LGR - HTC Vive at PAX Prime 2015 

If you're curious as to what some of these demos looked like, here are links to several of them! *Underwater Ship:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MFKbL-GU-_U.html *Job Simulator/Cooking:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d4hUtoOS3TM.html *Final Approach/Air Traffic Control:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9euGWKvR0dE.html *Fantastic Contraption/3D Incredible Machine:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-14lkK6ckDXc.html *Tilt Brush Painting:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uFWw6hGIKmc.html *Portal/Aperture Science:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qXPEEhKWcCM.html

LGR 2015 "I saw the future, and it was awesome!"

Those controllers. WE NEED A STAR WARS VIRTUAL REALITY GAME WITH LIGHTSABERS PLS

Awesome video! You make listening to demos a lot better than anyone else i watch on RU-vid.

I was never satisfied with my DK2 because the borders between pixels, especially when you looked at more detailed stuff like text. The Oculus release candidate and the Vive will both be 1200p it will probably be way to low in the long run and probably from the start to. The StarVR from Starbreeze will be 1440p but i dont even think that will be enough.

Your enthusiasm is infectious. Whenever I get the chance to try/purchase one of the upcoming VR units I'll probably be the same when describing it to friends and family. Now all I have to do is seriously upgrade every component of my computer...

Not to be a suck up or imply that you're the King of Pessimism, but the fact that such a glowing review is coming from you... makes me really effing excited about this.

I missed the song from the old intro :D

This video seems to be built as a gift to me. Great job, Clint!

Holy shit. You brought back that funky cover to the intro. Nice one, man.

Thank you so much for sharing your views on this nifty device. I can't wait until it is out and available. I can tell that in the right hands that this can change a lot of things for the computer in general, not just for gaming.

Wow, wonderful video!! Sounds so exciting. You DID see the future man!

Awesome! I saw the demo, but didn't wanna wait in line. I did test the Vive in another section of PAX and it blew me away. I spent most of my time throwing an item up in the air and catching it on the way down.

You're great man, I love your channel, keep going with the awesome work!

Love hearing the old LGR song!

As amazing at this all sounds, and as much as I've always loved the idea of VR, the way you described it all makes me kinda legitimately scared if/when it really becomes easily available to the world. People like us who play a LOT of games will probably be spending so long in VR that I would imagine coming back to the real world will be a shock, and possibly have some pretty weird mental effects. Surely nothing that we can't deal with after 5 minutes of sitting down and adjusting, but now that VR is becoming a real thing, it's all just starting to sound like it'll be sooo weird. VERY cool, but weird.

Too bad arcades died. Those kinds of places would be the perfect platform for VR. If only this tech came out 20 years ago!

It seems like these sort of VR things (especially a room based one) might be better suited for an arcade setup at this point. Imagine if they had features for like smell or heat. You could have the smell of food and the feeling of heat from the kitchen or feel colder and smell moss when you walk in a cave.

freaks me out how mind blowing you found it man!! x-D but it sounded like the awesome experience

You know, something like this could bring back an arcade-like gaming experience. This kind of thing could easily overcome the issues of implementation in the home by having a more static setup at some venue in malls or whatever. Something like the old laser tag places. With an experience like the one you described here, it would easily keep people coming back.

The solution that immediately comes to mind is a VR apartment complex, sort of studio apartments with a VR room built in. The market wouldn't really be there until someone made a fantasy game for it, but once Blizzard makes a VR game, people would move in.

I don't know if I said it before, but I love your writing (and the reviews too, of course).

Great video as usual dude.

I missed to old into music so much, so glad its back

My favorite VR experience is still Elite Dangerous, using the Rift DK2 and a good flight stick. It truly feels like you're piloting a real spacecraft, which is awesome.

I think Michael Fisher (Pocketnow) said his HTC Vive experience brought tears to his eyes.

This video made me more excited than anything I've seen in since I don't know.

Yesterday, I dug in my garage and found my old crt monitor. It has been buried in there for years and it still works fine. Watched this video with it just now, just thought you'd appreciate that. About the VR stuff though, it does kinda seem like that's the future, in a way. I don't think it'd ever fully replace what we do now but I can see it becoming rather popular, when something is /that/ immersive.

Hi there, I've been fortunate to demo this unit recently too. all I can say is OMG! what an experience! I too have been overwhelmed by this device, I was very sceptical before but whilst I was connected I felt totally immersed in the experience. it also took me time to soak it all in. I now just cant wait for this to be released, I truly hope that this dose not turn out to be a fad that dies out. I've been blown away at how interactive a simple demo like blowing up a balloon can be. I found myself laughing at a virtual balloon as it floated away. even though I know it was just a simulation there still seemed to a sense of reality too it. Wow, just Wow!

7:06 Well, now the Valve Knuckles exist! And haptic gloves too!

I've tried the V2 Occulus Rift, my main issue with that is you can still see the gaps between the pixels and the endge of the screen, throwing you out of the immersion

Same experience here with the Vive! Besides the cord it's super immersive! I WANT A VIVE NOW! :D

I can't wait for that future.

