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Reviews of HTC Vive

Testseek.com have collected 323 expert reviews of the HTC Vive and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HTC Vive.
Award: Most Awarded April 2016
April 2016
 
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323 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Absolutely everything in the box you could need
  • The most complete VR experience around
  • Built-in Steam support
  • Full OpenVR support
  • Comfortable
  • Adjustable headset
  • Camera on the front is brilliant
  • Incredibly versatile and comfortable controllers
  • Almo
  • Highly Accurate Tracking
  • Excellent Controllers
  • Large
  • Room Scale Capabilities
  • Good Software Library At Such An Early Stage
  • True wireless freedom
  • Works with either Vive HMD
  • Easy setup
  • No image quality reduction versus being wired
  • No noticeable added input latency
  • Battery pack design makes for an easy swap-out
  • Headset doesn't feel any heavier
  • Incomparable experience
  • 6DoF controllers
  • Roomscale tracking
  • Comfort
  • Intuitive interface
  • SteamVR platform
  • Room-scale VR
  • Good quality & decent comfort
  • Picture quality
  • Field of view
  • Sturdy hardware
  • Native support for Steam VR
  • Six degrees of freedom
  • Excellent
  • Accurate tracking
  • Room-scale VR is incredible at enhancing experiences
  • Base stations accurately track an area up to 15ft x 15ft
  • Vive controllers borrow liberally from Steam Controller
  • With excellent results
  • Immersive experience
  • Includes motion controllers and external sensors for whole-room VR
  • Fun
  • Precise controls
  • Addictive arcade gameplay
  • Great bargain price
  • Easy interactive installation
  • Lots of existing content
  • Seamless integration with Steam
  • Motion controls
  • Room Scale experiences
  • Clean sharp visuals
  • Realistic physics
  • Great replay potential
  • Room-tracking technology is eerily accurate
  • Smooth graphics with little latency
  • Touch controllers are easy to use and highly adaptable
  • Large library of games
  • Tracking just as good as original controllers
  • Enable tracking of ALL the things
  • Most games already tracking are amazing
  • Makes VIVE and VIVE Pro VR more wireless
  • After setup
  • Connection is automatic
  • Hardware fits precisely
  • Works as intended
  • Adds no restrictions to VR
  • Only adds new degree of freedom
  • The HTC Vive offers a flat-out amazing virtual reality experience with sharp visuals
  • Great motion controls and full-room sensing to walk around in virtual space. Vive hardware can help indicate where your walls are
  • And an in-helmet camera can be used to
  • Highly interactive
  • Incredibly immersive
  • Sharp and incredibly immersive VR
  • Head tracking is superior to Oculus Rift
  • Whole-room VR is impressive
  • Motion controllers work well
  • Open-source market
  • Excellent headset and controllers
  • Nice quality-of-life features

The editors didn't like

  • Cost prohibitive
  • Requires a pretty beastly PC to run
  • Face pads can get sweaty and gross
  • Large wire coming out of the head unit may get annoying
  • Final Thoughts
  • While it sounds silly to say that being “there” somehow magically makes the same old strate
  • Bulky Cables Coming From Headset
  • Pricey
  • More expensive for Vive Pro owners
  • Battery is not hot-swappable
  • Image quality could be affected by slower CPUs
  • Price
  • Bulky cable
  • Hard on neck and back
  • Potential tripping hazard
  • Takes up a lot of space
  • No built-in sound
  • Heavy & bulky cable
  • Resolution
  • Expensive
  • Display suffers from screen door effect
  • Unwieldy controllers
  • Headset design not as comfortable as Oculus Rift
  • Needs lots of space to take full advantage. Space most people don't have
  • SteamVR
  • At least at launch
  • Is unstable and crash-prone
  • Tethered headset makes whole-room VR tricky
  • Not much substance
  • Can get repetitive
  • High admission price
  • Needs semidedicated gaming space
  • Lots of hardware to position/conceal
  • Needs more levels
  • Over too soon
  • Requires a lot of space and electrical outlets to use
  • No built-in audio
  • SteamVR Interface can be difficult to navigate
  • Size is still ever-so-slightly cumbersome
  • Price is a bit prohibitive
  • Lacking a diverse array of games
  • Setup requires some technical knowledge
  • Prevents use of 3rd-party over-head strap headphones
  • Adds more bulk to headset
  • It requires a high-end PC to run. Long wires and lots of equipment take time and space to set up. Steam VR offers a lot of software but it isn't always beginner-friendly
  • Difficult setup process
  • Tricky setup
  • Uncomfortable to wear for long periods
  • Demanding on real estate
  • Currently lacking in replayable experiences

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  Published: 2016-02-22, Author: Ritz , review by: hungrygeeks.ph

  • Abstract:  A leaked report at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today stated that the HTC Vive will be made available this April for the price of $799.Pre-orders will start this February 29, and in the box you'll be greeted with two hand controllers, a cable bo...

