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Bigscreen Beyond 2 & Beyond 2e: Specifications, Price & PCVR Readiness
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| Category | Bigscreen Beyond 2 / 2e Specification |
|---|---|
| Displays | Dual 1.03-inch Micro-OLED, 2560 × 2560 pixels per eye (5120 × 2560 combined; 13.1 MP total) |
| Pixel Density & Contrast | ~32 Peak PPD; true 0-nit Micro-OLED blacks (>500,000:1 contrast ratio); RGB subpixel layout |
| Refresh Rate Modes | 75 Hz (native uncompressed 2560×2560) and 90 Hz (1920×1920 upscaled via Display Stream Compression) |
| Optics & FOV | Next-gen glass/polymer pancake lenses; up to 116° diagonal FOV (108° H × 96° V) |
| IPD Adjustment | Independent mechanical IPD adjustment (53 mm to 72 mm via precision gear tool) |
| Weight & Dimensions | 107 g (108.5 g on Beyond 2e with eye tracking); 143 mm width × 52.4 mm depth |
| Eye Tracking | Standard on Beyond 2e (SteamVR, OpenXR, and VRChat OSC support); omitted on base Beyond 2 |
| Tracking Architecture | Built-in SteamVR 2.0 photodiode sensors (requires external SteamVR 1.0 or 2.0 base stations) |
| PC Connection | 5-meter fiber-optic Link Box tether (DisplayPort 1.4 + 2× USB 3.0 Type-A) |
| Minimum PC GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (DisplayPort 1.4 w/ DSC required; RTX 3080/4070+ recommended) |
| Official Price | $1,019 USD (Beyond 2) / $1,219 USD (Beyond 2e with eye tracking) |
What the specifications mean in use
At 107 grams (less than one-seventh the weight of the 809-gram Valve Index and roughly one-fifth the weight of the 515-gram Meta Quest 3), Bigscreen Beyond 2 eliminates the front-heavy pendulum momentum that causes neck fatigue during multi-hour endurance sim racing or late-night VRChat sessions. You can whip your head sideways to check mirrors in iRacing with zero visor wobble.
Connecting Bigscreen Beyond 2 to a PC (DisplayPort 1.4 & DSC Rules)
Bigscreen Beyond 2 connects through an ultrathin 5-meter fiber-optic cable to a desktop Link Box, which plugs into one DisplayPort 1.4 port on your discrete graphics card and two USB 3.0 ports on your motherboard. Because driving dual 2560 × 2560 RGB Micro-OLED panels requires hardware Display Stream Compression (DSC 1.2a), older GPUs such as the NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti or AMD RX 580 are physically incompatible. You need at least an NVIDIA RTX 20-series (Turing) or AMD RX 5000-series (RDNA 1) card, with an RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4080, or RX 7900 XTX recommended for 100% SteamVR supersampling (~3560 × 3560 per eye).
Dual 2560×2560 Micro-OLED Panels and Next-Gen Pancake Optics
The original Bigscreen Beyond (Gen 1) used smaller pancake optics that exhibited edge blur and internal glare if your pupils were off-center by even 1.5 mm. Bigscreen Beyond 2 introduces a completely redesigned multi-element pancake lens assembly that widens the optical sweet spot from edge to edge, expands diagonal field of view to 116°, increases brightness transmission, and sharply suppresses internal reflections against the infinite-contrast Micro-OLED background. Compare its exact PPD and binocular overlap in our Interactive VR PPD & FOV Workbench.
Independent Mechanical IPD (53–72 mm) vs Gen-1 Fixed IPD
Instead of factory-machining each chassis to a single fixed interpupillary distance, Bigscreen Beyond 2 incorporates independent left/right mechanical lens sleds spanning 53 mm to 72 mm. Bigscreen recommends setting the optical IPD 1 mm narrower than your far-vision optometrist measurement to match the headset's ~1-meter focal convergence plane, and the adjustable sleds also make the headset far easier to share (especially when paired with the universal Halo Mount) or resell.
Beyond 2 vs Beyond 2e: 1.5g Optical Eye Tracking and VRChat OSC
For an additional $200 ($1,219 vs $1,019), the Bigscreen Beyond 2e integrates miniaturized infrared sensors and illumination LEDs weighing just 1.5 grams total. Using computer-vision neural gaze tracking, Beyond 2e outputs real-time eye gaze and blink data directly to SteamVR, OpenXR, and VRChat via OSC—giving social VR avatars natural eye contact and enabling dynamic foveated rendering in supported titles.
Questions
What changed between the original Bigscreen Beyond and Bigscreen Beyond 2?
Bigscreen Beyond 2 cuts weight from 127g down to 107g, upgrades the pancake optics to expand diagonal field of view to 116° with edge-to-edge clarity, adds an independent mechanical IPD adjustment mechanism (53–72 mm), and offers integrated eye tracking in the Beyond 2e edition.
Does Bigscreen Beyond 2 require SteamVR base stations and a PC?
Yes. Bigscreen Beyond 2 is a tethered DisplayPort 1.4 PCVR headset that requires at least one SteamVR 1.0 or 2.0 base station, SteamVR-compatible controllers, and a Windows PC with an NVIDIA RTX 2070 or AMD RX 5700 XT or newer GPU.
What is the difference between 75Hz and 90Hz mode on Bigscreen Beyond 2?
At 75Hz, Bigscreen Beyond 2 receives an uncompressed native 2560 × 2560 per-eye signal over DisplayPort 1.4 for maximum instrument-panel sharpness. At 90Hz, DisplayPort 1.4 bandwidth limits require sending a 1920 × 1920 stream via DSC that the headset upscales to 2560 × 2560.
Sources
- Bigscreen VR: Official Bigscreen Beyond 2 & 2e Product Page
- Valve: SteamVR Tracking & Runtime Documentation