Best VR HeadSet Ever: Comparison Between Sony PS VR, HTC Vive And Oculus Rift

While the market already seemed full with a wide range of virtual reality headsets, Sony has also launched its Sony PlayStation VR to the list. The latest PS VR is going to compete with its major rivals: high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

If the Sony PS VR comes out to be similar to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, it'll definitely lead the consumer VR market. As all of the headsets offer a similarly wide variety of experience, which VR headset is right for you will depend on the budget and the hardware you already have. Here's a brief comparison of the three headsets:

Oculus Rift

Available for a price of $599, the Oculus Rift features Accelerometer, Gyroscope and an optical sensor for peripheral space tracking. It also offers a 110 degrees field of view with a Resolution of 1,200×1,080 pixels per eye. The Refresh Rate is 90Hz.

The Minimum System Requirements for the Oculus Rift are NVIDIA GTX 970/AMD R9 290 equivalent, Intel i5-4590, 8GB RAM, Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output, 3 USB 3.0 ports and 1 USB 2.0 port and at least Windows 7 Sp1 64 bit. The VR headset currently supports more than 100 games

The pack comes with an Oculus Rift headset with a quick start guide, Oculus remote with integrated battery, small plastic tool for integrated headphone removal, camera sensor with built-in stand, Xbox One USB wireless receiver for gamepad and instructions, Xbox One wireless gamepad, two AA batteries, two Oculus logo stickers, Oculus lens wipe cloth.

HTC Vive

The HTC Vive is available at a price of $799. It comprises of a number of sensors including an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, Inertial measurement units (IMU) and positional tracking. The Vive offers a field view of 110 degrees with a resolution of 1080×1200 pixels per eye. The Refresh Rate is 90Hz.

Minimum System Requirements for the Vive are NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 480 equivalent, Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350, 4 GB RAM, HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2, 1 USB 2.0, Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. The Vive supports 717 games from Steam and HTC's Viveport store.

The pack contains sync cable, base station power adaptor, 2 base stations, 2 controllers with lanyards, headset, mounting kit, link box mounting pad, link box, link box power adaptor, HDMI cable, USB cable, cleaning cloth, earbuds, alternate face cushion and two micro-USB chargers.

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Sony PlayStation VR

The recently launched Sony PS VR is available at $399.99. The sensors include a three-axis gyroscope combined with Three-axis accelerometer. The VR headset offfers field of view of about 100 degrees with a resolution of 1920×1080 per eye with full-color RGB. Is available in two refresh rates: 90Hz & 120Hz.

System requirements are the usual PlayStation 4, PS Camera and PS Move controllers. While 30 games are available at present Sony, however, promised to launch 50 more before the end of this year. The pack includes VR headset, VR headset, a processor unit, stereo headphones, USB cable, connection cable, HDMI cable, AC power cord, AC adaptor and a demo disc with 15 games.

Which one to buy?

The Sony PS VR is the best option if you don't want to buy an expensive headset. It's not the best in the market, but considering the price and the features it has, the PS VR is the best deal available. Also, as Sony's quite close to the best game studios, some top class titles may hit the Sony PS VR platform first. If you're quite comfortable in spending a part of your budget, buy the Oculus Rift. However, if you're a diehard fan and want Virtual Reality to remain an open platform, you should buy the HTC Vive.

The Vive offers the best overall experience at present and the tracking is also fantastic. Oculus is also coming up with many updates: You may be able to run Rift on a less powerful PC in the coming few months. Also, Oculus has been working with its parent company Facebook on new cutting edge VR experience.

Of course, these headsets are a huge leap up from Google's Cardboard in everything but based on what you might need, the above comparison might help you find the Headset you've been looking for the best experience.