With the Meta Quest 3 just around the corner, us VR fans really need to have a good look at its potential competition – especially other standalone virtual reality headsets that also support PCVR, from other large, trusted brands. And while it's significantly...
The Vive XR Elite immediately impresses with how small it is. If you're coming from a, the size and weight difference is borderline shocking – it's essentially a thick pair of glasses.
There's a USB-C plug sticking out of the right frame of the headset, meaning you charge the XR Elite just like you would any modern phone . You can fine tune the exact IPD that feels comfortable to you, by moving the lenses closer or further apart, akin to how IPD adjustment works on the Quest. Except, over there – you can only snap between three presets, not to mention the IPD range is smaller, so – big win for the XR Elite.
After you give the app your WiFi password, you're prompted to turn on the XR Elite's controllers, and… nothing happens. They vibrated, the right controller's LED started blinking, but the app didn't let me hit Next. Thankfully there was an option to pair the controllers manually, and following the instructions there did the trick.
If you've used a Meta Quest before, the standalone Vive XR Elite experience will feel right at home. Like the Quest, this is also an Android-based VR headset, using a very, very similar interface, meaning you get a virtual"home" area, a dock to access your apps or settings from, and a main window. Similarly to the Quest's web browser, you can use the Vive XR Elite one to browse the web and even request desktop versions of sites, watch YouTube, and so on. You can also resize the web browser window, although the resizing process isn't nearly as straightforward and refined as on Meta's headset.
But hey, I'm more of a PCVR user, so perhaps pairing this headset to my PC will prove to be its saving grace…HTC claims you can play SteamVR games if you connect your PC to your Vive XR Elite, meaning it should be compatible with pretty much any PCVR games. Other games and apps I tried did recognize the controllers and their layout, but there was usually a caveat, such as their pointing angle being weird, forcing you to aim in unnatural directions.
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