People who, a year later, put down more money on thethen probably bought both a consumer and an a few years later. Everyone who isn't an enthusiast would probably be better off sticking to the basic Vive though. Oculus put out the at the end of 2016, giving the Rift hardware for a proper room-scale experience. The bigger deal though, the hook, is that it modifies the one area nobody touched before: The display. That was slightly premature though. So does it get rid of the screen door effect. The Vive Pro renders htc vive pro all clean and legible. Needless to say, these text fields are a lot easier to read with the Vive Pro. The benefits extend to any detail-rich application. The Vive Pro also works in a de facto increase in Google Earth's draw distance, because buildings or landscape features stay sharp and recognizable from further away instead of devolving into a mass of overlarge pixels. The resolution bump is less important in games. And as I said, it makes any text-heavy games more enjoyable to play. Not a bad solution, honestly. Luxury options Enough about resolution. Mentioned in this article The resolution bump really is the most substantial change though. It always stays in place, never pulling away from your face or shifting during action-packed moments. Crank it right, the straps tighten. Crank it left, they loosen. The Vive Pro tweaks the Deluxe Audio Strap design in a few ways, though nothing too substantial. Instead of going over the head, then hanging off the side, the Vive Pro cable runs down the left strap and falls off the back. The Deluxe Audio Strap started that process, but the Vive Pro feels even htc vive pro balanced. Then there are the headphones. But built-in headphones still feel like a compromise. Last and probably least, the control box has changed. You can only connect via Mini DisplayPort. Some, like the counterweight, I actually prefer the old version. After a few weeks at 2880x1600, strapping on my old Vive feels like an immediate downgrade. How did we read it. Those people already have Lighthouse base stations and controllers, and the Vive Pro is backwards compatible with them out of the box. Everyone else will stick with the at or with the optional and for good reason. That makes the Vive Pro something ludicrous, like the supercar: beautiful, and appreciated by a select few, but probably not worth the price for most people.