Bigscreen launched orders for its upcoming Past 2 PC VR headset yesterday, which is boosting field-of-view and readability due to the inclusion of a brand new pancake lens design. Now, the corporate says that inside a mere 10 hours of gross sales going dwell, Past 2 has already outsold the unique Past by a major margin.
In a sequence of updates on X, Bigscreen revealed simply how nicely Past 2 was doing amongst PC VR fanatics.
“In simply the primary 25 minutes, Past 2 outsold the primary day of Past 1 gross sales. Within the first hour, we’ve doubled Past 1 launch day gross sales.” Bigscreen stated early yesterday.
Because the day went on, the corporate launched extra data on gross sales efficiency of Past 2 and its eye-tracking variant, Past 2e. And the newest stat is fairly staggering.
“Inside 10 hours of launch…Past 2 has bought greater than the primary FOUR MONTHS of Past 1 gross sales.”
On the time of this writing, Past 2 and Past 2e at the moment are quoted to ship in June 2025, already blowing previous the primary cargo batches, which have been deliberate for April and Could respectively.
However why the hype for Past 2? Whilst you can learn extra about Past 2 right here, together with specs, it could come all the way down to the simple improve pathway laid out by Bigscreen. Not solely can Past 1 customers buy at a reduction—$849 for Past 2 and $1049 for Past 2e—however it’s additionally backwards appropriate with most Past 1 equipment, together with the customized facial interface that’s required for Past 1.
Furthermore, Past 2 packs in a brand new pancake lens design, providing up a wider 116-degree diagonal FOV, an adjustable IPD mechanism, and a lighter 107g design, with the 2e mannequin including AI-powered eye-tracking. It nonetheless has the identical twin 1-inch 2,560 × 2,560 micro-OLED shows as the unique Past, though its new lenses boast higher readability and FOV over the unique.
Past 2 and 2e are priced at $1,019 and $1,219 respectively (or discounted for Past 1 house owners). It was additionally unveiled alongside a brand new halo-style mount and Lightblocker facial interface, which is ready to arrive in Q3 2025.
Yow will discover all of that obtainable for buy over on the Bigscreen web site.
