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Wait for Valve's headset coming out later this year. Direct competitor to the Rift S, with higher resolution, 135 degree vision, and knuckles controllers that l

Wait for Valve's headset coming out later this year. Direct competitor to the Rift S, with higher resolution, 135 degree vision, and knuckles controllers that let you open and close your hand naturally. You'll be glad you did.

legitster 8y ago
At this point, I do not have much faith in Valve's ability to ship products. Anyone excited about VR likely shouldn't hold their breath.
- fossuser 8y ago
  I wanted to like the Rift given their more comfortable hardware, but the Vive was so much better (I had both briefly). - Full scale walk around the room support - Touch controls (at the time the oculus was still using xbox, though I've heard their new controllers are better) - Oculus headset intentionally leaks light through the nose - Vive had an external facing camera (not a huge feature, but nice to have) Has the oculus improved at all? This wasn't even considering the Vive Pro.
  - legitster 8y ago
    I went with the Rift because it was cheaper and (imho) way less ugly. - Rift room scale support is actually very good with extra trackers (a bit of a pain, but luckily extensions work well). - The Rift controllers are very, very good. Overall, I just liked the Rift as a polished product better. And they have had a great track record of improving the product and dumping money into quality content.
  - Ajedi32 8y ago
    The Rift S has all that out of the box. The OG Rift has also been able to do most of that since the Touch controllers released two years ago (full scale tracking with controllers that are arguably better than the Vive wands). You can also fix the light leakage problem (if you consider it a problem) by buying a third-party faceplate (the Widemo ones have a much smaller nose gap).
root_axis 8y ago
I have word from a personal source that Valve has no plans for a new headset in 2019, but they could be wrong. There has also been rumblings in the media about Valve firing a bunch of their hardware people. Do you have any sources with more details about this 2019 headset?
- veryworried 8y ago
  Only the word from my own personal source. But really, we are only getting closer to a new headset as time goes on. It is inevitable.
  - madeofpalk 8y ago
    I mean, we're also getting closer to the heat death of the universe, but I'm not making any plans about that.
    - viscanti 8y ago
      Well that's on you.
  - root_axis 8y ago
    Cool. Well I hope your source is right and mine is wrong since I'd love to see a successor to the Vive in 2019 but so far things aren't looking great.
- mikenew 8y ago
  Other than the leaked photos from last year I don't think there's been any new details. But they're clearly working on a headset; those photos are way too detailed and unique to be faked. Any sense of what might be going on? A reference design for other manufacturers maybe? Judging by the small iterations between the latest developer versions of the Knuckles controllers you'd have to expect those to be released fairly soon. Seems like putting out a headset along with the controllers would make sense. https://www.roadtovr.com/report-new-valve-vr-headset-appears-leaked-images/ https://www.roadtovr.com/report-new-valve-vr-headset-appears...
- 8y ago

legitster 8y ago

At this point, I do not have much faith in Valve's ability to ship products. Anyone excited about VR likely shouldn't hold their breath.

fossuser 8y ago
I wanted to like the Rift given their more comfortable hardware, but the Vive was so much better (I had both briefly). - Full scale walk around the room support - Touch controls (at the time the oculus was still using xbox, though I've heard their new controllers are better) - Oculus headset intentionally leaks light through the nose - Vive had an external facing camera (not a huge feature, but nice to have) Has the oculus improved at all? This wasn't even considering the Vive Pro.
- legitster 8y ago
  I went with the Rift because it was cheaper and (imho) way less ugly. - Rift room scale support is actually very good with extra trackers (a bit of a pain, but luckily extensions work well). - The Rift controllers are very, very good. Overall, I just liked the Rift as a polished product better. And they have had a great track record of improving the product and dumping money into quality content.
- Ajedi32 8y ago
  The Rift S has all that out of the box. The OG Rift has also been able to do most of that since the Touch controllers released two years ago (full scale tracking with controllers that are arguably better than the Vive wands). You can also fix the light leakage problem (if you consider it a problem) by buying a third-party faceplate (the Widemo ones have a much smaller nose gap).

root_axis 8y ago

I have word from a personal source that Valve has no plans for a new headset in 2019, but they could be wrong. There has also been rumblings in the media about Valve firing a bunch of their hardware people. Do you have any sources with more details about this 2019 headset?

veryworried 8y ago
Only the word from my own personal source. But really, we are only getting closer to a new headset as time goes on. It is inevitable.
- madeofpalk 8y ago
  I mean, we're also getting closer to the heat death of the universe, but I'm not making any plans about that.
  - viscanti 8y ago
    Well that's on you.
- root_axis 8y ago
  Cool. Well I hope your source is right and mine is wrong since I'd love to see a successor to the Vive in 2019 but so far things aren't looking great.
mikenew 8y ago
Other than the leaked photos from last year I don't think there's been any new details. But they're clearly working on a headset; those photos are way too detailed and unique to be faked. Any sense of what might be going on? A reference design for other manufacturers maybe? Judging by the small iterations between the latest developer versions of the Knuckles controllers you'd have to expect those to be released fairly soon. Seems like putting out a headset along with the controllers would make sense. https://www.roadtovr.com/report-new-valve-vr-headset-appears-leaked-images/ https://www.roadtovr.com/report-new-valve-vr-headset-appears...
8y ago