Vive Ordered

Tom|Nbk

Tom|Nbk

Tom|Nbk

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Ordered a Vive today!!!

Had a Rift when they came out but sold to raise some funds for house purchase which is all done and dusted now (yes every penny counted at the time)

I did miss it when I sold so the time has come again and I've jumped on VR but this time the Vive!!

Can't wait to play Fallout / Doom VR

That is all, I'm excited it comes tomorrow...
 
I think you'll find it very similar.
And you get the free Fallout 4 (assuming you managed to get the deal)

Once you get those lighthouses setup it's all plain sailing.
 
kration said:
It would be interesting to hear how yu feel the Vive compares with the Rift.
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I have both here are my impressions.
1. Rift is a lot lighter than the vive which makes long play sessions more comfortable.
2. Rift has less screen door effect than vive approximately 50% less noticeable.
3. Rifts screen isn't as bright as the vives.
4. Rifts lenses have a distortion around the edges you get a fish eye effect vive doesn't.
5. Rifts fov is narrower the lenses are squarer where as the vive is more oval.
6. Rifts touch controllers are better than the vive wands, they are more ergonomic and the joysticks are a lot nicer to use than the wands trackpads.
7. Rifts 2 sensors mean front facing only, as soon as you turn around you get tracking drop outs, vive tracking is 360 with no blind spots.
8. Rifts asw is superior to vives asw we were able to run 1.5 SS and everything was still judder free on the vive 1.3 SS was the max before judder.

Conclusion. I was very impressed with the rift it's light, comfortable to wear, the touch controllers are excellent, asw does a cracking job of keeping everything judder free so even on a minimum spec machine it is more than playable. If I was buying a vr head set today then I would get the rift given as it's nearly half the price yet offers just as good an experience, it's just the rifts tracking when it comes to 360 degree movement that lets it down but as long as you use it in a face forward configuration it works fine.
Iam very tempting to buy a rift to use with all my driving/cockpit games the comfort factor alone makes it very appealing.
 
danoliver1 said:
I have both here are my impressions.
1. Rift is a lot lighter than the vive which makes long play sessions more comfortable.
2. Rift has less screen door effect than vive approximately 50% less noticeable.
3. Rifts screen isn't as bright as the vives.
4. Rifts lenses have a distortion around the edges you get a fish eye effect vive doesn't.
5. Rifts fov is narrower the lenses are squarer where as the vive is more oval.
6. Rifts touch controllers are better than the vive wands, they are more ergonomic and the joysticks are a lot nicer to use than the wands trackpads.
7. Rifts 2 sensors mean front facing only, as soon as you turn around you get tracking drop outs, vive tracking is 360 with no blind spots.
8. Rifts asw is superior to vives asw we were able to run 1.5 SS and everything was still judder free on the vive 1.3 SS was the max before judder.

Conclusion. I was very impressed with the rift it's light, comfortable to wear, the touch controllers are excellent, asw does a cracking job of keeping everything judder free so even on a minimum spec machine it is more than playable. If I was buying a vr head set today then I would get the rift given as it's nearly half the price yet offers just as good an experience, it's just the rifts tracking when it comes to 360 degree movement that lets it down but as long as you use it in a face forward configuration it works fine.
Iam very tempting to buy a rift to use with all my driving/cockpit games the comfort factor alone makes it very appealing.
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You should have tried the Rift sensors in diagonal corners. One thing that I found was the Vive felt a lot hotter to wear which I felt more as irritation on my eyes.
 
Wrinkly said:
You should have tried the Rift sensors in diagonal corners. One thing that I found was the Vive felt a lot hotter to wear which I felt more as irritation on my eyes.
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My room didn't allow me to do that plus I didn't have a usb extension cable, my dad has one facing and one behind and that seems to work well. I the vive seals to your face more where as the rift has the "nose hole" so maybe circulates air better?
 
hyperseven said:
Err, no you dont. I was quite happy with the rather good earbuds and stock strap for months.
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What? All he was saying was that if you don't get the deluxe audio strap than you need headphones, just in case he thinks it's like the Rift and has headphones built in.
 
hyperseven said:
I don't see how you could possibly glean that from:
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It's pretty simple really, the guy had a Rift and is moving to the Vive, So Wrinkly was just reminding him that he needs headphones or the deluxe audio strap. They aren't integrated into headset like the Rift.
 
melmac said:
It's pretty simple really, the guy had a Rift and is moving to the Vive, So Wrinkly was just reminding him that he needs headphones or the deluxe audio strap. They aren't integrated into headset like the Rift.
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This! It would be like getting a new toy for Christmas and then realising, no batteries.
 
melmac said:
It's pretty simple really, the guy had a Rift and is moving to the Vive, So Wrinkly was just reminding him that he needs headphones or the deluxe audio strap. They aren't integrated into headset like the Rift.
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he doesn't need anything, will it not work fine without them? Do you think he is blindly buying the product and not done an ounce of research, get real.

Wrinkly said:
This! It would be like getting a new toy for Christmas and then realising, no batteries.
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but it's not :rolleyes:
 
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