 
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  Published: 2016-07-29, Author: Carlos , review by: es.engadget.com

  • Abstract:  Si no recuerdo mal, hace unos 15 años que tuve mi primera experiencia con la realidad virtual. Fue en el centro comercial de mi ciudad, donde alguien estaba mostrando una demo gratuita de algo completamente revolucionario. Si lo comparamos con lo que pode...

 
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  Published: 2016-06-11, Author: Roberto , review by: profesionalreview.com

  • gran inmersiÓn en los juegos, posicionamiento  absoluto, inclusiÓn de los mandos inalÁmbricos, trae de regalo tres juegos, es una revoluciÓn en el mundo de los videojuegos, gran inmersiÓn en los juegos,  posicionamiento  absoluto,  inclusiÓn
  • precio muy alto,  las gafas pesan bastante,  demasiados cables,  por ahora poco catalogo de juegos, precio muy alto,  las gafas pesan bastante,  demasiados cables,  por ahora poco catalogo de juegos
  • acerca de HTC ViveLa realidad virtual ha llegado, eso está claro y la experiencia con las HTC Vive está asegurada. No hay nada similar hoy en día que de esta sensación de inmersión.En su contra hay varios factores. La resolución y el screen door, son mej...

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  Published: 2016-05-25, Author: Iván , review by: elchapuzasinformatico.com

  • Abstract:  El juego nos sitúa en el centro de un descampado, donde horas de zombis en oleadas nos irán atacando y nosotros tendremos que repelerlas con la ayuda de nuestra pistola y una linterna, aunque iremos mejorando ambos accesorios a medida que avancemos rondas...

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  Published: 2016-05-24, review by: elandroidelibre.com

  • Es el turno de ‘mojarme' un poco. Dar mi opinión sobre lo que he probado, sobre lo que HTC nos vende como realidad virtual. Pues he acabado contento pero insatisfecho. Por una parte, me alegra que la realidad virtual esté aterrizando en las casas. Sumergi...

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  Published: 2016-05-23, Author: Iván , review by: elchapuzasinformatico.com

  • Abstract:  En el día de hoy os mostraremos un vídeo de unos 9 minutos con el unboxing , pues hemos decidido separarlo del resto de experiencias ya que de por sí solo tiene bastante jugo, pues las HTC Vive vienen acompañadas de un sinfín de accesorios que iremos vien...

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  Published: 2016-05-13, Author: Jesús , review by: xataka.com

  • Si continuamos hablando del funcionamiento tenemos que hacer mención especial a lo ergonómico de los mandos, bastante ligeros, con un diseño simétrico, recargables vía microUSB y con una buena serie de botones: un gatillo, dos botones laterales, superfici...

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  Published: 2016-05-12, Author: Iván , review by: elchapuzasinformatico.com

  • Abstract:  En el siguiente video podéis vernos jugando a Project Cars con un Mercedes Clase A AMG y un Marek LMP1 , aunque no debéis tener muy en cuenta la conducción ya que íbamos mas pendientes de ver como estaba funcionando el invento que de conducir propiamente...

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  Published: 2016-05-10, Author: Iván , review by: elchapuzasinformatico.com

  • Abstract:  Job Simulator cuenta de cuatro “mini-juegos” que nos trasladan a una oficina , donde podemos tomar incluso café a la cocina de una cafetería , donde debemos tener cuidado de no quemar los huevos o el beicon, a un supermercado , donde debemos atender efic...

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  Published: 2016-05-07, Author: Luis , review by: computerhoy.com

  • Experiencia completamente inmersiva, Ausencia de motion sickness, Comodidad y calidad de acabados
  • Instalación compleja, Precio elevado
  • Hacía falta la madurez que ha alcanzado hoy en día la tecnología para que el usuario medio pueda disfrutar de la realidad virtual en casa , algo que muchos ya soñábamos desde hace ya muchos años. Después de tantos prototipos, de tantos años (de acuerdo...

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