Maybe VR isn't dead after all...

[nicklmg]

 

Buy Valve Index on Amazon: https://geni.us/b9sad0

[TetraSky]

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha.

 

If you can afford it, good for you I guess... I was hoping VR would come down in price over time, so far it has only increased in prices.

[pizapower]

6 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha

And you still get the screen door effect.

[SpookyCitrus]

7 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha

Got my Oculus Rift with Touch controllers brand new for $230 a few months ago and don't really see a need to get the Index or Vive, I have a pretty great experience with my Oculus already. And $1300 seem like a rip off.

[Brooksie359]

6 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Got my Oculus Rift with Touch controllers brand new for $230 a few months ago and don't really see a need to get the Index or Vive, I have a pretty great experience with my Oculus already. And $1300 seem like a rip off.

They sell it for 1000 on steam so idk why it is priced at 1300 on Amazon. 

[steelo]

12 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Got my Oculus Rift with Touch controllers brand new for $230 a few months ago and don't really see a need to get the Index or Vive, I have a pretty great experience with my Oculus already. And $1300 seem like a rip off.

Maybe the price will eventually go down, but as of right now it's priced way too high for the casual gamer. I think I paid $240 for my Rift brand new a few months ago and am perfectly content with it.

[Velcade]

On 8/12/2019 at 1:40 PM, TetraSky said:

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha

If the $1,375.00 includes the cat I'm sold

[Gullerback]

1 hour ago, TetraSky said:

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha

Assuming you can find one and are in a country its sold

[Kroon]

It would be really fun to see a blind test of the different refresh rates with the Valve Index.  There is already some tests done but not from a reliable source, what I can find anyway.

[Ambious]

No Wireless is a dealbreaker for me.

I have the Wireless Vive module and I can't go back. It changes the game fundamentally and adds a whole new dimension of comfort, ease of use, and - well - easy of mind.

Unfortunately, as Linus said, the wireless technologies we currently have are nowhere near powerful enough to pump that resolution and framerate - and the technology we DO have isn't advancing anywhere; Intel SHUT DOWN their WiGig division, and I don't know of any other developments in nanometer wave technologies.

[Flying Sausages]

2 hours ago, TetraSky said:

"1,375.00" for the full kit... hahahaha.

 

If you can afford it, good for you I guess... I was hoping VR would come down in price over time, so far it has only increased in prices.

In China, it probably cost like $100 - $300 USD.

[Neft]

1 minute ago, OlympicAssEater said:

In China, it probably cost like $100 - $300 USD.

in china its also a bootleg product most likely not the real thing, lower plastic quality, worse strap quality, etc...

 

thats like buying a chinese DX racer chair from china for 80$ vs 200$ from the company.

 

the one for 80 is actually made with cheaper material to the point that the bottom of the arm rests actually break before the top does and the pillow things arent as great either + a slight design change thats almost unnoticeable as well as lower quality seat that breaks apart after 6 months of use

[Fasauceome]

@LinusTech I noticed you have good taste in ITX cases

[HumdrumPenguin]

That would be a fun thing to have, but I guess I would get lazy on putting the damn thing on an off all the time. And this week I already shot my pocket damn hard with a new 2080 Ti...

[xnamkcor]

If you wait too long to buy yours, it will come with a dead cat.

[Flying Sausages]

1 hour ago, Neft said:

in china its also a bootleg product most likely not the real thing, lower plastic quality, worse strap quality, etc...

 

thats like buying a chinese DX racer chair from china for 80$ vs 200$ from the company.

 

the one for 80 is actually made with cheaper material to the point that the bottom of the arm rests actually break before the top does and the pillow things arent as great either + a slight design change thats almost unnoticeable as well as lower quality seat that breaks apart after 6 months of use

If you are buying from a Chinese tech company then I don't think it will be a fake product.

[Neft]

4 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

If you are buying from a Chinese tech company then I don't think it will be a fake product.

yea im still willing to bet its got something different vs the product in the US im actually confident enough to say that if its at a 300USD price point or lower that ill bet an entire year salary its going to be cheaper materials or feel different or maybe even have a lower resolution rate, not be packaged properly etc...

