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These niche, expensive VR headsets will fill the gap Meta Quest has left behind in 2025


The Meta Quest 4 could easily outsell Valve Deckard, ASUS ROG Tarius, and Samsung Project Moohan combined. But VR superfans need something more.

With Meta fully targeting the low end with budget hardware and free-to-play games, I'm relieved that at least three XR companies are swooping in to keep VR power users happy in 2025. Valve clearly recognized the mass appeal of wireless, standalone Quest headsets and the recent popularity of portable PCs like Steam Deck when designing Deckard. Former Meta CTO John Carmack recently trivialized PC VR as a "boutique niche" and downplayed the critically acclaimed Half-Life: Alyx as less "important" than Beat Saber.

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