BREAKING NEWS (9/20/23) The Varjo Aero is NOW $990! This is the new standard price of the headset and not a promotional offer. This gives the Aero an even more compelling cases for purchase. Again, unless you really want wireless or that extra vertical FOV, the Aero is a fantastic option over the Pimax Crystal.

Awesome recap video buddy, the Aero continues to be one of the best for sure. Take care. 😊

Glad to see you back into the Aero and making VR content! Your first Varjo Aero review was one of my favorite Aero videos that helped me decide to finally pull the trigger on the Aero. With that said, I purchased the Varjo Aero the week of Black Friday for $400 off, and I was still super skeptical since I didn't know anybody personally with the HMD. But man oh man, the Aero is worth every penny and then some. Even 7 months later, every time I put on the Aero, which is daily for hours on end, is just a magical, flawless, top notch experience. Unlike yourself, I purchased the Studioform Comfort kit for the Aero the same day (which took nearly a month to arrive) as well as some lens protectors with blue light filter from VR Optician. I don't need corrective eye wear, but I couldn't fathom using a device that is so expensive with the risk of ruining the lenses when there was a way to protect them. Those thankfully came the within a week, just like the Aero. Like I said, the Aero has been a magical experience. Unlike most of it's users, I am not a flight sim or driving sim kinda guy. I just really really like VR and enjoy experiencing all aspects of it. With nearly 200 VR games, every single game is a brand new experience using the Aero compared to a Quest or Index. Games I had played hundreds of hours looked and felt so much better inside the Aero. It is something that at the time was a lot to invest in but I can say 7 months later, I would buy the Aero again today, full priced, even with the Crystal and Bigscreen Beyond soon available. Not only are the visuals top notch, but the build quality of the HMD is unlike any other headset. It looks, feels and is high quality from top to bottom. Even the software, like you mentioned, is fantastic, and they still manage to somehow improve with each update. Varjos customer support is also by far the best from any VR company around. I'm amazed at how direct they are with their customers and how great they treat us. I measured my FOV using the VRHMD Test and mine is 108 horizontal and 78 vertical for those that are interested. I'm at a 64-65 IPD. Have used it with a buzzed head and hair down to my shoulders. It pairs perfectly with my Sennheiser open back headphones and the Antlion wireless mod mic for the ultimate audio experience in the ultimate VR HMD. The Aero was my dream HMD that I never thought I'd end up buying one and now that I've spent nearly 700 hours using the HMD, I wouldn't trade the experiences for anything. Well worth the cost and I can't wait to live stream using it again tonight! It is great to see you back in the Aero. Cheers!

You "ain't" lying brother, lol. I'm having a blast with my Aero! Currently enjoying the Flysimware Cessna 414AW (incredible payware aircraft) and I continue to be impressed with the headset. Best VR HMD out of the three I've owned, starting with the CV1. I had a weird issue that required me to login every time I started Varjo Base, which was extremely annoying. Took Varjo several weeks to come up with a solution, but they eventually solved my problem. The issue was related to a Windows setting that changed my MAC address on every bootup. "Random Hardware Address". I was instructed to turn that setting OFF and reboot my PC. Weird issue that never happened with any other software I've run, but all is well now. They said that my case actually helped them improve their software to mitigate future issues for other users. 😅

The VR Optician lens inserts I got for the Aero made it a completely new headset! I felt like an idiot for not getting them sooner.

A really great review with the aero 👍thank you very much. I love my aero too and its really the best headset what I have ! Unfortunately I got some problems after the last Varjo update and the new Nvidia drivers: Sometimes the Aero loose the connection and in the Varjo software I read “no headset available”, than have to restart all and than it works again. Sometimes the inside menue failed too. A little bit enjoying and will sent a diagnostic report to the friendly Varjo support. But..wow ! What you said ? You will make a motion compensation video with Jeff for us ??? OMG 😮 its amazing ! I can’t wait. Looking forward to this event ! Best greets, Toby

I can perfectly adjust it to my head, I can look around in the cockpit and it sits tight, I can look everywhere and its clear, the software works without flaws (on my computer), its easy to change resoutions, the eye tracking and foveated rendering (with the OpenXR Mod) works great. I even like that I use my own headphones. By now I really dont have anything to complain about with the Aero and I think the level of perfection justifies the price. (And I dont think Pimax will ever get to that level of perfection but they can proof me wrong) I still would like to some day have higher res displays and more fov (for me there still is some tiny screen door, there is a distance between pixels) but the computer performance doesnt allow that currently anyway, I would only update when my PC can do 90fps on multiplayer servers in DCS and thats already more than one processor generation away with the Aero.

