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“Because the Oculus headset works on Steam games, but the Vive doesn't out of the box work with Oculus Home. You can make it work, but it's not quite official.

“Because the Oculus headset works on Steam games, but the Vive doesn't out of the box work with Oculus Home. You can make it work, but it's not quite official. The Rift is also a little bit more comfortable and people seem to the think the display is generally better." What? Why would you want Vive to make it work with Oculus Home? Isn't that like saying you want your Android phone to visit Apple's App Store? Vive works with Steam and I think that's more than adequate. And Vive works with Steam games too, so not sure why you said your first sentence.

lazerwalker 10y ago
This metaphor is dangerous. One potential future for VR is one where Oculus (or Rift) and Vive are two separate platforms, like smartphones. Some overlap in releases, but in general, no compatibility. The other future is one where your VR device is a replacable peripheral, like a screen or a keyboard. It's absurd to think you'd have to double-check whether the game you want to play supports Dell monitors. One of these futures is better for consumers, and I'd wager it's the second.
squeaky-clean 10y ago
> Isn't that like saying you want your Android phone to visit Apple's App Store That would be awesome, there's lots of iOS exclusive apps I wish I could use. > And Vive works with Steam games too, so not sure why you said your first sentence. Oculus gets Steam + Oculus Store. Vive only gets Steam.