I have owned a Rift S for a while and wanted to upgrade since that is a pretty poor headset. I have been looking for PCVR headsets (mostly to play VR shooters) and can't find one I am looking for. The HP Reverb G2 has terrible controllers and the Index and Vive Pro 2 are more money than I am willing to spend right now. I am wanting to move away from Meta headsets so is there any options for me?
Yeah, the Reverb G2 was a major disappointment (I have one). The controllers are bad and the WMR software is garbage. Otherwise the headset itself is pretty good. I much prefer my Rift-S (compared to Reverb it's got better tracking, better software, better controllers).
As for other options, there's the Quest 3 soon (october is current guess). Index is a good way to go, but as you said the price is annoying (and it's very hard to get in Australia where I am). The Big Screen Beyond is quite interesting but it comes as just a headset, you need to buy most of an Index just to make it work (controllers and base stations) so it's even more expensive.
I guess there's Pimax, but I haven't been keeping up on their status (I wasn't a fan in the past). I've used Vives in the past (didn't like them), but never a Vive Pro.
If you really want to stay away from Meta, the Pico 4 is a really comfortable headset - best I've tried. Controllers - meh. Their streaming software is pretty stable too, or you use Virtual Desktop.
