introducing the vive pro versus the oculus rift series

The Oculus Rift at $399 and Vive at $499 are competitors, and now Vive Pro has been released at $1399 by, it costs $799 for Pro HMD.   Vive Pro is aimed somewhat at VR enthusiasts, primarily at enterprise at devs and for professional uses including for arcades and for simulations, because of its resolution and large room-scale precise tracking whereas Rift is limited to smaller area..   VR and AR growing in the professional world already automotive, healthcare, training and education, have adopted VR as essential to their growth, besides entertainment.  VR will not stop growing even.   Watching a full-size Skyrim dragon blasting out fire, or launching fireballs and spells from your own fingertips, or feeling thunk imparts immersive realism that conveys the feeling of being inside the game as pancake games cannot provide more than window into game world..   By implementing social sharing of in, Devs could help make their own VR games more popular-game VR selfies and 360 degree photos, using Ansel perhaps.  But VR will still be tough sell to most video gamers, and the generation of HMDs will fix more mainstream gaming issues with VR beyond increasing the resolution, FoV, and becoming wireless..   Oculus Rift sells for $399 and Vive for $499 and Vive Pro costs $799 just for the headset .  We asked HTC Vive why they built Pro.  They replied, and we quote.   Vive Pro, now in blue and black, features two cameras instead of one camera used for Vive.  One of the two cameras can now be devoted to depth mapping and even for mixed reality, and these are still relatively new Pro features that devs need to develop for.  .   For us, Vive Pro's audio is very good at least and it's spatial positional we can tell from.   We were able to experience Vive Pro for enterprise at Dave & Buster's arcade Honolulu and it's used for the Jurassic Park VR Expedition ride.  The ride uses PCs to power VR 4 adventurers and also simulates bumpy ride through jungle teeming with huge beasts...   We begin this series focusing on Vive Pro and we will begin by unboxing it, setting it up and comparing its features to Rift, finally we will compare VR games and VR performance across both platforms in We have VR benchmark suite for the Oculus Rift, and we will compare our games performance that are common to both platforms..   Read more