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Rift vs Vive pros and cons.

Rift

Pros

  • Costs less
  • Integrated Audio
  • Gamepad included
  • (Possibly) more comfortable?
  • (Possibly) more athestically pleasing?
  • (Possibly) better lenses?

Cons

  • Does not come with motion controllers
  • Does not officially support roomscale at launch
  • Oculus Store/not OpenVR
  • (Possibly) more expensive than Vive with Touch + Shipping
  • Requires 3 USB 3.0 ports
  • (Possibly) Worse roomscale/positional tracking
  • No audio jack for user headphones

Vive

Pros

  • Comes with motion controllers
  • Tried and tested roomscale tracking
  • OpenVR
  • Camera and Chaperone System
  • (Possibly) Higher FOV
  • (Possibly) less expensive than Rift + Touch
  • Only requires one USB 2.0 slot
  • Audio Jack for User Headphones

Cons

  • Costs more upfront
  • No integrated headphones (although possibly earbuds included?)
  • No gamepad included
  • (Possibly) Less comfortable
  • (Possibly) Less aesthetically pleasing
  • (Possibly) Worse lenses

Both

  • Around the same amount of games available at launch
  • Similar screens
  • Same recommended specs (possibly better AMD support with Vive?)
  • Similar shipping/release dates

If I missed anything please comment and I will edit it!

Posted Feb 21, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC · edited

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