Demiath gets an HTC VIVE
0I now own an HTC Vive, currently the most expensive and complicated consumer-level piece(s) of equipment available in this brave new generation of Virtual Reality (Oculus Rift is slightly cheaper and doesn't require an extreme home makeover).
Though the spatial requirements are undeniably daunting, after playing around with the Vive for a while it's definitely the room-based experience - combined with the great and extremely accurate wireless controllers - which makes this a much more compelling thing than earlier prototypes like the Oculus Developer's Kit or cheaper alternatives such as the Samsung Gear VR (which I also have, for whatever reason). The headset's resolution is alright but still not as great as you'd want it to be for a lot of traditional games, and it's first when you start physically interacting with non-existent objects within a fake 3D space that VR really clicks. As for the launch line-up, there are not a lot of truly essential products out there but Tilt Brush is beautiful and Job Simulator is a really funny toolbox of clever ideas (as is Valve's own The Lab, featured in this video).