Which one should I buy?
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I struggled with this for a bit.
I ended up going with Oculus Rift.
The dpi of the screens are equal on both so it came down to software and comfort. I was able to try both on and also read reviews and the Rift does win in form and comfort. (PS VR is the big winner there) Oculus had a little over a year head start on development while HTC and Steam played catch up and it shows in the form factor.
The Vive does ship with the move controllers so you get a instant complete experience. Room scale is where VR really shines, but I felt they were also a little large and rough around the edges. The Oculus Touch ships in December and is a clearly more refined and ergonomic experience having spent another year to get them just right. I have pre-ordered them.
I think there is an extra layer of polish on the Rift just due to the longer development time they've had.
Both devices are good for first gen VR. I feel the Rift has a slight edge due to polished software, design and comfort.
NOTE : NEITHER headset provide a crystal clear high def experience. I feel that a lot of people have high expectations that these replace a good 1440 monitor. These are the SD tv of resolution. VR at the moment is about immersion and scale. Where things really shine are games that use a more sylistic cell-shaded graphics. The hyper realism gets muddy as there aren't the pixels to build the immages at distance. Up close though things get photo realistic. Resolution in VR is a strange concept because distance of objects becomes a true variable since there is not really a fixed plane like a screen you are sitting in front of.
I ended up going with Oculus Rift.
The dpi of the screens are equal on both so it came down to software and comfort. I was able to try both on and also read reviews and the Rift does win in form and comfort. (PS VR is the big winner there) Oculus had a little over a year head start on development while HTC and Steam played catch up and it shows in the form factor.
The Vive does ship with the move controllers so you get a instant complete experience. Room scale is where VR really shines, but I felt they were also a little large and rough around the edges. The Oculus Touch ships in December and is a clearly more refined and ergonomic experience having spent another year to get them just right. I have pre-ordered them.
I think there is an extra layer of polish on the Rift just due to the longer development time they've had.
Both devices are good for first gen VR. I feel the Rift has a slight edge due to polished software, design and comfort.
NOTE : NEITHER headset provide a crystal clear high def experience. I feel that a lot of people have high expectations that these replace a good 1440 monitor. These are the SD tv of resolution. VR at the moment is about immersion and scale. Where things really shine are games that use a more sylistic cell-shaded graphics. The hyper realism gets muddy as there aren't the pixels to build the immages at distance. Up close though things get photo realistic. Resolution in VR is a strange concept because distance of objects becomes a true variable since there is not really a fixed plane like a screen you are sitting in front of.
True, I considered that too. But VR is for entertainment, what TV was for radio. It's a whole new experience. Watching people for the first time is awesome. Having a party of people playing Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is something that's never been done.
I've never been an early adopter of tech, but I really believe in VR as the future.
I'm using a 980 to run it. I don't think you actually need more than that to drive the current screen resolutions. Higher settings don't magically create more pixels. It's hardware limited.
The next gen will be exciting. Resolution should go up, cost come down and untethered. This is when we'll have to be thinking about new 10 or even 20 series cards to go with them.
It's crazy to think that the Oculus Rift is my daughters equivalent of the Atari 2600 to me.