It's kind of strange that for all the time I've been using the Rift there doesn't seem to have been any improvement in the tech.
Pimax seems to have mixed reviews (as far as ED is concerned) and the Vive pro has it flaws too, with the lenses and the headphones.
All in am I right in thinking the Rift is still the best?
Hi Mate,
Nice to hear from you. As you know i have the rift and now have invested in the Vive pro, as Pimax would/could not commit to a delivery date. I have yet to receive the Lens mod as i bought mine from Florida US and would not pay the £37 expedited UPS delivery so opted for the snail mail delivery. It has tracking on it and i see it has had a tour of the state of Florida (Lucky Lens Parcel). Anyhows it arrived at LHR on Sat so expecting it this week. Out of the box the Vive pro is superior Visual's but quite a small sweet spot and involves a lot of head turning to get thing in focus.
For example if i look straight ahead in the Cockpit of Elite, the fuel level on the right and system info on the left are way out of focus, however look at them and they are crystal clear. I am told and am hoping that the Lens mod rectifys this dramatically. I will let you know later on this week after the lens mod arrives.
The Audio is a JOKE, no not a JOKE, that make me laugh. This Audio is a disgrace and quite frankly HTC VIVE should be ashamed of themselves. Honestly hold 2 empty baked bean tins on your ears and connect with string is a better quality than the out of the box audio. NO HELP from the VivePro forums, and HTC seems to brush this under the carpet!
HOWEVER!! A simple buy from Amazon (See my link up a bit on this thread.) A decent pair of in-ear/on ear phones, and 2 mins to remove the disgraceful pro phones and beautiful sounds now, much better even than the Rift, which had a Great sound.
The Pro offers no nose gap and is great for Imurshun, but if you use keyboard keys or other device keys to operate ship things in game, then you have to remove the rubber nose flaps to bring back the nose gap. This does not bother me as i do have other keys i use to play the game.
The RIFT: It has an overall hugly bigger sweet 'AREA' (Bigger than a spot), but sharpness is not its forty. Colours are not as good as the Pro and Blacks lack blackness after having a Pro on your swede! I do miss Oculus dash and the ability to bring up my desktop so i could see third party Apps and use them in game.
Comfiness....Pro wins hands down, but not saying the Rift is uncomfortable, far from it, but the Pro headset once the annoying phones have been removed is better and feels more snuggly on the face/head.
Is the Pro worth it? I'll answer that after the Lens mod as for me VISUALS is everything in a VR. The vibrancy of the colours, the deeper blacks of the pro are to behold, but out of the box, default pro i would say .......errrr let me answer that after the Mod. Foe £1100 i should not have to be modding it, both Visual and Sound, and HTC have to seriously look at them selves and honestly ask themselves can we do better on the Audio, and why are we still using a god awful Lenses, especially when it is proven that a far cheaper VR lens works better? Can we not look at the Lens and Change?
I suppose that will be the HTC Vive Pro 2 for £1500+?? who knows