Its box is a cool sort of blue, conjuring warm feelings of afternoon skies and ice cream cloud wisps.
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The Vive is a young piece of hardware, and more to the point, the current software lineup feels like the Early Access version of a (potentially) much better experience. It’s predicated on the notion of everything coming together so perfectly as to fool your senses into believing you’re somewhere you’re not, someone you’re not. Problem is, emulating reality isn’t easy. I’m still knocked back when I enter a new place. Before I got my Vive, I figured I’d be over that after a few days, that the sheen would fade into the background of my experience. You have hands and feet! You are the character. It’s tough to describe, but the sense of “there”-ness is unparalleled. When it works, it’s the closest thing we’ve got to virtual reality as imagined in sci-fi books and movies. There’s a bit of a naturalistic, Wii-like feeling to some of its games, in that respect - especially the ones about golf and tennis.īut the Vive is much more versatile than the Wii, mostly because it puts you within the game you’re motion-controlling. That’s the key differentiator here: while the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR have so far been largely focused on seated experiences, Vive is more focused on standing, walking, grabbing and bopping. Once you’ve got the Vive headset, room sensors and remote-shaped controllers synced and working, you can walk through a virtual space with your own legs and grab things with your own “hands”.
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I tested the Vive on a PC with a GeForce GTX 980 graphics card, an Intel i7 processor clocked at 2.9 GHz and 32GB of RAM. And of course, the Vive’s $1192 price tag doesn’t include the powerful gaming PC required to operate it - a pre-made system that meets the Vive’s specs will easily cost you over $1300. PlayStation VR will come in a $549 bundle when it launches later this year. For comparison’s sake, the Oculus Rift is $US649 ($860), though it will get touch controllers later this year that will probably bring it a lot closer to the Vive in terms of price and functionality. It comes with a price to match: $US899 ($1192). Valve and HTC’s Vive is the most immediately impressive (and imposing) VR headset on the market.
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