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Yeah but I would wager we will see something sooner from Oculus for PC-VR than 2021...

I sure am hoping so. I do like where they are headed.

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Exactly.

 

 

+1! you can enjoy it now!

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The Samsung Odyssey is cheaper and provides much better visuals than the Rift or the Vive Pro.

 

Microsoft store also offer student/military/educator discounts to drop the price even further. :thumbup:

 

After using the Rift and Vive...I'd never suggest someone buy one of them. The Odyssey is just hands down a much better HMD every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

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Back before I ordered my Rift in Jan of 2017, I thought I had decided to hold off till next generation. The more I kept seeing posts on how great it was the more I started re-thinking that.

I am so glad I did, cause ever since I have used this Rift on almost a daily basis, flight simming several hours a week with it.

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The Samsung Odyssey is cheaper and provides much better visuals than the Rift or the Vive Pro.

 

Microsoft store also offer student/military/educator discounts to drop the price even further. :thumbup:

 

After using the Rift and Vive...I'd never suggest someone buy one of them. The Odyssey is just hands down a much better HMD every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

 

Not Gen2 from what I’ve read, but what a great option.

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The Samsung Odyssey is cheaper and provides much better visuals than the Rift or the Vive Pro.

 

Microsoft store also offer student/military/educator discounts to drop the price even further. :thumbup:

 

After using the Rift and Vive...I'd never suggest someone buy one of them. The Odyssey is just hands down a much better HMD every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

 

The Rift is about $100.00 cheaper than the Odyssey right now, but the Odyssey having better visuals is a good reason for someone who doesn't currently have a VR HMD to consider spending a little more cash than they would for a Rift. For us current Rift users though, I think a lot of us agree that, at this point, we'd rather stay with the Rift and hold out for generation 2, rather than forking over another 500 bucks for generation 1.5. In the mean time, I'm very happy with my Rift CV1.

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The Rift is about $100.00 cheaper than the Odyssey right now, but the Odyssey having better visuals is a good reason for someone who doesn't currently have a VR HMD to consider spending a little more cash than they would for a Rift. For us current Rift users though, I think a lot of us agree that, at this point, we'd rather stay with the Rift and hold out for generation 2, rather than forking over another 500 bucks for generation 1.5. In the mean time, I'm very happy with my Rift CV1.

 

Yes I would fit in that group, not doing away with my Rift anytime soon.

Plus I very much enjoy the occasional foray into some Touch supported games. They can be quite a lot of fun.

 

One thing for sure I am well getting my money's worth out of this Rift and continue to do so. I am still hanging my hat on a Rift CV2 down the road.

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About to jump in to VR after years with TIR5. Reading endlessly through reviews and experiences here seems to indicate they're all fairly close, but without any existing investment in VR tech it looks like the Odyssey is the best one to jump into at the moment. And while I've got a pretty good gaming budget and excellent machine, I don't think the Vive Pro's 4 figure entry price is quite worth it.

 

Is that accurate? I'm somewhat sensitive to SDE... I remember watching movies in theaters using new digital projector shortly after they came out (Attack of the Clones comes to mind), and the SDE effect was horrific in some scenes. Wife and friends with me had no idea what I was talking about, but it made me near nauseous. It looks like the Odyssey is the best to minimize SDE right now.

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Vive Pro is ABSOLUTELY not worth it. Unless you want to walk around the room. Vive has the best tracking, followed by Rift, then WMRs like Odyssey. For DCS, tracking on Odyssey is fine. Especially if you're used to TIR's "tracking" The *only* thing to mull over, is that Rift has better support than others. It's not a huge lead, but it is better wit things like ASW. But again, it's a lead. But since you're in DFW, it wouldn't be hard to try out both and return the one you don't like, would it? MS store, Best Buy both accept returns. I didn't see that much of a difference but I do wear glasses. Others have said there is a significant difference. Considering the paper specs, I was shocked that I didn't see as much difference but now chalk it up to my 52 year old eyes being the bottleneck! :)

 

 

Either way, Odyssey or Rift, you can't go wrong.

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The Samsung Odyssey is cheaper and provides much better visuals than the Rift or the Vive Pro.

 

Microsoft store also offer student/military/educator discounts to drop the price even further.

 

After using the Rift and Vive...I'd never suggest someone buy one of them. The Odyssey is just hands down a much better HMD every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

Unfortunately the Odissey cannot be bought in Europe

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Unfortunately the Odissey cannot be bought in Europe

 

 

Wow, really? I would have thought Samsung or MS would have launched it globally. That sucks.

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Unfortunately the Odissey cannot be bought in Europe

You could allways go for the ebay option

 

Considered that myself, but I decided to go for the safer option and wait for a good priced 2nd hand Rift that I can physically pick up somewhere in the neighbourhood

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You could allways go for the ebay option

 

Considered that myself, but I decided to go for the safer option and wait for a good priced 2nd hand Rift that I can physically pick up somewhere in the neighbourhood

 

You'll be waiting years then. VR is amazing now.

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You'll be waiting years then. VR is amazing now.

Hm? I think you misunderstood me. I'm checking the Dutch "ebay" for a 2nd hand Rift. There are lots of them available, just waiting for one in the region where I live. That won't take long :)

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Not Gen2 from what I’ve read, but what a great option.

 

 

Not accurate.

 

The Odyssey is superior to the Vive Pro in that they both have the same screen, but the Vive Pro uses the same Lens that are in the Vive. The Odyssey uses a much better lens with NO God Rays and "Virtually" NO Screen Door Effect. Thus the visuals in the Odyssey are FAR SUPERIOR to the Vive/Vive Pro.

 

As far as the tracking goes, the Odyssey tracking works great. I sit for 99% of the HMD games any way, so the room size tracking is great if your a commercial business but not so much in a house or a small room.

 

This is a great video that explains the differences between the Vive Pro and Samsung Odyssey.

 

 

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Not accurate.

 

The Odyssey is superior to the Vive Pro in that they both have the same screen, but the Vive Pro uses the same Lens that are in the Vive. The Odyssey uses a much better lens with NO God Rays and "Virtually" NO Screen Door Effect. Thus the visuals in the Odyssey are FAR SUPERIOR to the Vive/Vive Pro.

 

As far as the tracking goes, the Odyssey tracking works great. I sit for 99% of the HMD games any way, so the room size tracking is great if your a commercial business but not so much in a house or a small room.

 

This is a great video that explains the differences between the Vive Pro and Samsung Odyssey.

 

 

 

It’s not Gen2 according to industry commentators and people who have an informed opinion. BTW, most people agree that tracking has been sorted already.

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Wow, really? I would have thought Samsung or MS would have launched it globally. That sucks.
Yes it really sucks.... can't really understand why companies make choice like this

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