If you're getting started on a budget, it's perfectly valid to start with the phone you have and a Google Cardboard. The high-end systems are significantly dif

If you're getting started on a budget, it's perfectly valid to start with the phone you have and a Google Cardboard. The high-end systems are significantly different, but there are a lot of UI concerns that you can still address with Google Cardboard. That said, a Vive plus a good enough PC should run you no more than $1750 today, and it will go down pretty quickly.