In depth: What it’s like to spend the weekend with the HTC Vive

By Gareth Beavis

The long, long set-up

I sat there, staring at my desktop PC. It’s too old to run VR, I was sure of that – it’d be getting ready for its first day of high school were it a child.

I came to the conclusion that I’d probably only have to upgrade the motherboard, CPU and graphics card. And power supply. And other unknown elements… and that I have no idea how to do those things. I wasn’t going to be able to buy my own VR headset any time soon.

I sighed, and turned back to the front door, willing the delivery company to come and bring my demo HTC Vive unit (and VR-capable PC that I smartly borrowed from Nvidia). It took HOURS.

You see, ever since I tried the Vive in Barcelona at the start of 2015, I was hooked. I wanted to have one of my very own to play with ever since, not bound by the short demonstrations I’ve been unable to choose. It was a long 13 months.

It’s testament to the potential of the tech that I was still excited that long after the first trial – most things would have been usurped and something far more brilliant …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming