[url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/3020701/hardware/htc-vive-vr-headset-preorders-open-february-29.html[/url]
[QUOTE]Pricing was not announced.
Even though pre-orders begin in late February, actual the Vive won’t actually ship until April. Oculus VR plans to start shipping the Rift on March 28.[/QUOTE]
Whatever it costs, I can't afford it right now. I'm guessing it'll be quite a blast to wallets everywhere
-90% Steam deal when
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;49508249]-90% Steam deal when[/QUOTE]
Probably never, unless they plan on hemorrhaging cash to try and secure its place in a market. If you sell software massively discounted occasionally all it costs you is server maintenance and bandwidth for downloads but this has actual manufacturing costs per unit.
There's no way they are going to launch it without a new Valve game, right?
Right?
And then somehow it's magically $300 less then the rift.
Wallets are shocked around the world.
[I]A man can dream.[/I]
[QUOTE=V12US;49508311]There's no way they are going to launch it without a new Valve game, right?
Right?[/QUOTE]
This was my thought as well. I'm not exactly expecting HL3, but I'm not going to buy a Vive to just play TF2 in VR.
They need a killer app.
[QUOTE=V12US;49508311]There's no way they are going to launch it without a new Valve game, right?
Right?[/QUOTE]
Valve is showing off a new game at the end of January.
[QUOTE=V12US;49508311]There's no way they are going to launch it without a new Valve game, right?
Right?[/QUOTE]
Its not entirely out of the realm, they've released a demo based around Portal:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4zr5Eq_F5g[/media]
[QUOTE=V12US;49508311]There's no way they are going to launch it without a new Valve game, right?
Right?[/QUOTE]
If there isn't HL3 taking advantage of the VR then I don't plan to invest in a VR system for quite a while
[QUOTE=srobins;49508378]Valve is showing off a new game at the end of January.[/QUOTE]
Source?
What I've been hearing and reading is that the Vive is better overall when compared to the Rift.
[QUOTE=eirexe;49508404]Source?[/QUOTE]
Source 2
[QUOTE=srobins;49508378]Valve is showing off a new game at the end of January.[/QUOTE]
Are they? I haven't heard anything about this, and I would assume the internet would be shitting themselves over it if it was happening.
[QUOTE=Aide;49508460]What I've been hearing and reading is that the Vive is better overall when compared to the Rift.[/QUOTE]
Yeah and after the Rifts price was too god damn high it's not looking hopeful for the Vive.
[QUOTE=Aide;49508460]What I've been hearing and reading is that the Vive is better overall when compared to the Rift.[/QUOTE]
That's based on old comparisons back when the Rift was expected to be a mass market product. Oculus noted the existence of other products fulfilling that role such as Razer's OSVR headset, and decided to use all their insane R&D money to make their first big release a high quality one, hence the rift costing 600$ instead of 300$.
The Vive's development kits are indeed better than Rift's second development kit, but the Rift's second kit was released quite a long time ago and is a far cry from their consumer release.
The Rift at current is far far lighter (and thusly more comfortable) than what we've seen from the Vive. Both headsets are also fully capable of room-scale experiences (walking around) if you buy the hand-tracking controller accessory later this year.
The Vive has a camera on it so that you can see obstructions when walking around if you get too close to them, but don't expect the Rift to not be similarly capable of at least showing you when you're getting too close to a user-defined wall of your playable area.
Both devices have high quality screens with very minor pro/cons between them.
I would be happy with the vive being $700 even. It was known it was going to be more then the Rift, which was suppose to be the cheap, but good VR headset, not this $600 bullshit.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49508399]If there isn't HL3 taking advantage of the VR then I don't plan to invest in a VR system for quite a while[/QUOTE]
Tbh this could be the next step everybody says half life 3 is gonna leap too, with all the "every half life game is a revolution and gaben wanna keep it that way" talk etc
[QUOTE=proch;49508617]Tbh this could be the next step everybody says half life 3 is gonna leap too, with all the "every half life game is a revolution and gaben wanna keep it that way" talk etc[/QUOTE]
If infact it is, my only concern with HL3 coming out with this is the hope that they don't break the HL3 experience for non VR users
Proof of that january thing:
[url]http://blog.htc.com/2015/12/remarkable-things-coming-soon/[/url]
[QUOTE]This journey will continue into the new year with a very exciting show at CES followed up by the Valve Content Showcase in Seattle.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49508644]If infact it is, my only concern with HL3 coming out with this is the hope that they don't break the HL3 experience for non VR users[/QUOTE]
I really doubt it
my first proof of this: They make unbelievable ports to basically very console and system that exists, even if they have been abandoned
[t]https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/half-life_2_xbox_cover_art.jpg[/t]
they actively make it [U]available[/U]. They've even gone so far as to bind the ps3 and PC version together. If they had their way, they would have every platform able to run their games together but, that's far too impractical.
They're pretty much FORCED, to decrease the pricetag over the Rift, but it may be so tiny it's not worth to mention. But I have to hope.
So hey, there might be a good reason to go HTC on this one
[quote]HTC CEO Cher Wang said HTC is going to refocus on virtual reality and move away from smartphones. It’s not clear if HTC plans to give up on phones altogether but the company has struggled to regain its position as a top Android smartphone maker. If VR turns out to be the next big thing for the PC industry as many critics believe, switching gears could be a big win for the Taiwan-based company.[/quote]
Their ENTIRE company is switching over to VR. If that isn't a bigass sign they want to do it right, then I don't know what is.
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;49508743]So hey, there might be a good reason to go HTC on this one
Their ENTIRE company is switching over to VR. If that isn't a bigass sign they want to do it right, then I don't know what is.[/QUOTE]
and oculus spending a fortune hiring an onslaught of famous development teams to develop their product isn't such a sign?
[QUOTE=Jelman;49508673]Proof of that january thing:
[url]http://blog.htc.com/2015/12/remarkable-things-coming-soon/[/url][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]This journey will continue into the new year with a very exciting show at CES followed up by the Valve Content Showcase in Seattle.[/QUOTE]
i can already hear the hype train rolling for thousands of extremely desperate half life fanboys
I figured the Rift would release before the Vive would even pop up, I think I might switch my pre-order over to the Vive as soon as it opens up
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49508399]If there isn't HL3 taking advantage of the VR then I don't plan to invest in a VR system for quite a while[/QUOTE]
[url=https://www.vg247.com/2015/09/24/half-life-3-wont-be-a-vr-game-says-valve-2/]Looks like you wont get a VR system then.[/url] The answer might have just been given so the entire interview wasn't about Half Life 3, but the answer is still there for the time being.
Well valve just has to make it for cheaper than occulus and they win
[QUOTE=Sableye;49509489]Well valve just has to make it for cheaper than occulus and they win[/QUOTE]
valve has the infinite steam warchest
if it can't be made cheaper, it will be subsidized for cheaper.
[QUOTE=Wii60;49509526]valve has the infinite steam warchest
if it can't be made cheaper, it will be subsidized for cheaper.[/QUOTE]
I don't think so because facebook's got 36 billion dollars and valve + htc only have about 5 billion all together.
My bets are on around 800-850$ for vive. Comparable to rift + touch and a little extra.
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