HTC Vive is the ideal VR headset for gameplay and virtual experiences. HTC has developed Vive in partnership with Valve.
HTC started taking pre-orders started in March 2016. The box contains the headset, two wireless controllers, the link box, two base stations, earbuds and a manual.
Manufacturer: HTC
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10 years ago
HTC Vive
I tested the HTC Vive Pre development hardware just last month, and now the final, consumer-ready version of the Vive is here. HTC's $799 virtual reality (VR) system is expensive, but it includes the works: a headset, motion controllers, and even external sensors for setting up a virtual room to...
Pros:
- Immersive experience
- Includes motion controllers and external sensors for whole-room VR
Cons:
- Expensive
- Tethered headset makes whole-room VR tricky
10 years ago
HTC Vive Review: The Cost of True VR Freedom
I took a walk through the future, and I want more. Instead of rooting you to a fixed point in your room and wrapping a 360-view around you, the $799 HTC Vive lets you stand up and explore it.
Pros:
- Room-tracking technology is eerily accurate
- Smooth graphics with little latency
- Touch controllers are easy to use and highly adaptable
- Large library of games
Cons:
- Requires a lot of space and electrical outlets to use
- No built-in audio
- SteamVR Interface can be difficult to navigate
10 years ago
HTC Vive Review
Take the blue pill. HTC's Vive weaves a VR fantasy you'll never want to leave.
Pros:
- Incredibly immersive
- Hardware works well
- Decent launch library
- Precise
- intuitive controls
- Easy to set up
Cons:
- Headset cord can get in the way
- Field of view isn't wide enough for full immersion
- Headset can get sweaty
10 years ago
HTC Vive review
HTC Vive provides the VR experience I've been dying to have at home. If you feel like splurging, have the space for Room Scale and are invested enough to drill holes into your walls, by all means, it's a truly immersive experience that you can't miss.
Pros:
- Incredibly immersive
- Room Scale VR
- Comfortable headset
- Superb tracking
- Front facing camera
Cons:
- Very expensive
- Need lots of room for Room Scale
- Set-up may involve holes in walls
- Slight stuttering
- Games aren't polished
10 years ago
HTC Vive review: Reach out and touch the virtual world
Video games have been one long journey towards realism. First, it was more realistic 2D graphics. Then realistic 3D graphics, from the earliest days of ray-tracing (think Atari's Star Wars arcade game) to the PS1/N64 to the incredible virtual environments artists assemble nowadays.
10 years ago
HTC Vive Review
Seeing and touching virtual worlds is an incredible VR experience.
Pros:
- Amazing VR
- Room scale
- Motion controllers
- Comfortable
Cons:
- Tracking issues
10 years ago
But it's also completely amazing. Along with its rival virtual reality (VR) headset - the Oculus Rift , which began shipping to customers last week - the $800 (roughly Rs. 53,000) Vive carries with it the promise of a new generation of gaming, as well as the promise of new frontiers in...
10 years ago
HTC Vive review
It asks more of you than Oculus does, but Vive also rewards you with an even more immersive, transformative VR experience
Pros:
- Room-scale is the best kind of VR
- Motion controllers make you feel even more immersed
- Steam support means it's easier to get games
Cons:
- Heavier
- less secure on your bonce than Oculus Rift
- Fiddly firmware and a mess of cables
- Currently lacking fully formed games
10 years ago
HTC Vive review
Valve and HTC have worked together to provide the most comprehensive virtual reality solution on the market today, capable of astonishing results that pave the way in revolutionising the way we play games.
10 years ago
HTC Vive review
Despite some drawbacks with its hardware, the HTC Vive is an avenue to incredible VR experiences.
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