Oculus Quest 2 may get a 120Hz refresh charge replace

Facebook’s VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, may be updated to increase the refresh rate to 120Hz.

The Quest 2 is currently running with a refresh rate of 90 Hz, which ensures a sufficiently smooth VR experience. However, this rumored update could take your forays into the VR world to the next level. When it was first released last year it was running at 72Hz, so Facebook knows how to roll out these types of updates.

During a Q&A on Instagram, Andrew Bosworth, vice president of Reality Labs at Facebook, responded when asked if the Oculus Quest 2 should get a 120Hz refresh rate and gave the comment a thumbs up. We know what you’re thinking. This is a pretty weak link to make here, but it seems like a promising clue given the previous update update for Quest 2.

Increasing the refresh rate would simply make games and applications run much smoother. While Quest 2 currently supports 120 Hz, the games must also be run at 120 frames per second, which can be a problem for Quest 2’s processing power.

If this update does materialize, you can probably expect the 120Hz support to degrade the graphical quality of the games so they can get higher refresh rates and FPS, but that probably wouldn’t be too much of an issue with the Search 2.

However, it is not currently confirmed that this update is available for the headset. It could be something Facebook wants to do, and based on Bosworth’s reaction to the idea above, it doesn’t seem like it can’t.

Do you want to get your hands on the impressive VR headset? You can buy the Oculus Quest 2 here.

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