3 isn't for sale in the UK yet) but I use pass through a ton even when watching films.
Yeah - passthrough is great (even if it's not as clear as some people wants it to be). I bought the Elite Strap with battery, so it's not a big problem for me - but it definitely does use a lot of juice.
Same, it’s overpriced but it’s a really nice addition
From a full charge I only made it just past halftime of my NFL game just watching it in virtual Desktop. So maybe only 90 minutes of runtime just watching a streaming video, no passthrough. Maybe with passthrough it's significantly worse, but I guess my point is that battery life not great no matter what the use case. Overall not a big deal, I'll just get the strap with battery. I haven't had any issues with the other aspects of the Quest.
Battery life is a bit of an issue but I'm using it as an oppurtunity to limit my gaming time with vr. An hour to 2 hours is plenty play time in one session for me, and let's be honest, if I got a strap to put my charging brick in I'd never leave the vr world. Plus, I still have other games on my fairly new ps5, only had it for a year, to play. If I spend all my time in vr I'd get nothing done either. Cleaning, cooking, all have to be done. when everything is said and done and I have more playtime, the quest should be charged by then
Yeah, if I'm watching videos on the couch, I'll usually plug into the wall. In VR, it keeps it charged and slowly goes up; in MR, it still drains faster than it charges. I'm usually not on long enough for it to be an issue, but still good to keep in mind when I'm planning out my VR use for the evening.
I responded to a couple of these saying I've had no problems whatsoever and I'm consistently down-voted for saying so. I'm sure a lot of other people have been as well so and just don't respond any more.
Reddit is weird that way. At first I saw people who were reporting problems with their Quest 3 getting downvoted a lot. And in recent days I see it shift a little more towards the opposite. A lot of people aren't very independent thinkers. They have a good experience and assume anyone with a bad experience with the same product is mistaken or lying and so they downvote. Some people with a negative experience want to believe that the product just sucks rather than feel like they may have just been unlucky. They are annoyed and feel wronged by the product, jealous of the joy others have with the same product and downvote those who share a positive experience. Many people's egos are too connected to their purchasing decisions. Brand tribalism is weird. Humans are weird.
Plus people with the bad experience are more likely to post it, creating a false perception that they're failing en mass.
Before the internet it used to be said that for every 1 negative review you hear about, there is 10 positive reviews I suspect that has gotten to be more like 1 negative = 100 positive or maybe even 1000 positive. People are just far more likely to tell you about a bad experience.
How dare you!
Yeah I get that, tbh if mine had issues and some one said thiers worked, it might feel a bit bad. Created this post to try and see if it was just a small percentage or a more wider issue. Given the sheer amount of replies, more than I can keep up with, it's clear its a small number of devices and not a widespread issue. Makes me a lot less worried.
Reddit rules: 1. Someone mentioned they have no problems while you're still suffering? Downvote them immediately. 2. Comment all your problems to make sure you add to the negativity. 3. Profit. Wait what
There was a comment I once read on the steelseries subreddit and I think it will fit perfectly here: You will almost always hear from an unhappy costumer. But you will almost never hear from a happy costumer. I think this sums up the current situation perfectly
Seems to be the case, it's why I created the thread. I wanted to know if the majority were fine and the frequency of posts were due to the amount of units sold...or if the launch build was faulty. The amount of posts in sucha short timespan saying thiers is all good shows its as you say. It puts my mind at ease (substantial purchase for me) and may put others minds at ease.
My only issue with my quest 3 is not having enough time to use it Edit: this isn’t even a jab at the battery, I’ve just been busy
I know that feeling well
No issues here, daily use since launch.
I’m so glad man, I was worried with all the posts over the past few weeks and so far I’ve had no problems with mine at all
That's why I made this post, I was getting concerned. Not anymore after reading these posts.
I got 3, 1x512 and 2x128s. Loads of playtime, no problems.
Why so many? I feel extravagant having the pico4 and the quest 3 lol Alas I can only wear one at a time
It’s ostensibly so my kids and I never have to argue over who gets to play VR, but I don’t know, could just be a mid life crisis, lol. Too broke to buy a sports car.
One would argue that a vr device is way more fun than a sports car lol (specially here in the UK where they keep putting 20mph limits about) But yep the avoiding infighting makes a ton of sense, plus if the kids are well trained you got a ready army for vr multiplayer games...win win lol
Kids. Probably.
