I mostly prefer its screen (but not its field of view), and I prefer its integrated headphones. (Obviously, neither device is anywhere close to matching the width your eyes can see.) The edges don’t intrude on the experience as much, and in this way the Vive is more like looking through a cardboard tube than a box. The Vive’s FOV shows a bit more area than the Rift’s-if you want to go down the FOV rabbit hole, this is a good place to start-but more importantly what it does show is mapped into a round area rather than a rectangle. In some games (particularly Elite: Dangerous), playing with the Rift feels and looks sort of like you’ve got a cardboard box attached to your face that restricts your vision. On the other hand, I prefer the Vive’s round field of view to the Rift’s rectangular one. I’ve fired virtual shotguns, shot virtual arrows, played virtual mini-golf, and punched the crap out of hours and hours of virtual music.įurther Reading The Ars VR headset showdown-Oculus Rift vs. I’ve done surgery on robots and worked as a short-order cook and collected space-Pokemons with an annoying robot who wouldn’t shut the hell up about what a great job I was doing. And I’ve been casting that net wide, jumping from VR game to VR game, trying over the past six weeks to eat as much as I can from this new buffet of experiences. If it exists for Oculus Rift or SteamVR, I can play it. There isn’t a PC VR-related thing I can’t have. That’s a hell of a lot of cheddar to drop in pursuit of gaming, but the results make me happy. If we’re including things like the peripherals I use when playing some VR games-like my Warthog HOTAS and Slaw Device pedals-then my grand total is hovering at $4,000 or so in VR-related expenses. In walking the long path to VR on the PC, I’ve built a new gaming computer from scratch, bought peripherals out the wazoo, and, of course, pre-ordered both an Oculus Rift and an HTC Vive so I wouldn't have to choose between the two. My name is Lee and I’m a hardware-a-holic. Further Reading Want high-end flight sim pedals? Put $500 in a Polish bank account and contact Slaw
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