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on August 1st 2012 Oculus launched their groundbreaking Kickstarter project for

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the original Rift development kit 1 and changed the dialogue and the vision of

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future gaming ever since the majority of my personal excitement around gaming and

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computers has been focused on VR even

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just six or so months ago I'd say that the general excitement in the community

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was largely around Oculus and the rift

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but things started to change and in January of this year I posted a poll on

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Twitter and that poll resulted in a 50/50 vote between the rift and the HTC

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Vive out of a grand total of 3,400 is votes while the new poll I posted

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yesterday is overwhelmingly in favor of the Vive like 84% HTC Vive and 16%

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Oculus Rift after about 5100 is votes

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let's explore

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why Intel skull Canyon nuck features the sixth generation core i7 processor and

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Thunderbolt 3 learn more in the link in the video description down

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below now this isn't really a VI versus Rift Showdown but I'm going to preface

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it with some comparative information to at least lay some groundwork naturally

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the goal of VR devices is to give you an immersive experience to make you feel

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like you're a part of the game or the movie or whatever it is that you happen

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to be viewing or interacting with currently when comparing these two

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devices it's quite possible to look at it as a simple input output equation the

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rift doesn't require a lot of input the device shows up the setup is simple and

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Away you go it's a solid and rewarding experience that I would expect the vast

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majority of people to enjoy the Vive

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when fully utilized is a bit of a different story the setup requires

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forethought in regards to where the lighthouse sensors will be positioned if

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there is enough Headroom in order to swing the controllers around where the

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PC and your body will be positioned how

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you will manage the tether Etc it's also

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definitely not as comfortable or as lightweight what you get in return

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however is beyond a solid experience it's something to behold to say that

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being able to walk around and move your hands and have that translate to your

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character walking around and moving their hands in a virtual world was for

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me kind of a life-changing experience might not be the biggest exaggeration

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I've ever said this is a sensation that I have been eagerly awaiting for quite

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some time now but if you're a fan of this channel you've probably heard this

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from me before and I'm sure that you'd love to sit through me talking about how

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much I love VR for 10 minutes but let's hold off on that for a bit because I

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want to show you something better one of my favorite things about VR is sharing

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my enthusiasm with others enter Dennis

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and Nick

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what oh my

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God oh my God oh my

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God

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no

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you

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get so they were just playing a game called raw data from cios it's an alpha

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and definitely has some work to be done before it's a finished product but it's

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a hell of a lot of fun and even allows for co-op gameplay this seems like a

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pretty standard narrative for a lot of VR games right now even ones that are

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just more or less Tech demos can be tons

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of fun and a huge of them are still in Early Access although their prices don't

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necessarily reflect that and they've been taking a lot of flak for that fact

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I get it it's frustrating buying a rather expensive game that doesn't turn

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out to be this extensive project Masterpiece and I completely agree that

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especially for VR games there should really be an option to try demo but

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these guys have developed games and experiences for a very small audience

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and need to recoup costs so this is a time where I'll try to vote with my

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wallet and at least let them know that we do want VR games and it is worth

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developing them anyways moving on I'm not going to waste a ton of time going

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over the specific hardware specs of the screen and the sensors and whatnot this

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video has my rundown between the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive consumer versions from

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before they were released and only a couple things have changed first you're

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able to launch different games and control things through the headset

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because of the wonderful integration of steam VR you're even able to see your

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desktop and manage things easily this being combined with being able to

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activate the pass through camera in order to see your surroundings makes it

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so as long as it doesn't make you instantaneously nauseated that you don't

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have to take your headset off until you're done which is great for keeping

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things like grease smudges off the lenses and maintaining immersion next up

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you can use the dial on the side of the headset to control the ipd or inter

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pupilary distance settings and if you pop out the gray rings around the pivot

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Points for the head straps you can adjust the depth of the lenses as well

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this can be especially helpful for people who wear glasses and last is

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something that I was wrong about in my comparison video they included spare

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face foam in the Box in a slightly different size just in case you have a

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more narrow face structure I do hope that HTC makes Replacements available

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for purchase however as these are sure to sop up face sweat after a number of

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sessions playing something awesome like raw data so that's it the Vive is here

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and it's awesome should you buy one maybe not actually the $800 or

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$1,149 Canadian dollars that you would have to pay is quite the price and

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that's on top of having a high-end Enthusiast computer enough room in both

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the X and Y axes in order to move around

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and support the majority of games that you're going to want to play on the Vive

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the ability to properly place your Lighthouse sensors somewhere logical and

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the extra cash at the end of the day to

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essentially beta test most of the games that are out there that are just one or

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two steps Beyond a tech demo I am very happy with the experience that I'm

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having and I know a bunch of others that are as well and I'm sure a ton of you

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you are or would be but the Vive isn't

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necessarily something that I could recommend happily to everyone our

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artistic neighbor wants one so that he can make these amazing Creations in

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tiltbrush I've seen some of them they're great I recommended it to him but that's

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because he's a baller I just don't want people who are strapped for cash blowing

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the bank on this thing maybe wait till your local Tech Shop sets up a demo it's

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a lot of money it takes a lot of dedication in terms of space and

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planning and everything just make sure that it's the right purchase for you

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which I did reference earlier but it's a good data point anyways is the

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comparison between the rift and the Vive pre-release please note that I made that

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video with the touch controllers in mind

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and they are not yet available for the rift that is a very important point