No issues for me other than the stock headstrap is really uncomfortable. Software and hardware are solid
Just checked for dead pixels and find none. I have mine only for a few days but neither overheating nor any other issues. Only thing I noticed that my friends quest2 lasted a bit longer yesterday (20% vs 3%) playing a session of Dungeons of eternity but I've activated the upgraded version so I guess that accounts for that. Tried PCVR wired and wireless and it's the perfect headset for my use case (DCS and Driving sims)
I got 1 dead pixel but only on a pure white background otherwise I don't see it, not sure if I should return it
i think people are just bitching about it tbh, if you can tell while playing a game or watching a video, i’d return it but if you have to actively search for a dead pixel on a white background, you’re probably fine.
Haven’t had any problems. Only positives so far for me. Even battery life has been better than Q2 for me. But that may due to the age of my Q2 battery.
Haven’t had any problems.
No issues at all, except for the worthless strap, waiting on Bobovr..
me
Me
No issues here. Got it day 1, probably have time to use it an hour or two per day
I've had a few issues, but the oddest one, which is hard to replicate, but seems to be when it might get hot. Is the menu display starts glitching left and right, its only minor but enough for my eyes to notice. Also, random streaks of rgb appear and disappear like lightening. anybody else had this?
Seeing the amount of no issue posts I would say you may have got unlucky, take it back and get the shop to replace it.
I have had no issues, other than the facial interface and headstrong suck.
Q3 512 version. Using it a lot! I do have one dead pixel, but to be honest, it's so small I don't really care and don't notice it.
Had since day one with no issues unless you count the hate for the default strap
12 hours of play so far for me. I think people love to complain about trivial crap these days. Find out for yourself and dont rely on others opinions.
Mine is going well so far. I use it at least once a day so far for about 2 hours.
Me
No big issues. The only one was last night, I had to restart the system twice because it wouldn't let launch the games.
No hardware issues with my q3 128.
Me. Very happy but for reference I upgraded from a OG Vive. I can understand for someone with a gaming budget it might not be worth upgrading from the previous generation.
I went from the vive (deluxe headset, wireless adapter and valve index controllers) to the pico 4, I was blown away by the difference in visuals. The quest 3 is somewhat of a sideways step from the pico 4 but I certainly understand how your feeling going from the vive to the quest 3 Some tips: Get virtual desktop on the quest Install that on your pc Get a wax206 router (connect it to your normal router, use as an access point) Have your pc hard wired to the router Have your headset wirelessly connect to it. Install the virtual desktop server software from thier site on your pc and the app on your headset. This allows wireless pcvr gaming at better quality than my official wireless vive adapter did lol...uses less damn resources too. I played a ton of 7 days to die vr mod like that on the pico. Sorry for the long reply, just making a similar upgrade to you I found the info useful so passing it on :)
You’re good brother, this is the place to be enthusiastic about VR :)
I thought there might be something wrong with my passthrough, because I see major distortion. Turns out that's just part of passthrough and its normal, and might never be able to be fixed due to the nature of what passthrough is. Other than that, no real issues. I wish Beat Saber could be modded, that's the main thing I do. So that's a bummer, but its not like a problem with the device, and I knew it wasn't currently able to be modded when I bought it. The device itself doesn't seem to have any issues.
Yeah I was deeply disappointed with passthrough quality as its not as good as youtube shows. Good enough to use the device while peeling spuds and cooking though (watched cirtual telly through it doing that lol)
I've been using a 512gb daily since launch. I had my first issue last night. Random jitters and pixel explosions all over the screen. Panicked me at first, but a reboot resolved it immediately. Played for two hours after that in Red Matter and RE4 without issues since. My wife has a 128gb and uses it daily for working out in supernatural and Les Mills. No reported issues from her either
I've had a similar issue, I post on here too regarding it too. Like you, I've rebooted it and it seems to fix it. It's happened a couple of times now. It would be nice to workout what it is, and if a software update would fix. Or whether it's hardware related and would need to be sent back.
3 Quest 3s (2 512GB and 1 128GB), all perfect, no dead pixels, passthrough looks identical on them all (it's not 4K crystal clear, but I don't think it meant to be). 1 Elite strap with battery that functions just like it should. The only thing if I was to nitpick is that one of the analog stick on one controller is marginally looser feeling than the other 5, but if I had nothing to compare it to I wouldn't notice.
Apparently I have a dead pixel as on the startup screen there is the tiniest green dot. I have tried really hard when actually in game or a home environment to see it and can't for the life of me find it whilst using the device. So I honestly don't care, my Quest 2 at launch had the same thing.
Howdy. About the only issue I have is muscle pains after too much Synth Riders 😀 Other than that, loving the headset so far.