Every time I consider buying this I have to remind myself it's a first-gen product. No doubt, this is the future, and it will VASTLY improve. Just think how much better mobile phones have gotten in the last 10 years. I think VR will improve just as much in not much time. So I'm (probably) saving my money for that.

I think it might hail the return of the gaming/internet cafe!

I have oculus rift dk2 and at the moment, it is clunky as hell to get it working but I managed to get it working with elite dangerous. The initial experience I had was being able to sense the scale of your space ship from cockpit. It is pretty much the definitive way to play space sim. The only problem I had with this was the text being blurry. I have been told that oculus rift dk2 have an ongoing issue with DX games text. I wonder if valve VR will be better.

This is awesome!

Gloves with haptic feedback would be absolutely insane with this.

Cool it like the vr shooter i played back in 99. It taking the "future" a long time to catch up it seems

Great impression I really liked it, and the Vive sure will be a damn good product butwhat many people seem to forget about is that the Oculus Rift CV1 will have room scale tracking capabilities as well and with Touch you will have your hands ingame as well, they just don't advertise it (yet) probably because they don't want to overpromise because there will supposedly be a lack of content in the first few month for these experiences and they don't want to disappoint the consumer and tell him what their product can do without there being real content for it besides the usual demos.

Have you ever tried the omni combined with the Oculus Clint? I wonder how it would compare, cause from my outside perspective it seems more practical for space requirements and not having to trip over the cord. And how many games could you really play that limit the game area to the 15 foot box, I guess it be just Valve exclusive releases. But I guess you could still use the headset in open environment games.

imagine an interactive body suit with in game haptic feedback :0 As for the room thing, I was thinking along the lines of the AR in the Hololens that can actively adapt to an environment through cameras. Surely that would help set an environment up

I can imagine themeparks having these, like a massive dungeon with sensors everywhere and then you can be an adventurer.

love that dolie on your chair.great elderly touch :)

Btw from all information so far the Oculus will have near identical specs as the HTC and similar room tracking area. HTC has been demoing with Valve walking experiences while Oculus has been demoing full games that are sit down experiences. HTC also pushes the "walking" aspect which confuses people into thinking you can't walk around with the Oculus. So I wouldn't rush a decision of device based on the demos shown.

I NEED TO PLAY THAT PORTAL DEMO!

As soon as the Vive is out, I am buying it. I don't care the cost. I have the space and am willing to part with much cash for this. We are at a turning point in how we experience media. Hurry up the future!

Please tell me there is a video of these demos for people to view, I got to see the Aperture Science one!

I look forward to the days when we can get VRCades for this type of tech in future.

been trying to get my hands on one for a VR investigation game i've been concepting, i was too late for the sign up's though :/

I plan to get the vive (steam fanboy) but I don't really want to walk around. I just want to be able to look around while in my current games. I just wonder how I'm going to see my keyboard since I doubt those controllers have enough buttons for my mmos.

I love your honest reviews, please never sell yourself to companies!

this was the most hardcore Star trek TNG borg cosplaying i ever seen! :-P

Ya, it's really impressive - tried out the same demo at gamescom. :) I haven't been so hyped since launch day of the Xbox 360 on a brand new HDTV.

I remember as a kid going to a trade show and seeing the early VR systems. The helmet was all bulky and you had to stand inside this odd circle device. Anyways, interesting to finally see this technology really starting to take off. I mean when did VR3D systems come out, like 20 years ago?

isn't that disk drive to your left a Teac dual floppy drive? We had that in our first Dell PC from way back in 1993. Needless to say, our first PC didn't even have a CD ROM drive let alone a dialup connection.

I'm most excited by Star Vr just by looking at specs it should be a winner

4:37 is the most therapeutic sound in the world I'm making it my ringtone...

My main issue is that it looks easy to trip over the cord. I guess if you had a room dedicated for the Vive, you may be able to run the cord on the ceiling.

Wait i'm a bit puzzled. Does the lighthouse system require a roomy/clear room for the VR to work (regardless of the game needed you to walk around or not) or can the VR work without the system?

I'm happy there are so many competitors in the new VR technology market. Ever since John Carmack started working on the Oculus models, I've been hyped harder than I have since the fucking Super Nintendo came out! I so hope the competition between brands helps turbo charge the evolution of the technology.

Very exciting stuff. I can't wait to see what kind of life changing killer apps are dreamed up with this kind of VR tech. Singularity when?

Love the DOS shirt, got a link on that?

Sounds amazing. I wonder if the space requirements for this kind of tech could bring back the arcade...

"I saw the future and it was awesome." -LGR, 2015

Sounds like some impressive tech, but the requirements seem like a massive hurdle. Plus I dunno if there will actually be any worthwhile games made for this thing. My money's still on the Oculus. Still, fun to hear you relay your experiences and I would love to try this myself if I ever get the chance :)

What happens if it glitches? Like, horribly deformed playermodel glitches you see in the WWE games.

This seems perfect for Survival Horror, I can imagine an Outlast or Monstrum style game working well with this.

Great video. I´m very excited to try out flight simulators like dcs world with this.

I wonder, if the arcade places in the mall would be dedicated VR rooms. I am thinking that's the only way to actually do this VR right and Co-op done.

