HTC reveals Vive Pro Pricing and reduces standard Vive pricing

[WYP]

Soo, this is how much a new high-end VR headsets costs...



Read more about HTC's Vive Pro pricing and Vive cost reduction.

 

[looz]

So still exclusive with even more prohibitive hardware requrements, especially with GPU supply issues.

And in pure PPI it isn't even that much of a leap. I reckon we need tech to make the center of the VR displays significantly sharper, while keeping peripheral vision at same or even at lower resolutions than now. Perhaps a sharp panel across the board with software scaling combined with eye tracking so the sharp area isn't limited.

After the initial "woah dude"-moment wears off VR is still bothersome and too low in resolution for racing games, which is probably the best suited genre. When you focus on the horizon as you should in a fast moving vehicle, there isn't much detail.

For the record what I've tried are Drive Club on PSVR and Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally on HTC Vive.

 

[AlienALX]

Sigh. So it's not about getting VR to more people but keeping it very expensive. Great business model, have a cookie etc.

 

[WYP]

Sigh. So it's not about getting VR to more people but keeping it very expensive. Great business model, have a cookie etc.

Well, they don't plan on taking the normal Vive off the market and have reduced its price. If anything VR is a little more accessible, even if the Oculus is cheaper.

This is a very PS4 Pro type move, there is now a higher-end option but the old/standard version is just as available as it was before.

 

[AlienALX]

Well, they don't plan on taking the normal Vive off the market and have reduced its price. If anything VR is a little more accessible, even if the Oculus is cheaper.

This is a very PS4 Pro type move, there is now a higher-end option but the old/standard version is just as available as it was before.

Reduced its price to £499. £199 too much, then. Plus of course now it is inferior and I would know that haha. Thing is if I didn't already know how much the resolution will improve the experience I wouldn't care..

Ah well, still sticking to my DK2 for now.