All the major VR units, and all of the specs for them.
It seems like forever ago when Google released their VR unit Cardboard and got the ball rolling on bringing VR to anyone, and everyone. Since then we've seen announcements and models of several different VR units. Trying to decide which one is the right system for you can boggle the mind, especially when you consider the hardware you may need to purchase in order to be "VR Ready" on these sytems. And now with the official announcement of the Playstation VR, Sony has jumped into the ring to compete with the likes of the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift.
So take a look and figured out which VR platform is in your future!
| Category | Samsung Gear VR | HTC Vive | Oculus Rift | Sony PlayStation VR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 2560x1440 1280 x 1440 per eye Super AMOLED |
2560x1200 1080 x 1200 per eye OLED |
2160 x 1200 1080 x 1200 per eye OLED |
1920 x 1080 960x1080 per eye OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz | 90 Hz | 120 Hz, 90 Hz |
| Sensors | Accelerator, gyrometer, geomagnetic, proximity |
Accelerometer, gyroscope, laser position sensor, front-facing camera |
Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, 360-degree positional tracking |
360 degree tracking, 9 LEDs |
| Field of View | 96 degrees | 110 degrees | 110 degrees | 100 degrees |
| Controller | Bluetooth controller | Vive Controllers, SteamVR controller, any PC-compatible gamepad | Oculus Touch, Xbox One controller | Sony DUALSHOCK 4 controller or PlayStation Move |
| Tracking area | Fixed position | 15 x 15 feet | 5 x 11 feet | 10 x 10 feet |
| Minimum hardware requirements | Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 series, or Galaxy S7 series | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 GPU, Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, 4GB RAM, HDMI 1.3, USB 2.0 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 GPU, Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, 8GB RAM, HDMI 1.3, 2x USB 3.0, Windows 7 SP1 |
Sony Playstation 4 |
| Price | $99 | $799 | $599 | $399 |
| Consumer release date | November 27, 2015 | April 15, 2016 | March 28, 2016 | October 2016 |
PlayStation 4
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Specs comparison: Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Gear VR
On Samsung VR, I see the pixels at the beginning but once the video starts attention from pixels goes away. If other hight price VRs have the same display then it's not worth! I friend got VR from eBay at 29.99 and it was also somewhat same as Samsung VR.
I think people's interest is exhausted with watches and bands and this kind of new toy needed to keep the economy rolling!
Yeah, you forget about pixels once you get into the content, as long as the screen is decent. I was playing around with some 360 videos tonight, and stumbled across a music video that made me forget EVERYTHING else! There was no nudity, but the girls were so close that I felt a tinge of embarrassment, and I do NOT embarrass easily! Pixels were the last thing on my mind, and it was real enough that I almost waved back to one of them...
do you know what clone he got?
Cant tell which ones on ebay are good
thanks!
It's not really fair to say the price of the Gear VR is $100 when you need a $600+ smartphone to go with it. Most of the specs you list in the Gear VR section are of the smartphone itself. . .but then you don't include the price of the smartphone in the list :p
They all require something else to work, and the phone price you have listed is inaccurate. Could get a used S6 for way less. It's not a fixed price, so it's left out.
Wouldn't you say the same about the PC requirements?
You need a $400 console for the PSVR, making it $800, and a $1200 PC to run the Vive and Rift, making them $2000 and $1800, respectively. Any way you look at it, Samsung VR is the cheapest entry point.
The pc would only cost $700 if you built it.
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Yeah, but that's the MINIMUM, and it varies per game. If you want to make the most of it and be able to play ANY game compatible with it at optimum settings (Project Cars or Star Citizen comes to mind) then you really need to spend that much. Meanwhile on the PS4, you won't have to do any upgrades or anything to make the game run well.
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Well the ps4 doesn't have star citizen. Minimum requirements are minimum requirements and lowest settings star citizen will look miles better than any ps4 vr game. Anyway I literally just bought a vr ready pc for ~600.
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Should they also include the price of a PlayStation, a computer or the shield?
Playstation VR and Gear VR are more for the masses since there are already tens of millions of PS4 and Galaxy users each.
Oculus Rift and Vive require additional PC hardware worth close to a grand to get them to work, and that's in addition to the cost of the devices themselves.
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Some people already have a computer that will handle it, and for those that want the experience, they will pay for the system they like.
BUT, the thing that I take away from all this is that VR is finally coming into the mainstream, and that's something we can all be happy about.
I think the best thing to do is build on each other's experience and knowledge to make VR better for everyone, regardless of platform.
The gear vr is still cheaper
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Did anyone hear the latest about the ps4.5
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The 4K capable version? Yes.
The Vive is the clear winner for those comfortable with spending the money. I'd say the overall runner-up is the PSVR (and it takes the lead if price is a major concern).
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I find it hard to believe that the gear VR setups have the best resolution per eye... I thought the Vive had the equivalent of two vertical phones, one for each eye, not one horizontal phone, half a screen per eye.
The chart was done logically, but is not entirely accurate (no fault of Russell's). What was done for the VR Gear was to mathematically divide the horizontal screen resolution by 2, which is not what you actually get. If you put the phone in VR mode and pull it out of the headset, you will see that the image does not use the entire screen.
The article state this for the HTC Vive :
2560x1200 (1080 x 1200 per eye)
Where are the 400 missing pixels ? Is it 2160x1200 ?
And the winner is... Xbox One with Rift :)
In the end, none of these are really "good enough". I'm perfectly fine with my Gear VR until next generation VR headsets appear in a year or two (4K, 120hz, better FOV, better tracking, better controllers, etc).
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4k at 120Hz? Not for the next couple of years at LEAST
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Do you really get that resolution with the gear vr. Because the image is smaller than half of the screen when its running
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It's just under half the screen per eye so it would be that resolution, if not a tad less.
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This comparison is just sloppy and rushed: Vive is 2160 x 1200 total not 2560 (as noted by homerggg). Also Vive release date is April 5, not 15.
If you're going to do a comparison to assist people's buying decision at least make a vague effort to preset the correct info FFS.
Lots of mistakes or misinformation. The Vive has a 2160x1200 total resolution. Rift and Vive use a Diamond Pentile OLED screen which means it has a 5,184,000 subpixel count total, while the PSVR uses RGB Matric OLED which is a 6,220,800 subpixel count. Also 90HZ is -raw- framerate, while the 120HZ capability is interpolated framerate. Also the tracking is 10x10ft "+" shaped tracking for the PSVR, 5x10ft "square" shaped for the Oculus, and virtually larger room tracking for the Vive (it can do way more than 15x15). Finally you missed on many notable if not important things to include and consider, like screen sharing, multiplayer, tracking accuracy, see-through camera, 3D audio etc...