Abstract: Concluding BTR's September “VR Month”, this review follows up the evaluation in which we upgraded from an Oculus Rift CV1 and compared its performance with a Vive Pro using five cross-platform games. We present a ten-game VR performance showdown between...
The Oculus and the SteamVR platforms simply cannot be compared apples-to-apples even using the same games. Oculus uses their own runtime while SteamVR uses OpenVR.Ultimately, performance appears to depend on how well the devs optimized for the each platf...
Published: 2019-03-19, Author: David , review by: techgearlab.com
Exceptionally comfortable, incredibly immersive, tons of interactiveness,
Exorbitantly expensive
While the Vive Pro is one of the best you can get, its exceptionally high price makes us very reticent to recommend, as you can spend hundreds of dollars less and get almost the identical virtual reality experience...
It is impossible for us to form a final conclusion at this early stage in our Vive Pro series. We are comparing the Oculus Rift, a $399 complete consumer VR platform, to the Vive Pro which costs $799 just for the HMD. For many casual VR gamers, the Vive P...
Published: 2018-08-08, Author: Ron , review by: gamingtrend.com
Significant resolution improvement, Hard band creates a sturdy frame, Upgraded audio elements, Better cable management and Link box, Vastly more comfortable than its predecessor
Performance comes at a stiff premium
An iterative step for Virtual Reality display units, the HTC Vive Pro represents a significant step forward in resolution, comfort, and design. While it doesn't push the 110 degree field of view present in the original, a 78% increase in per-eye resolutio...
The HTC VIVE Pro turns out to be everything it should be. Today, it provides the overall best VR user experience you can find, which is why it is a no-brainer buy for Professionals."A NO-BRAINER BUY FOR PROFESSIONALS"For non-professionals, it is less obvi...
Published: 2018-04-03, Author: Kevin , review by: tomshardware.com
The Vive Pro is the best consumer VR headset that money can buy today. HTC made advances in comfort and image quality that will carry forward into coming generations of VR hardware. The cost of entry is steep, but if you're serious about VR, it's wort...
Increased resolution. You can finally read text, Counterweight offsets the display, Folds in the rigid design and headphones from last year's Deluxe Audio Strap
Expensive, even for VR, Built-in headphones are fine, but not as impressive as HTC touts, Counterweight sticks out a bunch and can make seated VR uncomfortable
But it's the resolution bump that matters. The headphones, the rigid strap, the thinner cable—these can all be replicated with the Deluxe Audio Strap for the original HTC Vive, and while the Vive Pro makes a few small tweaks, it's nothing I'd call essenti...
High resolution display produce crisp detail, Comfortable to wear over long periods of time, Works with original Vive gear, Integrated high-res, 3D spatial audio
Expensive, Doesn't come with base stations or controllers
In the battle for virtual reality supremacy, HTC has taken a definitive lead with the Pro. The headset is head and shoulders above anything currently on the market.Let's start with design. Using wider headstraps, an adjustable fit knob and a properly weig...
Abstract: The HTC Vive is one of the most remarkable success stories in recent tech history. While Oculus spent years building hype towards the eventual release of its consumer VR headset, HTC and Valve swooped in and stole the show with the Vive, which had full ro...
