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November 2, 2018
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Steam Hardware Survey - July 2025 results included (see latest post in this thread)

Latest results:



These results are compared, at least for the Rift, to August when Rift peaked at 0.35 %. Since August 2018 Rift has decreased about 6 % (from 0.35 to 0.33). Vive also decreased.  

Compared to other HMDs we see from April to September (note that this image hasn't been updated to October yet):



When updated to October I'd expect:

Rift = 45 %
Vive = 42 %
WMR = 8 %
Vive Pro = 3 %
Rift DK2 = 1 %

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

BTW - some history:

April 2018:

Oculus Rift 0.20%
HTC Vive 0.18%
Windows Mixed Reality 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK2 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK1 0.00%
Unknown 0.00%


July 2018:

Oculus Rift 0.32%
HTC Vive 0.31%
Windows Mixed Reality 0.05%
HTC Vive Pro 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK2 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK1 0.00%

I guess it's more or less a stand still since July for Rift and the original Vive... I don't think the Odyssey+ has had any impact on the WMR results above, the Odyssey+ is much too new - if it'll have any impact, it won't be before the Steam Hardware Survey November 2018 results. 
 

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    Anonymous
    November 7, 2020
    Alyx runs so well with high quality textures because it's a corridor shooter. Sure, it has plenty of optimisation, but technically Asgard's Wrath is a more impressive title.
    RuneSR2
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    November 7, 2020

    snowdog said:

    Alyx runs so well with high quality textures because it's a corridor shooter. Sure, it has plenty of optimisation, but technically Asgard's Wrath is a more impressive title.


    Sure, but Alyx has several open area locations where the view distance is at least as high as in Asgard's Wrath - just take the opening scene in Alyx which is far more impressive than anything I've seen in Asgard's Wrath. Still performance feels like 2-3 x better in Alyx than in Asgard's Wrath. Probably due to incredible optimization skills among Valve devs. 
    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    Anonymous
    November 7, 2020

    RuneSR2 said:


    snowdog said:

    Alyx runs so well with high quality textures because it's a corridor shooter. Sure, it has plenty of optimisation, but technically Asgard's Wrath is a more impressive title.


    Sure, but Alyx has several open area locations where the view distance is at least as high as in Asgard's Wrath - just take the opening scene in Alyx which is far more impressive than anything I've seen in Asgard's Wrath. Still performance feels like 2-3 x better in Alyx than in Asgard's Wrath. Probably due to incredible optimization skills among Valve devs. 


    I agree with you on Alyx having several open area locations with a large view distance that look and perform great.
    But IMHO Asgard's Wrath opening scene I found way more impressive than Alyx' opening scene.
    But I do like Alyx more than Asgard's Wrath.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
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    November 7, 2020

    dburne said:


    RuneSR2 said:


    snowdog said:

    Alyx runs so well with high quality textures because it's a corridor shooter. Sure, it has plenty of optimisation, but technically Asgard's Wrath is a more impressive title.


    Sure, but Alyx has several open area locations where the view distance is at least as high as in Asgard's Wrath - just take the opening scene in Alyx which is far more impressive than anything I've seen in Asgard's Wrath. Still performance feels like 2-3 x better in Alyx than in Asgard's Wrath. Probably due to incredible optimization skills among Valve devs. 


    I agree with you on Alyx having several open area locations with a large view distance that look and perform great.
    But IMHO Asgard's Wrath opening scene I found way more impressive than Alyx' opening scene.
    But I do like Alyx more than Asgard's Wrath.


    Also I experienced Asgard's Wrath with the CV1, while I experienced everything in Alyx with Index max FOV and res looking close to 200% - of course choice of hmd may have impacted my experience a lot. Alyx looks beyond stunning using the Index, also in regard to textures which are of a much higher quality than in Asgard's Wrath (even if textures do look nice in Asgard's Wrath). 
    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    jab
    Participant
    November 7, 2020
    If Value had made anything but a well optimized SteamVR game, I would be very, very worried for the future of SteamVR.
    RuneSR2
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    November 7, 2020

    jab said:

    If Value had made anything but a well optimized SteamVR game, I would be very, very worried for the future of SteamVR.


    Agreed, but Alyx makes nearly all other VR games look like something the cat dragged in, lol. Thinking about it - that may be a serious problem (might already be for some, read that some dude had completely Alyx 5 times since nothing else compared). 

    After completing Alyx and thereby sort of losing the game, can't say I didn't feel nearly exactly like this :blush: 

    https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk


    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    Anonymous
    November 7, 2020

    RuneSR2 said:


    jab said:

    If Value had made anything but a well optimized SteamVR game, I would be very, very worried for the future of SteamVR.


    Agreed, but Alyx makes nearly all other VR games look like something the cat dragged in, lol. Thinking about it - that may be a serious problem (might already be for some, read that some dude had completely Alyx 5 times since nothing else compared). 

    After completing Alyx and thereby sort of losing the game, can't say I didn't feel nearly exactly like this :blush: 

    https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk





    Ok seriously - I highly suggest you give yourself a break - say a min vacation - from PC gaming...
     ;) 

    jab
    Participant
    November 8, 2020

    RuneSR2 said:
    Agreed, but Alyx makes nearly all other VR games look like something the cat dragged in, lol. Thinking about it - that may be a serious problem (might already be for some, read that some dude had completely Alyx 5 times since nothing else compared).
    Guess I am lucky since I mostly do simracing, and cockpit games are a perfect fit for VR.
    You can even to some degree justify the narrow FoV, by pretending it is the racing helmet obstructing your view.
    Anonymous
    November 14, 2020
    Steam Hardware Survey no longer displays VR headsets. It could be a temporary bug, but Valve likely just wiped it off themselves. Could be the end of Valve's commitment to VR. I seriously hope not...
    Anonymous
    November 14, 2020
    Nah, I doubt it. Probably a bug or something.
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