Bigscreen Beyond 2 now starts at $959, down from $1,019. The eye-tracking Beyond 2e moves from $1,219 to $1,159. The company posted the change on its store blog on August 31, 2026; trade coverage followed on September 2.
Read the arithmetic carefully. Per VR.org, the headset body line item did not move. What changed is the default facial interface in the box. The standard configuration now ships with the Universal-Fit Cushion (soft or firm silicone light seal, listed at $60) instead of the scan-based Custom-Fit Cushion (listed at $120). That $60 gap is the full distance between $1,019 and $959. Custom-Fit remains an upgrade; owners who already have one can buy Universal-Fit separately.
Bigscreen’s own post frames the swap as a sharing and B2B move. A cushion molded to one face is a poor default for a headset you pass around a couch or a demo bay. Removing the iPhone face scan from the checkout path is the real product change for anyone who never wanted a custom seal in the first place.
Halo Mount production is moving again
The same update is the first clean Halo Mount news since midsummer. After a small summer batch, production paused when a plastic “sledge link” risked breaking on an estimated 2–5% of units. Bigscreen remade that part in injection-molded metal. Production has resumed. The company expects the largest Halo Mount volume to ship in October, the preorder backlog cleared in November, and inventory shipping in 1–2 business days after that. Road to VR and Bigscreen both put the accessory at $180 with a Universal-Fit Cushion included.
Shipping is the catch this week
Inventory is thin. Bigscreen cites high demand and a delayed freight shipment: some orders still leave the same day, most take about two weeks, and checkout quotes the real estimate. The company says it expects to return to 1–2 business day shipping by September 14.
The hardware pitch is unchanged and still extreme for PC VR: 107 grams, 116° diagonal FOV, 2,560 × 2,560 per eye, SteamVR tracking, base stations and controllers not included. $959 buys the headset, soft strap, five-meter fiber cable, and link box—not a wall full of base stations, and probably not overnight delivery while freight catches up.
Sources: Bigscreen store blog, Road to VR, VR.org.