Specs:
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| Oculus Rift: | HTC Vive: | |
| Display: | OLED, 2160 x 1200, 90Hz | OLED, 2160 x 1200, 90Hz |
| Field of view: | 110° | 110° |
| Tracking area: | 11 x 11 feet | 15 x 15 feet |
| Built-in audio: | YES | Kinda |
| Built-in mic: | YES | YES |
| Controller: | Oculus Touch (coming soon), Xbox One controller, Mouse and keyboard | SteamVR controller, Mouse and keyboard |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, 360-degree positional tracking | Accelerometer, gyroscope, laser position sensor, front-facing camera |
| Connections: | HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 | HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0 |
| Requirements: | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater 8GB+ RAM | NVIDIA GTX 970 / Radeon R9 280 equivalent or greater Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater 4GB+ RAM |
| price: | $600 | $800 |
Pros & Cons:
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Oculus Rift Pros:
- It is more lightweight
- it is more comfortable
- it contains proper headphones
- it has a clean modern design
Oculus Rift Cons:
- it do not have a frontal camera wich makes it easy to bump in to things
- it do not come with the Oculus touch contoller in the packade (you will have to buy them separately when it get released)
HTC Vive Pros:
- it is fully roomscale suported
- it includes the Steam VR motion contollers in the package
- it do have a frontal camera
HTC Vive Cons:
- it has some weight to it wich can make it a but uncomfortable if you use it for a longer period of time
- it is really expensive
- It is more lightweight
- it is more comfortable
- it contains proper headphones
- it has a clean modern design
Oculus Rift Cons:
- it do not have a frontal camera wich makes it easy to bump in to things
- it do not come with the Oculus touch contoller in the packade (you will have to buy them separately when it get released)
HTC Vive Pros:
- it is fully roomscale suported
- it includes the Steam VR motion contollers in the package
- it do have a frontal camera
HTC Vive Cons:
- it has some weight to it wich can make it a but uncomfortable if you use it for a longer period of time
- it is really expensive
Comparison:
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Best roomscale experience: HTC Vive
Best Contolls: Tie (as for now we only have access to the Steam VR controllers so we do not really know how good the Oculus touch are so it has to be a tie for now)
Best audio: Oculus Rift
Best mic: Oculus Rift
Best Contolls: Tie (as for now we only have access to the Steam VR controllers so we do not really know how good the Oculus touch are so it has to be a tie for now)
Best audio: Oculus Rift
Best mic: Oculus Rift
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Audio: Oculus Rift contains built in headphones (removable) that is known to be really good. The HTC Vive do just have some normal earphones.
Microphone: Oculus Rift is known for having a really good microphone while the HTC Vive has a more standard microphone
Microphone: Oculus Rift is known for having a really good microphone while the HTC Vive has a more standard microphone
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