PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and Vive Comparison: Prices, Specs, & Games

Rez, RIGS, Batman, Thumper, Battlezone, and DriveClub on PSVR if you're shopping for Day 1 software.

It seems like cool tech but unless the games are cool this will be a sinking ship. The tech isn't the problem, it's that nobody has a clue how to make good content for it that keeps people engaged for more than a couple hours. The best content for VR right now is an interesting novelty that doesn't last very long.

Maybe it could still work in an arcade setting, where people just pay for the novelty experience. Asking people to pay for the full cost of the headset, make room and adjustments in their homes? That's not practical if the content doesn't get significantly better.

None of the existing VR headsets are so good. They're all designed for mediocre PC specs. I'd like to see a headset with improved display and wider FoV that needs all the power my dual GTX 1080 system can provide. http://www.funbull.com/

My whole issue is the content for VR at this point, A guy at digital foundry who has the vive, the oculus said he likes VR, but after the coolness of the VR aspect wears off the games are not very interesting. He said if you played those VR games on your TV or monitor they would be boring. And thats exactly how I imagined it to be. If you are an early adopter and don't mind playing tech demo's and have plenty of money to burn then go for it and take a chance that your investment will work out.

Already saving up for ps4pro.might be getting the psvr bundle if it exist and my money allows it.

If you have the money, like supporting new tech with minimal content, and a PC HTC all the way

If you have the money, like supporting new tech with minimal content, well PSVR is your only option until we see what Scorpio does, but that console + VR isn't going to be less than $800/1000 in 2017 and it will be what VR is today with PCs if that because Scorpio is already being made with yesterday's PC hand me down power.

For those that must have the AAA content? Doubt you'll be happy until we have the power of Quad Titans and 4K/120fps per eye and 4 years of developers making games for it... so that places you in about 2022/2025 CE.

Point being... don't look at VR as must play if you're on a budget and expect the crisp and grand titles of today's non VR titles...

You have to like it because it's new, exciting, and finally ground breaking for its playability and potential... it nor its content is close to being refined...

I've tried VR and can only say... it's in its playable infancy, but the coolest thing I've picked up since the switch from a flip phone to the original iPhone... its amazing for its potential... you're paying to be a part of its development, not its establishment

The PlayStation VR cost as much as the 1TB PlayStation 4 Pro console the other headset cost $200.00 dollars and another headset cost $400.00 dollars more they are crazy as crap

The headsets are not as big of a problem as the type of content is pure garbage. I mean really there are no "I have to play games" steam allows anything that is a cash grab to be sold on their store. There are tons of shooter wannabe's, sword gun, bow games. There's a train game where you shoot the same candy and gingerbread man over and over and the cost is up there and there's a diving game that is more worth the price because you can spend more time doing other things like exploring. I was thinking there might be an awesome haunted house game come out that is more than a stupid shooter try to be. Really there's a few good games but most all of them are just garbage cash grabs.

I like how this article fails to mention that you have to purchase the Move Controllers and Camera for the PSVR if you don't own them (That's around $200), and the Touch controllers for the Oculus Rift (that's $200+ dollars).

I think the dealbreaker for VR is a "must have" game that would simply play far better in VR than without, not something heavy hammered in the VR. Something that everyone will be talking about and everyone will want to play it - sort of GTA for VR. I looked at the current Sony VR lineup and there is no single game I want to play.

Every technology that hyped "extraordinary change of way" we do things and then just add restrictions on my previous habits eventually dies in my glorified MEH hole. I am pointing at you: 3D TV, Kinect, Leap Motion - they all sounded much much cooler before I bought them but become very boring very quickly and not the items of worship all the 13 years old youtubers were hyped them to be.

The good thing is, waiting couple of months is a win-win situation, we will either have that "must have" game or can get those VR headsets cheap on craiglist. Really, I see no downside of waiting....

Get a Vive and get Onward...all I need to say

None of the currently existing VR headsets are good enough. They're all designed for mediocre PC specs and of course, consoles and mobile devices. I'd like to see a headset with improved display and wider FoV that needs all the power my dual GTX 1080 system can provide.

Waiting for the next gen of headsets which won't be for another 2-3 years. They could at least put one of today's cell phone screens in there which looks way better than the screen door they all use now.

"Which VR headset are you going to purchase? Let us know in the comments below"

None, but if I were willing to throw out hundreds of dollars as a early adopter (hardware tester) I would have to choose the Sony. Already have a PS4 and my 55" LED TV is 1080P so the higher resolutions from the other ones is a waste. The one from Valve would be second and I wouldn't touch Oculus, Facebook can kiss my *&*&^.

Will give this a year or two to mature, mores software to choose from, more refined. One or more of these early ones will very likely fizzle and die and if you went that way your out of some good cash.

They all need a vacuum hose attachment.

Valve>Oculus>PSVR>GearVR