Bigscreen started transport Past 2 to clients final week.
Past 2 and Past 2e have been introduced and went on sale close to the tip of March. The primary orders have been imagined to ship in April and Might, respectively, however in April the corporate introduced {that a} design flaw in a printed circuit board (PCB) would result in a delay to June.
Final week, the corporate met that new timeline, as the primary items began arriving on the doorsteps of patrons.
Bigscreen Past 2 Transport Delayed Due To Design Flaw
Bigscreen Past 2’s first transport batches have been delayed to June, or late Might if issues go nicely, on account of a PCB design flaw.
Bigscreen says it intends to ship all Past 2 preorders over the subsequent 7 weeks, which it says equates to extra quantity than Past 1 in its first whole yr.
It has began with individuals who ordered Past 1 within the weeks earlier than Past 2 was introduced. Bigscreen secretly withdrew Past 1 from the market weeks earlier than the announcement, and says it’s going to ship all these patrons a Past 2 by July 25.
Patrons who positioned a preorder in March, when Past 2 was introduced, also needs to be shipped by July 25, Bigscreen says, except the Past 1 to 2 improve choice, which ought to begin transport by the tip of July and be accomplished by early August.
For normal orders positioned after April 2, which obtained a supply estimate of July, Bigscreen expects to start transport on July 14, and full all these orders by August 15 on the newest.
Orders positioned after Might 7, together with new orders, ought to be shipped by the tip of August.
As for the Halo Mount accent, Bigscreen says it is going to be barely delayed.
Whereas it initially deliberate to ship all Halo Mount preorders in September, it now expects “many” to slide into October, on account of manufacturing delays. Because of this many patrons who opted for the Halo Mount as a substitute of the custom-fit face pad would not get their headset till October, and due to this Bigscreen suggests they attain out to buy a custom-fit face pad to rearrange for his or her headset to be delivered in August as a substitute, with the Halo Mount then arriving individually later within the yr.
What Is Bigscreen Past 2?
Like the unique Past, Bigscreen Past 2 and 2e are tethered PC VR headsets that use SteamVR Monitoring, so you may want a PC with a strong graphics card and at the least one (ideally at the least two) monitoring base stations from Valve or HTC. You additionally want to offer your personal enter, resembling Valve Index controllers or a steering wheel or HOTAS setup.
In comparison with the unique, Past 2 provides clearer, wider lenses with unbiased IPD adjustment, all whereas really weighing 20 grams much less, and Past 2e additionally provides eye monitoring through simply 1.05 grams of tiny sensors.
Bigscreen Past 2 Has Clearer, Wider, Adjustable Lenses And Elective Eye Monitoring
Bigscreen Past 2 begins transport subsequent month with considerably upgraded & adjustable lenses, and Past 2e is coming in Might with eye monitoring too.
The unique Bigscreen Past is utilized by 0.55% of SteamVR customers after two years available on the market, round 1 in 180 of the VR customers on Steam. We’ll preserve an in depth eye on the adoption of Past 2 within the coming months, with its gross sales velocity suggesting it might surpass the unique by the tip of the yr.
You possibly can learn extra in regards to the options and specs of Past 2 and Past 2e right here, and you may learn our hands-on impressions of Past 2 from GDC 2025 right here.
Bigscreen Past 2 Arms-On: Refining A Imaginative and prescient For VR Fans
When Bigscreen’s founder advised us he was bringing the sequel to the Past PC VR headset to GDC 2025, we booked a flight instantly to strive it.
