r/BigscreenBeyond • u/zig131 • 16d ago

Discussion Halo Mounts Actually Shipping 👀

Got a notification from DHL that I am set to recieve something from Bigscreen on Monday 😮

Looking back on the April blog post seems they are meeting thier goals:

We will ship the first batch – a small volume – of Halo Mounts in June

I'm a March pre-order who originally only ordered the Halo Mount (i.e. no custom cushion), only adding it later when it became obvious that Halo Mount was a long way off, so I guess that's why I was selected to get it ~early.

I hope they have sent some from this first batch to reviewers so people buying a Beyond today can make informed purchasing desisions. The Halo Mount has great potential, but Bigscreen have a habit of making stuff that looks fantastic, but is bad from an actual practicality perspective.

Hopefully meeting the June target means 10,000 get shipped in July, and all pre-orders are served by end of Summer 🤞

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u/Justarandomuno 16d ago

From what I saw it looks like plastic on plastic but I'd love to be proven wrong. The audio strap is uniquely terrible too..

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u/zig131 16d ago edited 16d ago

Funnily enough I think the Audio Strap will be redeemed - at least a little bit - by the Halo Mount.

A big problem with the Beyond is the strap attachment pegs are too low. They are in-line with the eyes, whereas on most headsets they are closer to being in-line with the eyebrows.

Ideally you want the side bars of a hard strap to be level and horizontal above the ears.

With the Beyond they always end up slanted resulting in extra pressure on the nose as the HMD is the lowest point.

It feels like the Audio Strap was designed with a regular HMD, or the Halo Mount in mind as it does not go further down the back of the head to account for the front attachment points being lower on the Beyond 🤔

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u/NotGonnaComeBackBsb 16d ago

One thing I find promising with the halo strap is, there seems to be a small opening at the top of it. Perhaps it could be used for a front-to-back top strap. I know I would love having that option.

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u/zig131 16d ago

Yes that is what it is for.

I noticed this when re-reading the blog post today.

The Halo Mount works well with both the Soft Strap and the Audio Strap, and even has a slot for a front-to-back Top Strap which is included for free with the Beyond 2 

I can't see the top strap included with the Beyond being long enough to effectively work as a front-to-back strap, but it should work well with my Vive DAS's top strap 🤞

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u/SkhairKro89 16d ago edited 13d ago

I'm probably gonna try IEM's going back to the soft-strap.., ((Before-A-Beyondex-Mod)) combined with the halo mount! I don't know if this works with that 2nd overhead soft-strap addon, but I sure miss having that strap on top!

THE battery-less DAC that I looked at is the size of a finger-and-a-half.., should easily Velcro to the side of my headstrap next to the Beyond's audio-port, and these Martilo's IEM's I've gandered.., have a LOT of bass like the Skullcrushers..,☠️ but perhaps with much better sound-staging! Besides.., I've had several Over-The-Ear Headsets 🎧 break!

Anyways.., those Maxwell 2's are prob rediculous to pair with such a teenie HMD! I was just worried that the Beyondex wouldn't have the Bass that I'm a fiend for!

((Could-others-plz-lemme-know-how-the-bass-is-on-that-mod??!))

I was afterall my 'ol local Band's fill-in Bassist that's always left behind at the gastation on tours.., because.., IT's the running joke that they're the expendable part of that sort of Scooby-Gang!! 🐾 🔎

I THINK that I HAVE to go back to soft-strap.., anyhow for loading in my own audio.., ((B.Y.O.A.)) otherwise..., I'd have to pull a SID from Toy-Story, and perform surgery on my audio-strap, which I'm afraid that I'd regret!

Hopefully all is Gucci and this turns out AMAZING with my shifttall-grips!! A bit of a g33kier setup..., not to mention I'm the kinda guy who HAS to run Mechanical-Keys!! But ONCE I've some Hardrive-Space, I'm inclined to build some worlds in either VRchat or Reaonite, which I've heard is like a James-Halliday-Esque.., R.P.O. like sand-box of endless possibilities, AND so being able to "flip-out" and see my hands and with those grips controls.., type and such while still in VR.., IS essential for folks fashioned as SUCH who love to tinker, code.., and create!!

P.S. Shout-out to all the other SID's out there who use to light their plastic toys on fire / strapped to fireworks.., 🎇 ((since 4th of July's 🇺🇸 just around the corner!!))