HTC VIVE Pro Starter Edition- Virtual Reality System

Would be the best headset if the headphones didnt lack requiring you to buy or print headphone clips. Also you should do the gear mod making it the clarity zone better. Htc vive has the same issue. The tracking is top tier. The visuals are amazing. The blacks are so black. It makes the light to dark pop. The index on the other hand has pretty sub par blacks do to the lcd screens. The index has much better headphones. They are like speakers off of your ear. This headset is very comfortable. It has less FOV than the index but you can get pretty close with different face pads. But again the picture is stunning in the vive pro. I would recommend the vive pro with the index controllers if you have the money. This is a gray area. If you dont want to spend the money the rift s is the best bet. Great controllers. great headset. The tracking is lacking compared to the tech these use. Fully playable but the base stations are superior. VR is had to find the personal sweet spot. I personally like the best light to dark and tracking. This HMD covers it.

I have tried the oculus rift s before and now i have this, and i am very happy with this purchase. Yes, setting it up took longer than the oculus. but at least i have flawless gaming with the lights turned off ! also, i had no problems whatsoever that were mentioned in other reviews i was scared to get it because of that, but i have no problems thank god. Maybe updates have fixed things? I hope everyone who gets it has a great experience as i have had these past few weeks

Worked for a while, less than a year, and now after a month of chat and email exchanges with both Steam and HTC I am giving up. The controllers just stop working. Yes they are charged, paired, up-to-date, —- I could go on with all the hoops I’ve jumped thru to reach the point of compilation. I don’t get the 4.1 Stars avg? If I did the math I think a 900 number would be cheaper entertainment.

In case you were wondering, Half-Life: Alyx is not included. (Btw: running a core i5 9400f with an RTX 2070, and 16gb of ram) Ive only had this headset for two weeks, so keep that in mind, and its my first VR headset ever. I dont believe HLA makes a VR Headset worth it at the moment. The included controllers makes locomotion awkward because touch pads does not equal the tactile feel of a joy stick. Makes moving feel like riding a skateboard. Just teleport when you can, or get the Index controllers. That being said: HLA is a great game and was an awesome experience. Completely spoiled all other VR for me. As for motion sickness: I rarely felt motion sick, I could game for hours in this headset. It only occurred when there was a sudden drop in frame rate (which mostly occurred in loading screens) 90 fps is good enough for me. The breakaway box has only caused me problems once. The cable that runs out the back of the headset and is only a slight annoyance. The included headphones are great, I wouldnt suggest removing them because a full, over ear headset would just be awkward. I dont think the headset would accommodate them very well. If you must stop using them, use ear buds. Room scale was easy enough, just make sure you keep your base stations steady. They dont NEED to be facing down at a 30° angle, however, they can be easily disturbed if something tugs on the cable. Steam VR still isnt perfect and I get an annoying glitch where I get no audio unless I restart steam. Lastly, dont punch your monitor by accident. ----------------------------------------------- 1 year Later ------------------------------------------------------------- I still enjoy this headset, though I did have to replace one of the lighthouses, but htc was kind enough to replace it for free. The headset still works as advertised, however I can no longer recommend this headset as there are superior and cheaper alternatives out there (like the Oculus Quest 2). I definitely feel buyers remorse, but until I have a good reason to replace this headset, I am going to stick with it because its adequate.

Put about 2k hours on my Pro and Im left with some very mixed feelings. There has been an overall lack of support for this product by HTC and they have completely suspended production on them. The proprietary cable was an ABSOLUTE mistake. An $80 cable that dies after 400-500 hours of regular use is INSANE. Worse than that the head-strap. Although the halo style band is comfortable and fits to the head very securely it is VERY fragile given the right circumstances. At 800 hours I dropped the headset from chest height onto its side horizontally and it completely snapped clean. Thats not the worst of it however because getting a replacement for the head-strap is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE. These arent made anymore and any site that was selling replacements have been sold out for well over a year or more. The headphones were really nice, sounded great and very comfortable. Unfortunately I had to remove mine as the leads to the left ear cup were ripped out when I snapped the head-strap. Theres no auxiliary out on the headset so Im forced to run a 3 meter auxiliary cord to get functional headphones and it gets tangled up with the Pro cable constantly. The displays themselves look FANTASTIC and coming from no VR experience to the Pro was really perspective changing. As time has gone on the Im wearing goggles tunnel effect has gotten worse and worse and now I cant help but notice it. Wish the FOV was a little wider. Included controllers were okay, and I still give them to first time players to jump them in. Some games are better with the wands but Ive since started using the Knuckles, which I prefer. Honestly the only reason I bought into this headset was because the Valve headset was sold out during lock-down. Wish I would have waited as the Index complete kit cost LESS than I paid for the Pro. It also doesnt use a proprietary cable and has a wider FOV. Oh well, I enjoyed the time I spent with mine getting introduced into VR but I should have been a little more patient. If HTC wouldnt have made this thing abandonware well before I bought it I might be a return customer. Fortunately though Ive learned my lesson and will probably be buying an Index.

TLDR: Basestation failed in less then 2 weeks of use, had to pay to ship in back for repair and HTC would not supply a working one while I wait 2 weeks for the repair. Overall Ive enjoyed my Vive Pro Experience. Its my first entry into the VR world. I added in the wireless expansion card/headset and overall spent about $1400. Besides being overcharged for some things like the wireless headset adapter for the headset, I was still in a good place. Then after less then 2 weeks of play a basestation failed. Didnt fall over, or get knocked around, just failed. Previous night worked, in the morning the blinked red LED was on. I was then faced with either returning the entire VivePro setup to amazon (package it all up, ship it all back, etc) or having to pay to send in the basestation for repair, without an offer to send me a working on in the meantime. I have to say that dropping $1400 did lead to expectations of far better build quality and customer service. Im happy to put money into the VR ecosystem because when it works, its amazing and I want to support hardware and software developers. However HTC is making it difficult to recommend the setup to others if the hardware is this prone to failure and they simply do not have an interest in supporting their customers with a higher tier of customer service.

I wanted to enjoy this product but I found the visor too heavy and hot and the slightest misalignment in wearing the visor takes one or both eyepieces out of focus. Its very sensitive to precise positioning on the face. To keep it in place it had to be strapped on so tightly I sort of felt like I was wearing a Half Life 2 face crab but one equippedwith VR, if a face crab supported VR. The resolution wasnt high enough for the flight simulations I wanted to use it with - DCSs, even though theyre supported - and I found myself yearning for my LCD panel and trackir setup instead of using this item - and the controls should really be mesh gloves with finger tracking instead of awkward sticks. HTC nailed the tracking: The control and visor tracking was dead on.

I received an opened product with missing parts. The product arrived late and I had to deal with this. I’ll update the review when this gets resolved and actually get to use the product. Can’t believe HTC did this.

Its an awesome VR headset, it is a little difficult to config it properly, also, you should check if your hardware is compatible (including cables). But, when you correctly set up it, then you will have an awesome product. Beware of space and room conditions beforehand, too many windows/light may cause interference in tracking.