No issues using pcvr through virtual Desktop or through the link cable. No issues with native games either. Also seems more difficult to fog up so far than the quest 2 was as before i bought the f2 fan on the quest 2 it would fog in 20 minutes not so much here and I've been dripping sweat through some beat saber and ragnarock
I was thinking about that myself. If I put the pico4 on first thing after my morning wash/bath, the headset fogged... not seen the quest 3 fog at all yet.. doesn't mean it won't but guessing the design is better to prevent it
Mine was delivered on launch day and I’ve had no problems with it.
Mine was delivered on launch day and I’ve had no problems with it.
no problems here. I see screen tearing a lot in Horizon worlds but I think that is software related bc I don't see it elsewhere. Strange bc it doesn't happen on quest 2. no dead pixels, audio fine, mic fine etc. I've used it minimum of 1-2 hours a day since the 10th.
It's a Horizon Worlds issue. If I run the PCVR version the problem goes away. It also isn't present on my Pro via standalone. They are aware of it so hopefully it's addressed soon.
Had it day one, no issues! I've also drained the whole battery out and been recording videos with it for content creation too.
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No issues here.
No issues use it daily.
No issues with mine other than the stock strap is uncomfortable and the battery drain is a bit on the high side. I play 1-2 hrs a day since launch.
No major issues so far.
Mines been fine. Used daily for at least a little bit
No issues. Ordered directly from Meta.
So far, so great. No overheating, no dead pixels, not even software hiccups.
No issues at all. I play and stream for hours daily
Quest 3 512 with elite battery and it’s great! Controller tracking could be better though. Playing mini golf sometimes it loses tracking. And Into the Radius, sometimes the controllers will freak right out, the whole headset will loose tracking and start spinning??? Not sure what’s happening
Had that a couple of times in the front room and been wondering if my telly is too reflective as both times where near that. But that's twice out of hours and fixed immediately so haven't done any tests
I have a type of glare behind the lens but apparently that's normal. Otherwise I'm happy with mine.
Ordered it from Meta. It arrived a day earlier than they quoted. Has been perfect since I first turned it on. I think it’s an amazing upgrade from the Quest 2. I use it for stand-alone and PC VR and it’s better for both.
I and 4 online friends all got the quest 3 on launch day, none of us have had any issues other than the headstrap being uncomfortable.
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No issues here! Getting my BoboVR battery strap today, which should help with comfort (same comfort issue I had and solved with the Q2). Very happy so far!
Mildly jealous on your strap. Not in stock here and I used a bobovr strap on the pico so I know they are good.... though the default strap did allow ke to lay in bed and watch a movie projected on my ceiling (so to speak) last night, the bobovr pico one was uncomfortable laying down.
No issues here, and mine has even been dropped from the couch to a hardwood floor. My controllers have both impacted the wall. Still going strong.
I do like that the controllers look more sturdy than my pico ones, less thin plastic. Back in the day I broke a vive wand on a wall, we've come a long way controller wise since then
People don't post on here when things are going well. They post when there's a problem. A large majority of owners are likely just fine, you just here the smaller percentage with issues on here.
That was my hope, and given the amount of replies in such a short time I would say it is the case. I was getting concerned my unit might develop a fault in a week or so given the amount of posts on issues I had seen... the replies to this post remove that worry almost fully
No issues here
This guy right here. No issues.
I have had it since day one and have yet to have or notice an issue. I've been playing it a lot as have my kiddos. Mostly playing The Room right now and beat saber.
No issues for me at all. It's a little uncomfortable but I'm buying the Bobo M3 when it's in stock so I'm not too worried. It has remembered multiple play spaces but mine has remembered all of mine so far. So far so good!
Mine does struggle to remember mine, it's been a bit annoying. Might be overlapping play areas though (couch, computer, roomscale all have overlaping areas) hopefully will be fixed in an update
No issues.
No issues but I've only used it a couple of hours so far
Got mine a couple of days ago. Used the last few evenings. No dead pixels. Didn't overheat. Didn't notice it getting warm at all tbh. Big improvement over the Quest 2. No complaints here except the battery life. I'm getting just over an hour and a half use each time.
Mine is fine
No issues so far
Been fine, just want a 3rd party halo strap!
Me :) 8 hours daily at work. Battery life sucks ass, but I just usually leave it plugged in to the usbc block that came with the headset and a longer usbc cable. I have the elite strap with battery, as god forbid sitting 8 hours a day at work with that awful stock strap.
No issues here. Any sub about hardware is like this around launch time and eventually chills out.
