Has anyone here tried HTC Vive? If so what do you think?

[flex4life]

Seems like it is a force and VR gaming is here to stay. People are having a hard time putting this thing down.

 

[Striderxdj]

My best friend ordered one, but he lives across the country so I haven't had a chance to try it and not sure he actual got his yet.

 

[Joseph Budden]

Ha, I was actually thinking about making a VR thread when I was reading reviews for this today.

Vive and Rift both got amazing reviews, which is awesome to see. I won't be buying a Vive, but I NEED to find a store where I can try this shit.

 

[dAfTiE]

Still haven't gotten mine. ARGH

Ha, I was actually thinking about making a VR thread when I was reading reviews for this today.

Vive and Rift both got amazing reviews, which is awesome to see. I won't be buying a Vive, but I NEED to find a store where I can try this shit.

Keep an eye on the Vive subreddit, if they start rolling out demo units in stores it'll likely get posted there. I know Currys in the UK had some up for much of march, but no idea about US locations.

 

[fdswer]

I wanted to get the Vive but the wife made it clear that it would not be a smart move.

 

[PEB]

General opinion have not tried the Vive yet but if you find it hard to part with 800 bucks I would wait. I have tried VR and currently you really have to really want to be an early adapter type. The games and experiences are fun but short from what I hear. I would likely wait till there are a number of new major games out. The other problem is still get some motion sickness after extended playtime. If you really want it right now Vive seems to be the better option with controls.

 

[cmw43]

I had the Oculus Rift DK2 and it was cool but there wasn't much decent content and my laptop at the time struggled to run it.

Now I've got a decent gaming pc but I'm still waiting on the content.

There's a PC World a couple of miles away that's got a Vive demo setup so I'm gonna go check that out on Sunday and see if I want to jump on board.

 

[GhostZ06]

there was some for sale here in Frys

 

[HairdewX]

An issue with the Vive that people seem to overlook is that many games made for it require a semi-large gaming space that is clear of furniture and other crap. I don't want to dedicate almost an entire bedroom just for VR... at least not at this point...

Not putting it in my living room either...

 

[flex4life]

I have alot of space for the Vive. I just don't want to buy one and have them release a 4k version 6 months from now.

 

[cmw43]

I just tried out the Vive at PC World.

Played Job Simulator, Space Pirate Trainer and Tilt Brush.

It's a great concept and the tech works great but all these games feel like Wii style games you'd play for fifteen minutes then get bored..

I won't be getting one until there's some real must buy immersive games you can put some time into.

 

[dAfTiE]

I have alot of space for the Vive. I just don't want to buy one and have them release a 4k version 6 months from now.

Chances are if they did you wouldn't be able to actually get a machine together capable of running it. At least not with the current techniques. Eye tracking and foveated rendering shit would help, but still, 4k at 90fps is a hell of a lot of power. Even more so considering current implementations don't work well with sli/xfire.

 

[cmw43]

Chances are if they did you wouldn't be able to actually get a machine together capable of running it. At least not with the current techniques. Eye tracking and foveated rendering shit would help, but still, 4k at 90fps is a hell of a lot of power. Even more so considering current implementations don't work well with sli/xfire.

The markets going to be small enough with the GTX970 being the minimum spec, 4K VR just isn't a realistic prospect ATM.

 

[dAfTiE]

The markets going to be small enough with the GTX970 being the minimum spec, 4K VR just isn't a realistic prospect ATM.

Yeah. And of all the issues with the tech, the screen door effect is probably the one I notice the least. Bit higher resolution to enable higher FOV would be nice, but 4k would be overkill.

 

[cmw43]

Yeah. And of all the issues with the tech, the screen door effect is probably the one I notice the least. Bit higher resolution to enable higher FOV would be nice, but 4k would be overkill.

Which VR headsets you tried so far?

 

[dAfTiE]

Which VR headsets you tried so far?

Just the two Rift dev kits.

 

[cmw43]

Just the two Rift dev kits.

I tried DK1 for ten minutes at Glastonbury 2014, that sold me on VR.

Then I bought a DK2 around Autumn 2014 and sold it early 2015 and finally tried the Vive today.

It was really cool having the controller wands but I'm not too bothered about walking around.

 

[flex4life]

Honestly non VR video games don't excite me anymore. I need the Vive immersion. Gotta wait Geoforce Pascal first though.

 

[flex4life]

 

[dAfTiE]

I owned 5 laptops and two tablets when I spent $1500 on the surface pro 4 because I wanted to fuck around with the pen. My friends and family are way beyond giving me shit for spending a k on VR.