I would love to see you do a comparison against the Pimax Crystal to Varjo Aero, now that would be amazing.

Cant wait for the motion compensation tutorial with the H6 and HP. Thanks Mark.

Haven't even broken in the g2 and now this.... LOL... it is almost like you have a desire to know that my bank account is drained... LOL Thanks for sharing.

I scratched a lens on the Varjo before I got inserts. Varjo was realy good the replaced lens for 150.00 US. Shipping was a bit stiff to Helsinki and back to Canada

Ive had my Varjo for about 1 year... one of the things that you mention is the marks or your face around the nose. I havent find the varjo comfortable at all. I get the same marks and tend to hurt after a while, but the quality and the experience are amazing.

When I got my Aero I first had to try with glasses and didn’t like how cumbersome it was so immediately sent vroptician my numbers I’ve been using them with my G2 and it’s a must. I also don’t like how the aero sits on my cheekbones either it’s a very fine adjustment to get the Aero right as far as comfort and honestly the G2 is way more comfortable. I’m searching for a thicker face mask pad but hard to find a company that makes them for the Aero. Still trying to get use to this Aero I can see the outline of the lenses and inset when I have it on so need to find the sweet spot. All in all it’s a pretty good product just not as comfortable as everyone said it was.

Since losing my Rift S to controller issues (that Meta weren't willing to replace...so Amazon had to just refund the whole thing) I've been missing VR for years and am hoping to get back in but it's such a tough call on which headset to go with! Quest 3 looks good as an all-rounder but as someone who isn't fussed about wireless/standalone and will mostly use it for PCVR, think this and the Index Base Stations/Controllers are the way to go for PCVR at the moment, even at ~£1400? As much as I'd prefer the Index 2 I have no idea how long we'll be waiting and the itch to get back into VR is too strong! Great videos, helping narrow down my choices a lot!

Hello Mark! 🙂

I use prescription inserts for all my headsets (past and present), I got my first ones in 2017 for the OG Vive and loved it. The only real downside is when troubleshooting VR stuff. Take the glasses off, put on the HMD, take off the HMD, put on the glasses and do some PC tweaking on the monitor, take glasses off, put on the HMD, repeat many times until the problem is resolved. This part is annoying, but when everything is working well and the visual clarity of having inserts is a game changer. My Sim Racing HMD is the Reverb G2v2, I love this HMD (Can't afford a Aero or Crystal), the clarity of this thing is amazing, I also use the G2 for room scale VR using my Valve knuckles (See OpenVR Space Calibrator) since the G2 controllers are pathetic at best.

How do you fix the chromatic abberation? Does it bother you? I just got my Varjo Aero since it became half price, and I already am thinking I will return it. Also does eye strain occur for you? After about 20 minutes I cannot stand the strain and my eyes force close; it make me feel very I'm sleepy, but after taking the headset off I'm back to feeling awake and normal after 30 minutes.

Don't use motion smoothing with DCS. With the new multi threading and dynamic foveated rendering I'm getting 90fps all settings maxed. Much much better than the motion smoothing experience.

Yeah buddy I have prescription lenses for all of my headsets and when I get the pimax crystal I will be getting prescription lenses also for the headset. Thanks buddy for the video. I will be waiting on your motion compensation video to come out I have everything just need the tutorial in setting it up. Thanks again bro

Just ordered my varjo aero, upgrading from a reverb g2, a bit nervous as to how much difference I will see in the graphics/clarity given the £2k cost. One question, Do I need to install openxr / openvr? Great videos, very informative 👍

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How can I play games? IL2 flight sim starts in virtual desktop. How can I get it to appear in the headset? Stand alone, not Steam.

the lag is what i got and now your right its gone I changed my RAM to 64 with 6000mz thinking that helped???

I don't mean this as an insult so please don't take it the wrong way, but my brain is screeching it at me and I have to type it. You look like the "store brand" Gabe Newell before he grew out his beard.

Pull up a chair. Story time 😊

I’ve been thinking of getting a new headset(have the quest 2). Would u say it’s still worth getting the varjo over like a pimax or should I wait for something new in the future thanks if u see this

Which GPU do you recommend as minimum for the Varjo Aero?

Or eye laser operation;)

I have a Pimax Crystal about to be shipped, have you ordered one? It sounds like it blows the Aero out of the water!

It’s now $999

It is now less than $1000. Does that change your opinions?