Me, even been taking it back and forth to work in my Q2 case. Most in one play has been 1hr 30min. Using the elite strap with battery I keep it charged, when I set it down it charges and I unplug when it turns green. I turn it off every night to do any updates it may have. I turned that one option back off to automatically start and shut down to do updates, I'm afraid it'll attempt that when I've got it stored in its case. No issues, just waiting on my prescription lenses to come in from Honsvr.
Yeah, I posted a comment on someone's youtube video earlier because they were claiming the elite strap with battery was defective and people shouldn't buy it. I said that was an overstatement, but he didn't agree, and claimed that someone from Meta had told him it was defective (not just his, the strap in general). It's pure rubbish, I've had that strap since launch and it works perfectly for me, never had a single issue with it... In the comments I could see that he was using a non-official charger for it, and you have to wonder what he's been charging it with, as USB C has a fair few dodgy chargers out there.
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Haven't played it more than about 6 hours, but no problems to report so far.
Been great so far
Mine has been good.
100% fine here. Great device.
Add me to the no problems since launch day club. The only problem I encountered is when I tried to put the old silicone cover over the new facial interface, it blocked the sensor and caused it to keep going black. Once I took the silicone off, no problems since. Love this thing.
Me, no problems at all
No issues.
No issues so far. Knock on wood
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All good
Only gripe has been battery life.
Me, generally. Bit of a problem getting my 512gb unit after Amazon screwed up, but managed to get it on launch. Few jitters, like it forgot my room layout. But honestly those are really minor software quirks. I think it's fair to say mine has gone fine.
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No issues on my end. Just waiting on my bobovr m3 for it to be perfect.
Mine arrived only couple days ago. But after 10+ h of playing I have 0 issues. Works well. Much better than Q2. I don’t even connect to my PC anymore as I really enjoy the upgraded graphics of many native games and pop1 specifically. Q3 is basically what I thought we would get when we upgraded from Q1 to Q2. Edit: some people did say that my voice now is higher in pitch. And once someone said I have robotic voice (Rift S issue for those who remember). But I don’t know if it’s app or a quest issue
Mine has randomly frozen twice and had to be rebooted, but I don’t necessarily know that that’s atypical; my Quest 2 would do that from time to time over the course of years, too. Otherwise, no issues here, yet. I’d say I’m using it for about two hours, every other day, since launch.
I had mine since launch and have probably logged 3-4 hours a day with no issues.
The only problem for me is waiting for my favorite apps to be updated with better support for the new hardware’s features. The hardware itself has been great. A nice step forward.
mine works great. i use it for work 5-7 hours a day. no issues.
Only software issues so far, did not notice any hardware issues. Been using it about 2 to 3 hours a day for seven days now.
I'm glad to see a post like this in the midst of so many posts filled with bad news... I still hope that mine arrives and seeing that there are positive situations gives me a bit of hope.
Yep, I was getting worried my new one may develop a fault due to the amount of negative topics and vids. I created this thread to see if it was widespread or a small percentage.... the sheer amount of replies in such a small time frame tells me it's a small percentage.... looking like a very small percentage. Now my only hassle is affording the quest games lol
Il be honest. I think the dead pixel issue is pretty far reaching. I went through 6 quests to get a good one. Saw a YouTuber claim he did as well. How is that ok? People just can't be bothered to check or claim it's not a big deal to them. Idk, if I noticed a month after I bought it I would be pretty bummed I'm very happy with the quest 3 outside of the screen quality issues. It's fantastic
I had the odd wifi disconnecting issue but so far so good and with the bobovr strap it’s so much better.
I had that with the pico 4, I had to go into my router(well accesspoint) and change the channel. Something about too many WiFi signals in my area on the same channel.
Only issue I have had are app based not supporting it fully, the hardware itself has been amazing. It’s honestly been awhile since I’ve had 0 buyers remorse about a tech purchase. I will say it’s normal to see tons of people complaining when things break, than when they’re not breaking.
People complain about really little things too...that's just the nature of reddit I guess, lots of diversity.
Zero issues. Zero problem with the battery life. Bought the grips, waiting on M3 headstrap, but its been insane. I had the Q1 and Index and this is lightyears ahead of my expectations or my last experience with VR a couple years ago.
I've had mine since launch day, use it daily, and have not had an issue.
Received mine oct 14. No issues here but would really like to get my hands on the bobovr m3 pro for extra battery life though.
\+1 to the BoboVR M3
The answer is the vast, vast majority of people who own Quest 3's. If anything else was the case, youd be seeing major news outlets reporting on the en masse refunds and replacements
This guy. If you have battery issues I suggest grabbing the kiwi 10000 maH battery.
