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I also had a Vive and a Rift and also sold both after a few months. I just picked up a Rift S yesterday and started playing with it. When I had the Vive I was
by fossuser 7y ago
I also had a Vive and a Rift and also sold both after a few months.
I just picked up a Rift S yesterday and started playing with it.
When I had the Vive I was pretty disappointed in the Rift (no touch controllers at the time, leaked light through the nose, just generally worse).
The Rift S is a lot better. The tracking without base stations, the touch controls work well, and they've really nailed the little things with the experience (easier setup, better menus, better hardware, fewer cords etc.). The price is also pretty good at $399.
The much more expensive unreleased Vive with the new strapped on controllers looks interesting, but it's really nice not having to deal with putting up the room sensors. Also since the new Vive will be more than double the price it's not really a fair comparison anyway.
I'm pretty impressed with Oculus' progress.
- zlsa 7y agoBy "new Vive", you're referring to the Valve Index, correct? The Valve Index is designed and produced by Valve (creators of the Lighthouse tracking system used by the HTC Vive and the Valve Index), not HTC (which produced the Vive and Vive Pro).
- fossuser 7y agoYeah that’s the one - I guess I thought they were both by valve and HTC was just a manufacturing partner for the first one.