[Flying Sausages]

6 minutes ago, Neft said:

yea im still willing to bet its got something different vs the product in the US im actually confident enough to say that if its at a 300USD price point or lower that ill bet an entire year salary its going to be cheaper materials or feel different or maybe even have a lower resolution rate, not be packaged properly etc... 

You get what you pay for

 

But VR is not worth it for me. $1.3k for a full kit. Occult VR headset is $400 and HTC Vive is $500 @ Amazon. I can buy a good 7.1 sound system with that price of money or upgrade my GPU or build a home theater PC.

[Neft]

6 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

You get what you pay for

 

But VR is not worth it for me. $1.3k for a full kit. Occult VR headset is $400 and HTC Vive is $500 @ Amazon. I can buy a good 7.1 sound system with that price of money or upgrade my GPU or build a home theater PC.

its not worth it for me either, personally i wouldn't wipe my ass with this psuedo VR excuse they have out atm.

 

when full dive releases ill be one of the first in line to snatch it up

[Kroon]

6 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

You get what you pay for

 

But VR is not worth it for me. $1.3k for a full kit. Occult VR headset is $400 and HTC Vive is $500 @ Amazon. I can buy a good 7.1 sound system with that price of money or upgrade my GPU or build a home theater PC.

 

From Sweden here so sorry if I'm not up to date with US prising:

I guess that HTC Vive for $500 i new?  Why not buy used?   I just bought by second Htc Vive Pro 2.0 Full Kit for $209 (2000SEK).  Both sets I bought was hardly used.

[Flying Sausages]

1 minute ago, Kroon said:

 

From Sweden here so sorry if I'm not up to date with US prising:

I guess that HTC Vive for $500 i new?  Why not buy used?   I just bought by second Htc Vive Pro 2.0 Full Kit for $209 (2000SEK).  Both sets I bought was hardly used.

50/50 chance is a broken headset sell as new. I don't want go through the trouble of returning and getting refund back so I can purchase a brand new one instead. Plus, I don't know what the previous owner done with the headset( maybe some disgusting thing to the headset, you know?).

[Kroon]

1 minute ago, OlympicAssEater said:

50/50 chance is a broken headset sell as new. I don't want go through the trouble of returning and getting refund back so I can purchase a brand new one instead. Plus, I don't know what the previous owner done with the headset( maybe some disgusting thing to the headset, you know?).

I test most of the items before I buy them.  And we have quite harsh laws here about selling broken items as working so that is not really a problem.

[Flying Sausages]

1 minute ago, Kroon said:

I test most of the items before I buy them.  And we have quite harsh laws here about selling broken items as working so that is not really a problem. 

Not in my case of buying through Amazon and Ebay.

[FatalXception]

5 hours ago, steelo said:

Maybe the price will eventually go down, but as of right now it's priced way too high for the casual gamer. I think I paid $240 for my Rift brand new a few months ago and am perfectly content with it.

The thing is the Casual gamers have the Rift/Touch system for entry, or even WMR headsets at sub $200.  Then you have your mid ranged sets, in the 600-800 range, and finally enthusiast models up in the 1k range (vive pro, pimax, index)... but the prices kinda scale with the gaming rig you would have and need to run them at those higher resolutions and frame rates comfortably.  If you're the kind of person who's sitting on a 3000 dollar gaming rig with a monster GPU, you'll be looking at high end.  If you got your gaming rig on a budget for 800, you'll be looking at the entry end of VR.

 

I'm really looking forward to these coming to Canada

[Giganthrax]

Looking at these ridiculous prices for what is still essentially a gimmick, I can't help but wonder about what goes on in the heads of people who make VR products.

 

I mean, you'd think they'd be trying to make VR cheaper and therefore more accessible to the average consumer, which would in turn inspire game developers to actually make big VR games people couldn't wait to play, but instead they just seem to be making it more and more expensive. wat