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The vive is a device engineered by HTC. The Steam Sight headset was the device valve developed in their office. They are different headsets, and most people ha

The vive is a device engineered by HTC. The Steam Sight headset was the device valve developed in their office. They are different headsets, and most people have never seen a steam sight headset. The vive was developed in a hurry once valve realized Oculus' betrayal and the very real chance that the VR renaissance would be primarily owned by facebook and oculus' closed garden.

ineedasername 5y ago
Unfortunately FB is gaining the market at the low end already. While not as high quality, you can even plug your Quest into a PC (assuming the PC is powerful enough to run VR) and run PC VR games. And with video cards so expensive, the only way VR is going mainstream any time soon is with lower end less expensive setups. Vive is about to release the Flow, which looks interesting, but from their product page I don't fully understand the niche it's looking to fill.
- LegitShady 5y ago
  The flow is an ultra portable (think ultra light HMD that uses glasses arms to support itself on your head), phone controlled (Accelerometer and screen swiping) and phone driven (as in uses the phone video graphics) device which is a 3DOF headset primarily aimed at content consumption rather than games. Unfortunately at its price point, and lacking the controller and movement I'm use to with my headsets, it's a non starter for me. It's an interesting idea at half its price, maybe. Facebook gaining control of mass VR is basically why I feel pretty bearish about VR in general. If there's any company that can turn it into an anti consumer ad driven experience that experiments on you, its facebook. Hopefully valve continues to put out competing hardware even if its niche for people willing to pay for a premium experience. The main issue right now is, as you say video card availability and prices.

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The vive is a device engineered by HTC. The Steam Sight headset was the device valve developed in their office. They are different headsets, and most people ha

by LegitShady 5y ago

ineedasername 5y ago
Unfortunately FB is gaining the market at the low end already. While not as high quality, you can even plug your Quest into a PC (assuming the PC is powerful enough to run VR) and run PC VR games. And with video cards so expensive, the only way VR is going mainstream any time soon is with lower end less expensive setups. Vive is about to release the Flow, which looks interesting, but from their product page I don't fully understand the niche it's looking to fill.
- LegitShady 5y ago
  The flow is an ultra portable (think ultra light HMD that uses glasses arms to support itself on your head), phone controlled (Accelerometer and screen swiping) and phone driven (as in uses the phone video graphics) device which is a 3DOF headset primarily aimed at content consumption rather than games. Unfortunately at its price point, and lacking the controller and movement I'm use to with my headsets, it's a non starter for me. It's an interesting idea at half its price, maybe. Facebook gaining control of mass VR is basically why I feel pretty bearish about VR in general. If there's any company that can turn it into an anti consumer ad driven experience that experiments on you, its facebook. Hopefully valve continues to put out competing hardware even if its niche for people willing to pay for a premium experience. The main issue right now is, as you say video card availability and prices.