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I am definitely holding out for HTC Vive, just on principle. It became much easier a decision when I checked out their amazing demo. I'm pretty sure Oculus wi
by joeevans1000 10y ago
I am definitely holding out for HTC Vive, just on principle. It became much easier a decision when I checked out their amazing demo. I'm pretty sure Oculus will fall far behind in the race after an initial and short lived period of appearing to win the VR race. Facebook isn't a VR company. No VR product will do well with something like Facebook trying to contort and leverage it to a completely different purpose.
- vertis 10y agoThe Vive is crazy amazing. We've been working with the Dev version and the Pre for months now, and I have nothing but good things to say about it.
- onewaystreet 10y agoWhat's the purpose of a "VR company" supposed to be? It's social apps, not games, that will propel VR into the mainstream. And that's Facebook's specialty.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoRight, because people will spend hundreds of dollars on specialty hardware to do "social apps"
- onewaystreet 10y agoThe most popular apps for the iPhone are social (three of which are owned by Facebook).
- emp_zealoth 10y agoHow are they going to benefit from VR headsets? (Remember, not only you need rather expensive headset itself, but the computing power too!)
- api 10y agoWhat? You don't want advertising "dark patterns" piped directly into your cerebral cortex by way of a completely immersive interface?
- fossuser 10y agoMy initial experience setting up the Vive as been disappointing. - The software crashed several times - There was no audio and then randomly there was audio (without me changing things) - I had to go buy two giant six foot tripods for the motion sensors - There are several large wires coming off the headset which plug into a box which plugs into the PC - The HDMI cable is extremely short (and a longer one can cause issues). - The Steam GPU test said my GTX480 could run it at high quality (which surprised me, but it ran the test fine) - The display never turned on (just remained black) while it was tracking correctly on screen - The first few attempts it didn't even show up on screen, just kept crashing. I troubleshooted the thing for two days and gave up assuming I need to buy a better PC (I'm assuming their test is busted). I think Oculus and Palmer Luckey/Carmack have put a lot more effort into shipping a product that actually works. I'm more willing to hack something to work than most people and this was still a pain/mess of wires.
- mixedCase 10y agoVive's software will get better. Corporatocracy only gets solved via bankrupcy.
- Alphasite_ 10y agoI think the test may have bugged out. The minimum recommended spec is significantly higher than what you have.
- sixQuarks 10y agoI just got the Rift today, have had the Vive for a couple of weeks. Both have their pros and cons, but in all honestly, the Rift is way more polished and comfortable to wear. Once they get the hand controllers, it will definitely be better than the Vive. But it's still early days, I have a feeling the 2nd generation Vive will outdo the Rift.
- pfranz 10y agoReally? When giving demos myself and others seem to be able to get the Vive off and on more easily, the Oculus seems to leave marks on your face more often (because of the fit), and I find the light leaking from the nose area very distracting. I'm also concerned about the durability of the Oculus. Being cloth covered it seems to pick things up. I'm also worried that once the fabric gets a tare it'll all start coming off.