I Have an Oculus DK2, pretty good, Doesn't have controllers though, it really does portray depth and works really well. I'd say the Oculus Rift is worth it if you aren't after all the stuff you can do with tracked motion controllers, and it's positional tracking is a bit more basic than the Vive's, at least the DK2 is, I Can't vouch for the full release version of it. I Ordered a Vive and am currently waiting for it to arrive, I Can give you my personal experience from it when I Get it if you want. They say it should arrive sometime in the next 20 days.

I'm also curious to know the opinion of both devices! I was just looking at it the other day. Sadly, I just don't think I have a machine that can run it right now =( But still good to know.

You don't think you do? I Believe the recommended GPU for the Vive (or the min, one of the two, not sure) is a Geforce GTX 970

I did the test for the Rift. My graphics card is right on the "low end" side of things, but my GPU fails completely. =(

the GPU is a part of your graphics card though. If I Had to hazard a guess, it sounds like its doing the same thing the vive test is doing, and testing the motherboards GPU instead of the graphics cards GPU. What graphics card do you have by the way?

I've had a DK2 since release, I still enjoy the hell out of it to this day. I've had the chance to test the Vive first-hand with previous experience into consideration. They are all great headsets, so no matter which you choose, you'll have a great time. That said, the Vive is the only headset with a 'complete package' so to speak. There are plenty of games out right now that do not use motion controllers, but only require a headset. The other side is also true, with plenty of games out that require motion controllers (You can get a third-party pair, like the Razer Hydra, but not worth the money, IMO. Better off waiting for the Oculus Touch if you go the Oculus route, or go with a Vive).

Another big thing here, is there are a surprising number of people playing on hardware that is below the minimum requirements, and having no issue whatsoever. (Thanks to things like Asynchronous Timewarp (Oculus), and Reprojection (Vive) (Though Oculus' ATW tends to be more useful on lower-end hardware.)

On quality and other nuances. The CV1 objectively has the clearest image of the two big HMDs right now, but regardless, all HMDs are still subject to the Screen Door Effect, so it's all kind of relative. Though, honestly, while you are playing, you generally stop seeing it and just got lost in whatever world you are currently inhabiting. Vive, as I said earlier, is the only complete package at the moment when it comes to motion controllers. Both headsets can do room-scale tracking without issue though.

The Vive has a very slightly wider FOV, which I personally like more. There is one thing I do not like about the vive's motion controllers though, which is simply that the set of side-buttons around the middle of the controllers are very awkward to press, but that was just in my experience. Some people had told me you get used to the hand position required to use them comfortably.

In short, they are all fantastic.

That's really cool to see that it works fine on lower end hardware. I was told that if my hardware didn't meet the specs, it was gonna make me motion sick =( Either way, I still gotta wait until I get one, but, it's definitely on my list. I really want to play Valkyrie... which... btw... would you know if that's exclusive to the rift? You apparently can't even play it without a RIFT ID Code.

Yeah, ATW can be very, very useful. It basically can take a game playing at around 40 fps, and seamlessly make it smooth as if it was playing at 70+. As for Eve Valkyrie, I haven't played it myself yet (Busy playing other things), but as far as I know it is playable using a third-party program with the Vive, called ReVive.

While I have never used the vive I do own the CV1.
I can say that. there is a certain security for me that comes from knowing that its systems have been tested over and over again on many hundreds of different pc rigs and god only knows how many different situations by people all over the world for the last 4 years.

No matter how well Sony and HTC and other future producers market their own devices, non of them can make that claim. The rift has been tested in the real world by everyone from students to gamers to devs to game studios to Universities and schools.

Plus when i wear it, my Facebook Rift feels so light, deceptively so, one of the main reasons I have such faith in it despite the poor starting release is that I know that a huge amount of devolvement has gone just into making the technology more and more compact and light.


Another important thing is that people are developing Games for it right now and have been for more than 2 years simply because the soft and hardware has been gotten to developers early.

Ok, so, went on a bit of a ramble there.

Saying all this. I would jump at the chance to own a vive If I had room for one, and as long as I could use leap motion or the Facebook Rifts own motion controllers when they come out. I have seen many people using the Vives, and its is very easy to bash them on things simply because they stick out so far. While Oculus Touch controllers have a thick hard band that goes around the knuckles that protects the hand and acts as a robust base for the tracking points.




I know this post makes me seem like a Rift fanboy. I don't want to come across as that, I have had and still have grave misgivings about how they are handling themselves. And, I did go ahead and bid for my Rift on Ebay simply because the item had already been used and tested for thirty minutes to make sure there was no faults. Something that has been an issue when buying direct from Oculus.


Simply put, welcome! to the world of tomorrow!....today, no matter which you prefer I am sure you will enjoy them both.

Ps, using steam VR with the Rift is super easy and reliable. has been for me at least.

I've only had experience with the Oculus Rift Dev Kit. It was fun, definitely, but it was more of a novelty that a practical way to get immersed in gaming. After about 2 weeks I ended up selling it. As someone who wears glasses I personally didn't find it that comfortable.

I'm highly interested in the Vive given the combination with the controllers, but at the same time, the lack of any real movement would personally get in the way of immersion -- a lot of the games built for the vive tend to use 'teleporting' to move to different areas.. It's for that reason I'm not really going to invest in one. It's a novelty at the moment and all games developed for it make full use of the novelty aspect. I'd be interested in it if more meaningful games were developed for it but again, I can't see it happening given the lack of immersive movement options.


That saiiiiiiiiid, there's also another tech.. the Virtuix Omni which covers the movement aspect of VR REALLY nicely. This + Vive would be jaw dropping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM8dz-HbqyM

In the video, it seems like it's an Oculus Rift being used. If it was a vive with the vive controllers... -drools-

To me, the best thing about VR is getting immersed. The problem I have with the Vive and OR is the control methods would really break the immersion. Vive + Omni would cover that...

That said.. it'd be an expensive set up. The Vive itself in the UK is like $1,200. I can't see many people getting it so I can't see there being enough demand for games to support it..

That's my ramblings. xD

Sadly with the Omni is that they don't have a harness in my size. Looks like I will have to loose some weight before I can think of getting that.