Honest review of the Beast from someone who loves Viture products so much that I have two other pairs
This might help someone contemplating the $500 upgrade. The tldr is that I regret the purchase and would be remiss if didn't warn others expecting a substantial upgrade.
I loved the Viture Pros so much that I purchased two pairs, one to keep in the office and one for the road. I recently purchased the beast, expecting it to be a reasonable upgrade after the new firmware release. Instead, I now find myself in endless cable nightmare trying to figure out why these glasses simply do not want to handshake with my 5070.
Starting with the display, Viture heavily advertises the "unprecedented visual clarity" of this massive 174-inch screen, but the reality is fairly disappointing. The lack of overall sharpness is noticeable when expanding the screen beyond regular size. While the dead-center of the image is acceptable, the edge clarity is just not there. Everything on the periphery turns into a fuzzy, distorted mess. You can't comfortably read text or look at the corners of the screen without straining your eyes. For a headset heavily marketed for its massive 58-degree field of view, having blurry edges ruins the immersion and usability.
The real downer, however, is the software and firmware and the sheer nightmare of trying to connect these to a desktop PC. I run a decent rig with an RTX 5070. You would expect a premium AR headset dubbed "The Beast" to interface seamlessly with modern, top-tier desktop GPUs, but it doesn't play nicely with 120hz/1200p settings. Even the wrong adapter cable will have it not turning on. Since modern desktop graphics cards lack native USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode, you are forced into a convoluted, expensive mess of third-party HDMI/DP-to-USB-C adapters just to get a basic video signal. Even when you finally get it connected, the software completely drops the ball. The built-in 3DoF anchor mode constantly drifts and requires frequent resetting, the SpaceWalker app is glitchy, and dealing with desktop compatibility is an exercise in pure frustration. You spend more time troubleshooting cables and software resets than actually using the glasses.
Viture seems to have rushed this launch, prioritizing flashy marketing over basic quality control and functional desktop support. If you are a PC power user looking to use these with a dedicated GPU, I would recommend against it until Viture gets both the hardware, and the software supporting it, in a stable and generally working state across more configurations.