Oculus vs. Valve

[Tbone]

This week Valve overtook Oculus as the high standard for VR, by all accounts. Oculus still hasn't revealed their consumer model and what their input solution (if they have one) looks like. But the HTC Vive's release date is set, and so now there's a ticking clock before a decision has to be made...

Oculus
+ Bigger and better team dedicated just to VR
+ Working more closely with Nvidia/AMD/game engines
+ Will probably have the better headset (resolution, precision, latency)
+ Will probably work with Oculus apps and any other VR app
- Has not revealed consumer version
- No input solution
- Seated experience only (no room tracking)
- No release date
- Possible walled garden

Valve/HTC
+ Good track record for games
+ HTC good track record for hardware
+ Impressive dual screen headset with 90 hz refresh rate
+ Steam ecosystem already exists
+ Precise, low latency wireless motion controllers
+ Full 360 degree room tracking
+ Open source tracking so other products can be used
+ Release date in November
- Smaller VR team than Oculus
- Not working as closely with GPUs/engines
- Unknown price range, may be expensive
- May not work with Oculus-exclusive apps

I'll try to keep this updated as we learn more. Currently Valve has the advantage.  Hopefully we'll learn everything about Oculus' consumer product(s) before a decision needs to be made (basically, before Vive opens up for preorders!) What's your opinion?

[likwidtek]

Competition is good!  Even if Valve is only pulling a Google Fiber on Oculus, it's a win!

[Maglorius]

So, would now be a good time to sell the DK2? 

[Maglorius]

Looks like the used resell value of the DK2 has dropped, I guess that is due to the 1 to 2 week lead time for delivery instead of the 8 to 12 weeks.