Who is the Valve - Index for?
Top-of-category vr headset. Valve - Index sits in the rare 95.0 ≥ 88 tier — every weighted spec lands above the bar that defines the leaderboard.
Buy this if you want the best-in-class on raw spec strength. You'll trade premium pricing for a device that doesn't compromise on any of the criteria the Mars Score formula weighs.
Mars Score is computed from 10 measured specs against the transparent formula for the vr headsets category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲Refresh rate: 144 Hz.
- ▲Field of view: 130 °.
- ▼Inside-out tracking — not supported.
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Resolution per eye
- 1440x1600
- Refresh rate
- 144Hz
- Field of view
- 130°
- Standalone
- false
All specifications
Display
- Resolution per eye
- 1440x1600
- Refresh rate?
- 144 Hz
- Field of view
- 130 °
Tracking & Audio
- Inside-out tracking
- false
- Eye tracking
- false
- Face tracking
- false
- Color passthrough
- false
Compute
- Standalone
- false
- Battery
- 0 h
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