I`ve long thought VR headsets were neat, but I struggled to justify a reason to get one. Well, this one might just make me open my wallet.Okay, I might be convinced.
When I first wrote about HTC`s new Vive XR Elite headset last week, I was skeptical. Not that it wasn`t good, but that it was something I would want. Yeah, HTC checked a lot of boxes with this latest headset and implemented some new tech, but would it be worth the $1,100 price tag?
Well... I think it might be.
I`ve been watching VR mostly from the outside since the first consumer devices started coming out. The early days were really cool, but also really difficult. There were attempts to make it work just using a smartphone as the screen, controller, and computer, and on the far opposite end of the spectrum there was HTC releasing a head-worn display that was tethered to a high-powered computer with a bundle of cables and tracking beacons you had to mount around a room.
VR has come a long way since those early day...
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