Well there's a new kid on the block = Vive Focus Vision.
I'm a bit disappointed that this doesn't have pancake lens or micro-oled screens, but I am very happy it has a dedicated Display Port option. I've preordered one from my local Vive Australia store (au$1899) and I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares to my currently favorite flight sim headset = QPro/i913900k/rtx4090 with my official link cable connected to my z790mb usb3.2 gen2 type-c port at 650mbps encoding bitrate. I'll let you know how this all goes. I just hope it goes a lot better than my preordered Vive Cosmos, lol!
I'm not a bit fan of this guy's YT channel but I think it is the best overview of this headset so far.
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
The problem for me is Fresnels and LCD with no local dimming, that's a combination that would be ok if it were cheaper, but at the same price as the Quest Pro? not sure.
Does DP really make that much difference over wired link? despite the call for DP, I don't think I've ever seen a good through the lens comparison, DP vs wired link on comparable headsets.... if you're able to do one @TomCgcmfc that would be fantastic.
It's 120deg FOV but the Fresnel's will need to be something special to cope with those extremities. Looks like comfort should be good and sound probably better... auto IPD is also nice to have and there's the resolution bump.
mmm I just don't know! I'd put pancakes top of my list, with local dimming second... the Quest Pro looks increasingly like a good buy, even at the £1,500 we paid for it 2 years back.
13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
@DaftnDirect I still have a +5yo Vive Pro1 with 1600x1400 amoled screens, Etsy GearVR lens mod, 2x2.0 base stations, and Index controllers. I have done a lot of testing and have concluded that the main difference between my VP1 with Display Port and my QPro with Link cable is that because of its encoding requirements this takes up about 10% extra GPU requirements (rtx4090). To get around this I run my QPro at 80Hz refresh rate vs 90Hz (default) with my VP1. Latency is also higher with Link but as long as this is in the 40-50ms range, the difference is not noticeable, to me anyway. Still, my VP1 is slightly smoother running complex flight sims like msfs2020. Also, as long as I use at least 500mbps encoding bitrate I don't see any noticeable compression artifacts with Link.
It will be interesting to see how well this headset works. It only has lcd screens, but at least they are pretty high res (2448x2448). I believe that the screens/lens are the same as the Vive Focus 3 and these seem to get pretty good reviews. Time will tell I guess. I think delivery will be around late October to early November 2024. Cheers mate.
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
We're not getting a Quest Pro 2 (for a while at least), so yeah, I'll be looking to replace my Quest Pro maybe next year with something... I'm using it pretty much exclusively for PCVR and the Quest 3 for standalone but it's kind of nice to have the 2 headsets that do standalone when friends come over and we have a bit of multiplayer fun.
Anyway, I hope you find this is a good one... I think the Quest 3s is the only headset Meta will release for a couple years. I wouldn't totally rule out paying £1000-£1500 on another headset but I'm getting very very picky!
13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
I got my tracking info today and I should get my nice new Vive Focus Vision in 2-3 days. Now I'm excited!
Edit; false alarm, tracking for something else, lol! Hopefully next week.
Vive just posted the Vive Focus Vision support info and user guide download on their support website today. So, now I have a 100 page manual to browse through while I'm waiting to get this, lol
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
Yea I've heard about the lenses but honestly in terms of tethered headsets we've been neglected for years and I kinda want to support HTC for thinking about us this time even though they didn't do us complete justice there's still a lot of cool features they added I'm still using the index and kinda worried I'll regret the purchase but at the same time I wanna buy it idk what to do
@nohoho Maybe check your local Vive store and see what their return policy is. For me, in Australia it's 14 days. I needed to do this about 1.5yrs ago when I preordered a Vive XR Elite and found it didn't work as well with PCVR as my Quest Pro. The overall process was a bit time consuming (lots of emails with pictures of everything) but it all ended up fine and they even paid for return postage. Hopefully I won't need to do this again, lol!
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