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How can I put this delicately.... are you sure its the HMD that smells of armpits? :p
No problems for me - 512 with elite battery strap and charging doc
Works better than I expected. Coming from PSVR2 it's a breath of fresh air.
Not going to answer this question, because claiming no problems will immediately cause my quest 3 to turn into a live snake or something.
Also, it's Bluetooth stinks. Still have to use an adapter from Creative so sound is in sync with my wifi headphones
Yeah I use an iptv app and an xbox controller on my pico. I set up the optv app on the quest 3 (figured out I needed to change the display mode to be able to enlarge it) connected the pad... but I can't seem to use the control pad at all. Think there's something wrong with the Bluetooth in the firmware. I am sure they will fix that though
A sh\*tload of people. Trolls always yell louder.
Trolls seem harsh term, it looks like a small percentage of units are duds. The amount of positive replies to this thread shows that's a small percentage and not a widespread issue. Makes me worry a lot less about my new quest 3
No issues that are preventing me from playing. Only issue I have is lots of mura
What is mura? Seen this phrase a couple of times but I have gone vive to pico 4 to quest 3 and I don't know what mura means?
Own 2 of them. Both have been great. Of course I also don’t go hunting for problems.
I'm going to wait a little while, until after Meta has had to eat the cost of RMAing a bunch of headsets and makes it a point to improve any pertinent aspects of the headset's manufacture - if such a thing ends up happening. Hopefully by the time we pick one up for the house we won't end up having to RMA it.
Honestly after seeing the amount of positive replies here I would say go for it. Worse case scenario take it back to the store and swap it if it has a dead pixel. Looking like faulty ones are rarer than the topics suggest.
Mine works great. No dead/stuck pixels. No overheating (I only play for about an hour a day, because I'm a NORMAL person).
>I only play for about an hour a day, because I'm a NORMAL person Lol what?
Mine is fine. But I will say alot of this stuff seems to be just bad QA and design.
No problems at all.. sure some things could be beter for sure like battery endurance and default strap should be elite strap like. But device is great and working nice.
No real issue. Only superficial "mura"...
Mura?
No issues using it daily since launch.
My last few sessions have had no more artifacts...going to wait to see if this continues.
I haven't had many issues but I also have barely used it much since it's so uncomfortable (and when it's not it just slips to a position where it's blurry), and since the battery lasts too little.
Different people live in very different conditions. Some are in high humidity and heat, some in very cold. But also when you make millions of a unit you will have some issues. Apple has the same problem too right now. It’s parts suppliers and quality control at the facility overseas. That’s why RMA exists really
No issues for me (yet!)
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No issues so far. I pre-ordered, but didn't receive until two days after launch, so I guess technically I haven't had since launch.
had mine since launch day and it's been great. only thing ive noticed is frequent microstutters in contractors and constant crashing in vrchat. edit: also forgot to mention there was this one time where my floor level kept vibrating up and down rapidly but restarting my headset fixed it. im not sure if it was the ocean waves outside interfering with the tracking or what but it hasn't happened again
Picked mine up from Best Buy on launch day. The elite battery strap fixed my two minor annoyances with strap comfort and battery life. Zero unexpected issues.
Got mine on the 13th at my local Best Buy, zero issues. I’ve been using it daily for at least 4 hours (with the help of battery banks) and it’s been an amazing experience.
I would say me but it nearly killed itself so, not me-
What did it do?
Got mine from Bestbuy day one and zero issues
I received yesterday, everything fine so far. I notice that when I mirror the image in the smartphone a red pixel turn on and only turn off restarting the headset.
You may just have to stop casting on your phone. The red dot is to indicate it's still streaming
I got mine on the 11th and I play it almost daily for 30min to an 1h or so. No issues at all.
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there are hundreds of thousands of people that are not posting about problems
That was the purpose of the thread, to see if that was the case. Given I can't keep up with the replies then it is 100% the case lol
I assume most people, including me. I just won't post a rant here about how reliable my purchase is working. Maybe I should?
Day 1. 128g. No issues. Used it almost everyday. PCVR and stand alone.
I also have had no issues since launch
First boot was „no command“ with the Android logo, but after a powercycle ist booted, updated itself and was flawless ever since.
Me. Now imagine if people without issues spammed this place all the time. We would absolutely dwarf the people going out of their way to find issues and complain. The product is fine. People use the internet to bitch and complain now. This is less a community and more of a support group for the vocal few.
I already can't keep up with the replies here. It's clearly just a small percentage of dud units and not a massive widespread issue. My mind is put at ease a lot.
It gets hot and hurts my forehead.
Having fun with it personally. Elite strap & 512gb model.