Vive Pro First Impressions! 

TribalInstincts usbc to 3.5 jack? :P

could you post a picture of it somewhere?

Far too gushing, reminds of the original VR reviews that got me into VR, "I don't notice the screendoor", "It's so immersive, I feel like I'm there" bla bla bla, all total bullshit. I would guess your original Vive review would be just as gushing. The problem with reviews such as this they are only relative to someone as an enthusiast with very low expectations and tend to be very subjective rather than objective. Yes you finally mention a couple of flaws but they are almost hand waved away and you don't even mention the elephant in the room, the price! Finally I wouldn't buy this if it was true 8k, the price is obsene, especially in the UK, £800 just for the ehadset? HTC can get fucked and then some. You come across as a shill TBH. I will wait for the higher spec Pimax 8k or even Goggle next year.

Dan Brown do you know what almost every reviewer also said? Try it your self, not something to buy blind. Also I think his review is very accurate even so I hadn't a chance to try out the pro myself. And since this device isn't marketed for consumers I think the price is justified.

Hi Tim, it is on the consumer market and is clearly a consumer product but I don't see that as relevant to the price anyhow. How is it justifiable? Over $1,100 dollars just for a HMD which frankly is little better than last gen? I won't be buying and I think anyone who does will have severe buyers remorse within 12 months. This is HTC trying to rip people off because of lack of competition while they can. And what a big F*ck you to original buyers, hey you can get a small upgrade for $800. HMD's like the Pimax need be only half decent to blow it out of the water and they will probably be a lot cheaper too!

Yep small powerbank will definitely work, it runs off 5V, also a C to usb female adapter will also do the trick

steinarne79 there is no full package

Alvaro Martinez possibly. Depends on what card. You can always reduce the supersampling

Torrent it

78% resolution increase seems pretty substantial when considering your eyes are so close to the displays.. I'm still waiting on my pre-order to come in, so I haven't tried it yet, but I can't imagine anything other than it being a huge difference, and every review I've read has hinted at this. I think each new generation is going to be a decent-sized leap in this area for a few years at least.

@@JRittelmeyer So was there a big difference?

S3N7RY This is what I am interested in.

I have the Samsung hmd (same screen) and it's awesome for car sims. The only down side is that you get less frames which can cause issues. I have a 1080ti and it struggles in project cars 2. Still I have a lot of settings fairly high. Assetto Corsa looks amazing and yet it tends to get me motion sick. So I think frame rate are suffering, but visually it's awesome. I would think you could turn the graphics to a lower level to get good frames and minimize the issues. The contrast, colors and resolution are by far better than any other headset. Either way I have switched to this headset for sims and my oculus sits on a different computer.

Sandy Jenkins good post. Thanks!

Probably :/

Harry Kuvert not as good.. Because you can supersample the Vive Pro too ;)

Sure but it all comes down to what your computer can handle ;)

Harry Kuvert Native resolution, will always beat out supersampling to a lower resolution. Supersampling, is running the content at a higher resolution, than the display can display natively, then using that better picture to downscale to the lower resolution the display can actually show. Better to run at that higher resolution, and then display that higher resolution natively.

Id be more interested to know if super sampling on the pro makes much difference at all.

no because of the cable, but also because of the tpcast being for the old resolution.

They are coming out with a new wireless adapter for the pro which is made by Intel. TPCast is supposed to also be coming out with a new TPCast 2.0 which can support up to 8k resolution.

Peter Carqueville you can film stuff with them

Stephanie D if you can wait I think they will release a whole 2.0 version kit later in the year, prob a small price drop then as well ( I hope)

Hmm ya that's what I was thinking to. I have a feeling there is bigger things going on. I think HTC knows Valve is releasing their knuckles controllers sometime this year and they also make the tracking. So instead of trying to compete, HTC is just going to be making the headsets and bundling them with either their original controllers (wands) or with the upcoming valve knuckles. It's too odd of them to be so quiet on the details here and the fact they did no innovation to the controllers on this refresh.

DINO TYLER yes

Ryan O'Toole it has two, for outside noise cancelling

It's due to the lens, not the pixels.

On It!

Yeah dude, would be good to hear your feedback on that.

Elite is a good choice due to the high contrasts between the light and darkness of space and the readability of text. Still think I'll get one though.

TribalInstincts yeah please checkout elite dangerous!! I’m curious too on performance with the increased resolution

Very Interested in Elite as well!!! one of my favorite VR games and the increase in resolution might be ideal for getting Elite to the next level!

Not a clue old boy, perhaps you can let me know if you ever find out.

Jon Smith Oculus will release a game changer. They're doing a lot of research.

EinkOLED I hope you're right. I read an article that Valve is also working on vastly improved lenses. Honestly, I'd be ok with refractive lenses like PSVR, GearVR and OSVR HDK use. I can't imagine what advantage fresnel lenses have other than being thinner and thus, cheaper to produce

brando92711 less chromatic aberation

Graeme Evans yeah, that's a plus but to me the god rays are a bigger problem for me. I think everyone is different when it comes to what bothers them or if they notice at all. Fresnel may be better for pupil swim as well. What i do know is that between the Rift and Samsung Odyssey, the Odyssey had much fewer "god rays" but had a much smaller sweet spot. On the Rift the god rays are more like a smear than rays. I keep wanting to clean my lenses but nothing is there. 😒

Agreed. The god Rays are a deal breaker, When it happens it just takes you out of the immersion. I really do want more high res screen, But that also needs to be paired with improved lens.

What about the tracking with others headsets? The vive used laser triangulation.

Cristián Roman no vr headset guarantees against sweat. Warranties are for manufacturing defects not user error.

Graeme Evans it is a manufacturing defect if it lacks ventilation or prevention against Sweat damage.... Well it should be in an ideal world.