VR Eddie · About · Volume 10

10 years of headset testing, in print

I have spent 10 years reading 100+ opinions per headset before I publish a sentence. This is the public ledger — every year I have covered, every headset in the catalog, every source I read to write what you see. I would rather show my work than tell you to trust me.

The decade I covered

1. 2016

   I started writing about consumer VR — Rift CV1 + Vive shipped.

   Anchor: HTC Vive + Oculus Rift CV1

2. 2017

   I tested the Windows Mixed Reality partner headsets against the OG Vive.

   Anchor: Samsung Odyssey + HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset

3. 2018

   I covered Oculus Go and the start of standalone VR.

   Anchor: Oculus Go (3DoF)

4. 2019

   Quest 1 shipped — I called it the inflection point.

   Anchor: Oculus Quest 1

5. 2020

   COVID made VR a household word. I cooled the hype.

   Anchor: Quest 2 + Half-Life: Alyx

6. 2021

   Quest 2 became the de-facto answer to almost every question.

   Anchor: Quest 2 ($299)

7. 2022

   Quest Pro shipped + I previewed foveated render against PSVR2 dev kits.

   Anchor: Quest Pro + PSVR2 announcement

8. 2023

   PSVR2 launched, Apple Vision Pro announced — I called the price problem early.

   Anchor: PSVR2 launch + Vision Pro reveal at WWDC

9. 2024

   Mixed reality went mainstream. I retired Quest 2 as the top pick.

   Anchor: Quest 3 + Vision Pro launch

10. 2025

    I rebuilt the site from scratch with AI agents reading sources.

    Anchor: Site v2 + Eddie Score

11. 2026

    I am shipping Eddie Studio and the brand refresh you are reading.

    Anchor: Studio + AAA brand refresh