How does this compare to using a little vr viewer like googled cardboard? Does it get foggy ? I have a cardboard and a vr viewer called Freely VR, it's cool but I don't feel that immersion you are talking about , it's like there is a virtual world out there but I can,t reach it , also I feel like my face is the size of the game , like the proportions are not that great. I know cardboard is super low quality vr but I wonder how much better are the Oculus and Vive compared to it and mobile vr.

I love your chair.

I like the boxed Broken Age at the background :) Is it signed by Tim Schafer? Very nice!

When yuh talked about that airport simulator, I thought about banished, and how great that would be it play it like that

Imagine in the future the games having *free area of room space* listed in the system requirements

I'd love to play a game like antichamber with this

you are so darn lucky to try this out i never even touched one to see how it feels nothing so what are your true honest to god true thoughts about vr as a whole?

They did have gloves before in the mid late 90`s i think , i did see a old computer meg and it had a picture of someone playing virtual poker in a 3d world holding the cards. They should look back at the older tech for ideas.

How many years until we are at the standard of Ready Player One! ?

Does the Vive detect jumping?

Seems pretty interesting. Though like the occulus I doubt I'd ever buy one unless there were enough virtual reality games I was interested in on the market. Though if they made a virtual reality Jurassic Park game I'd be buying a VR headset in seconds.

So to clarify, are they aiming to make it wireless as opposed to its current wired mess?I would have a dedicated EMPTY room for this thing, you did a great job explaining what you visually experienced and enjoyed, so yeah.. I'm keen :) I know there are a couple of companies out there that are working on gloves with haptic feedback for that extra immersion (i believe one is on kickstarter) so I hope it all becomes available at the same time or they collaborate... or something :) those controllers you used in that demo just looks like it would be an immersion killer for me..

I am still trying to find an apple to apple compare to Oculus touch. So far it seems Vive have better tracking and better spacial experience, while Oculus touch have a better controller geometry, better system integration(as some people testing Vive have experience technical difficulty).

Clint: Do you know if Vive supports Mouse and keyboard?

Trying to explain VR with tracking to someone is like talking about the show LOST. You just sound totally insane lol.

No way this this kind of "virtual reality" heavy quotes will ever catch on.

I tried VR back in the 90's. It was Heretic, with some kind of gamepad controller, connected to a heavy crt based headset. Not the best.

Ughhhh can't wait to get my hands on any VR set, Oculus or HTC Vive, don't care.

You and P.U.R should do some stuff together .. some projects or whatnot. I would love to see that.

How does the Vive fair for people with glasses? Would you have to take them off?

Just a bit of tech info: Most developers are testing their games within the constraints of "two yoga mats placed side by side". Games can be designed to scale their worlds from a seated experience to a space as big as 3x3m and beyond. The Lighthouse tech is practically infinitely scalable with virtually no overhead, you just have to add more Lighthouse stations. You could theoretically fit out an entire building with lighthouse stations. On the flip-side you can use it just as you would an Oculus Rift. You don't even need 2 lighthouses to use it while seated, just the one. Even then, it's far superior to Oculus' system due to it's 3 meter+ range, far wider FOV, greater precision and inherent lower latency. The lighthouses themselves are pretty dumb. They don't need to be connected to anything but power and the only information that needs to be communicated to them is sync data, which in the consumer release will be done wirelessly and transparently. The controllers contain the tracking hardware, but it's all very simple stuff. Expect to see custom controllers and 3D prop objects. All you really need is a solid frame of plastic or whatever, a bunch of photodiodes and some very basic, low cost microprocessors and you have yourself a "controller". It's all stuff you can get over-the-counter. The headset itself is the least interesting part of the package. Make no mistake, it's excellent and the optics are fantastic but it's no better or worse than the Oculus. The reason why the experience is still tethered simply because of video bandwidth problems. There is a couple upcoming wireless standards which may be suitable but it'll be a generation or two before the wire is cut. As for bumping into stuff, rumor has it this is a solved problem in the consumer release. The consumer version will have an IR camera on the front apparently and through some technical voodoo it will essentially be a depth sensor. My guess is that they're going to use the laser sweeps from the Lighthouses as a way of calculating depth, in combination with the positioning data of the camera. Should be noted that having near perfect object tracking opens up some pretty interesting possibilities that haven't been practical before. Having said all that, the current HTC Vive is a prototype and while the specs will be roughly the same in the consumer version, some of the details may change. The head mounting mechanism in particular. The controllers too are getting an overhaul.

Did Prp got her hands on the thing?

what about the Samsung vr everyone is talking about???

Imagine this thing with something like the Sims. I would love that.

When this will be wireless, i can foresee the masses stumbling on the streets, yards, volcanos, playing the next open-world exploration in jazz. My crystal ball is looking good.

I noticed you had to take off your glasses to wear the Vive. Is it possible to wear glasses with it?

OMG i want to see the dota 2 one

You should review sid meier's pirates the remake!!!! or the old one.

5:20 You look like a crazy person, and I Love it XD

Hmm I am not sure. I am still really interested in the hololens AR from Microsoft.