HTC Vive UK Pricing Revealed

HTC Vive UK Pricing Revealed

 

The HTC Vive will cost £689 in the UK and will include motion controllers, tracking equipment and 2 games, making the HTC Vive a much more expensive VR Headset than the Oculus Rift but also much more feature rich. 

Right now if you purchase an Oculus Rift the UK pricing is £499, but this does not include postage costs and if you pre-Order the Rift now you will have to wait until at least June before it ships, whereas the HTC Vive is expected to ship in April. 

 

The HTC Vive will include the following in the box, please note the the Oculus Rift will not come with Motion controls.

 

– HTC Vive Headset

– 2x Vive motion Controllers

– 2x Vive base Stations

– Vive link Box

– Vive Ear Buds

– 2 Games (Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption) 

   

 

The recommended PC specifications of the HTC Vive have been announced, requiring a PC which is weaker than what is required for the Oculus Rift. 

The HTC Vive will require GTX 970//R9 290 or higher, 4GB+ or RAM and an Intel i5 4590/ FX 8350 or higher, whereas the Oculus Rift recommends no AMD CPUs at this time and requires at least 8GB of system memory and USB 3.0 posts. 

 

RECOMMENDED PC SPECS

 

GPU: – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater
CPU: – Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater   
RAM: – 4GB+
Video Output: – HDMI 1.4 or DisplayPort 1.2 or newer
USB Port: – 1x USB 2.0 or greater port
Operating System: – Windows 7 SP1 or newer

  

It is clear when looking at what is included that the HTC Vive is the more advanced unit, offering full motion controls and advanced tracking functions at launch, whereas the Oculus Rift is designed for a static, sitting down experience. 

 

You can join the discussion on the HTC Vive’s UK price on the OC3D Forums.