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Do you think PC VR is worth it ?

jim1174
Protege
i don't have an VR headset right now because I can't afford it but I do plan to get an oculus rift by Christmas. Like most people I had to upgrade my PC which cost me about. $1000.  The price doesn't include the video card. I am waiting to see if the 1070 goes below $400. I have seen the psvr videos and I am very impressed. I have also heard about the new PlayStation which will cost $300. In the back of my mind I keep thinking it Might have been better to get the new ps4 and psvr

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TwoHedWlf
Expert Trustee
I'm inclined to say it would be worth it.  The Rift is probably one of the best  purchase I've made for my PC, easily worth the money.  Especially since for a PSVR I'd have to spend hundreds on buying a console, then hundreds on games. I don't want when I could have a far superior PC with a superior HMD for the money.

HiThere_
Superstar
I recommend trying out as much VR as you can.

As for buying : There's the price, the cable, the lack of diopter dial, Touch isn't there, and even less the best Touch software to go with it...

Come ask again in a few months, but as for now it's expensive and the input controller is a 2D gamepad : Definitely worth a try, not yet worth a buy ^^°

jim1174
Protege


@jim1174 If i may ask, what was your old PC specs before the 1000 dollar upgrade? And what are the new upgrade specs? Also if cost is an issue i can definitely recommend the RX 480 🙂 I can play on high and ultra in most if not all of my oculus VR games without hiccup (bare in mind im using DK2, but still supersampling)


It was a dell i5 with ddr3 and nvidia 630 and a 450 power supply. I upgraded to ddr4 i7 sky lake with 750 watt power. I had to get a new case because the delll xps case was too small for the new components. 

greeneblitz
Expert Protege
Just pick one and roll with it, they all have pluses and minuses and in the end will all cost the exact same (PC VR will have a higher initial cost but likely a lower backend cost with more and cheaper games to choose from, Console vr will probably have better quality content but also cost more and have less of a selection)

EliteSPA
Superstar
Im sure is better then any other VR experience.
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mbze430
Rising Star

jim1174 said:



@jim1174 If i may ask, what was your old PC specs before the 1000 dollar upgrade? And what are the new upgrade specs? Also if cost is an issue i can definitely recommend the RX 480 🙂 I can play on high and ultra in most if not all of my oculus VR games without hiccup (bare in mind im using DK2, but still supersampling)


It was a dell i5 with ddr3 and nvidia 630 and a 450 power supply. I upgraded to ddr4 i7 sky lake with 750 watt power. I had to get a new case because the delll xps case was too small for the new components. 


sounds like you pretty much just build a whole new system from a few old parts and mainly new parts :dizzy:
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GenetixStudio
Superstar
For me it has been worth it. I've only bought one flat game since getting my Oculus Rift (Zelda OOT for the DS) outside of that, I haven't really touched my playstation or steam in months - I've definitely got good use from my Rift. I use it nearly everyday of the week, and on weekends sometimes end up playing until 3am. I honestly haven't been this hooked to a platform since I was a kid. Recommending Google Cardboard is a joke to me, it is nowhere near the Rift - for that matter I wouldn't even settle for the Gear myself. Positional tracking, high performance to run beautiful worlds without getting sick, and soon to be Touch controllers are just a number of reasons to use the CV1 over mobile VR.

For myself personally, yes it is absolutely worth it!

HiThere_
Superstar
I'll add that positional tracking and 6D hand input is totally worth it : If you're serious about VR, make sure you get a VR headset that supports those.

Without them Gear VR is more of a 3D media viewer (for pictures, films, and low end gamepad gaming), then a an immersive VR experience.

RonsonPL
Heroic Explorer
Vive/Rift:

- needlessly overpriced. Consumer shouldn't have to pay almost 3x as much as it costs to produce one unit.
- lack of big games (aside from those compatible with lazyness of developers, so all games having any kind of cockpit) for at least 2-4 years from now, and by that time, Vive1 and Rift1 will be relicts in museum.
- low res, small FOV


PSVR:

- low res, small FOV
- controllers. Compared to Touch or even Vive's controllers, they lack precission. Developers will shape their games in a way that gamers won't notice. But that means limitations. Bad limitations.


I can see how someone could decide that it's not worth it in 2016. Is it worth it for you? Think it through. Only you know how much time and work it costs you to buy it.
 If you'll spend 99% of the time playing games like racing games or space sims, then it's most likely worth it. 
Not an Oculus hater, but not a fan anymore. Still lots of respect for the team-Carmack, Abrash. Oculus is driven by big corporation principles now. That brings painful effects already, more to come in the future. This is not the Oculus I once cheered for.

danknugz
Superstar
Is it worth the price? Absolutely not.

It was very eye opening and disappointing to see the rift launch and the very first thing you see is the "store" where you are already trying to be persuaded away from your money by stupid pointless demos and games that I probably would not play even if I were bored.

It quickly became obvious that while oculus might have a very talented team of engineers and developers, their overall main focus was trying to cash in on the "VR craze" that they hoped would happen, without putting in any effort to the software.

This is one of the reasons why I find the flat reception and general ambiguity toward VR by the public strangely satisfying.
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