Experience HTC Vive for yourself: Girls have an urge to buy one

HTC Vive has long been sold in April this year. The price is 799 US dollars in foreign countries and the domestic price is 6,888 yuan. Under normal circumstances, after we spent nearly 7,000 yuan to buy an HTC Vive, we have to spend 6,000 yuan to buy a high-profile computer.

Due to the relatively high cost of experience, many people, besides the players who are not bad money, still hold a wait-and-see attitude and wonder if they want to start.

In addition, the domestic experience points are not enough, although HTC Vive and China's largest Internet cafe platform Shunnet technology cooperation, in the Internet cafes to provide HTC Vive experience. Beijing, Shanghai, we are not sure, but in Shenzhen, we recently went to HTC Vive cooperation Internet cafes (net fish net cafe) experience, the staff told us that HTC Vive has not yet settled. The staff also stated that it is likely that only 1-2 HTC Vive devices will be introduced at that time.

This means that many people, especially those in second- and third-tier cities, have little chance to get started and are even less able to make up their minds.

Today, we have brought you a hands-on experience to share for your reference. Actually, before this, everyone may have already read some of the firsthand articles, but we will interpret it today from the perspective of girls. To be honest, Xiao Bian is not a serious game player, but after experiencing HTC Vive, I even have an urge to buy one.

Use environment

Have to say, when experiencing HTC Vive, first of all have to ensure that you have a large room, the minimum and minimum need 2 meters 1.5 meters of space. The distance between two base stations is approximately 5 meters. The function of the Steam VR base station is to track the player's physical position. When it is working, you can see it glow green.

It was previously suggested that if the home has a higher shelf, everyone can put the base station on the shelf. If you do not have a bookshelf, you can use a higher tripod, as in the figure.

Cables and PCs

We found that HTC Vive really has many cables. The following is an open-plan map. Let's take a look at these cables that will cover your home floor, such as HDMI cable, USB cable, power cable, and so on.

The cable is really too much, and you always feel that you will be stumbled, especially when you are playing high. Even if you are not in the game, usually walking in this room, you should also be careful about lifting your feet. If you can retract your cables after each game, please accept the knees of these lazy patients.

Here we see the PC host and screen that support HTC Vive, right! That is so many lines, that is so messy, Virgo please avoid it.

Although we do not know the specific configuration of this PC host, it is certainly in line with the HTC Vive minimum requirements for the PC:

Processor: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 or higher

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 or higher

Memory: 4GB or higher

Video output: HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 or later

USB interface: 1xUSB 2.0 or higher

Operating System: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10

This monitor, we can see through it the virtual reality world players are seeing. For example, when I was swimming in the deep sea with HTC Vive, outsiders could see what I was playing on the monitor and why I was like a neurotic. .

The helmet itself

As you would normally see, it is a black helmet made of plastic material with a number of straps that hold the HTC Vive in place.

It may be that boys and girls feel different. Some people say that HTC Vive's weight is light, and it doesn't feel stress on the head for half an hour. Excuse me, for girls, HTC Vive is actually not light enough. For a long time (1 hour), our head and neck still feel tired.

Unfortunately, the official has not yet announced the weight of the HTC Vive. However, judging from the hands-on experience, Oculus Rift is actually lighter than the HTC Vive.

What does this mean? This shows that the HTC Vive still has room for weight reduction, so look forward to the second generation of products to be lighter.

In addition, if you are a girl, because the head is smaller and the face is smaller, it is better to adjust the size before wearing it. If you wear it in the size of a boy, the HTC Vive will be very loose and easy to slide off.

Game experience

This experience is divided into two parts. One is the video viewing experience (watch a deep-sea video demo) and the other is the gaming experience.

The first is a video demo similar to deep-sea adventures, “Deep Sea Big Whale.” After wearing HTC Vive, we seem to be in the depths of the sea at once. In a sunk ship, we can see the shark swimming in front of us. The feeling is very real and it impresses me most. What impresses me most is that in the experience, you can feel that you exhale and inhale in the water, and you hear the sound of inhaling in the water and the water The sound of bubbles when exhaling is very realistic.

Because of virtual reality, we are located on a boat. When we approach the side of the ship and head out to explore, the dark seabed feels terrified.

The second part is a shooting game. At this time we need to use the HTC Vive handle. Relying on the handle, we can use the laser to lock the object, and then launch the bullet to bombard! Although I was playing this game for the first time, the operation of the handle is not very familiar with it. Fortunately, the handle is easy to use, but also can not play Love it.

At present, we need to use the handle to interact with VR. We hope that the technology will improve in the future. We can throw away these handles and interact directly with both hands.

It should be noted that after we put on the HTC Vive, we will see that there are several lines in the screen. We need to move within the scope of the line. If we have crossed the line, we can only see the white line. Back to get back to the VR world.

Halo is not dizzy? Whether there is still want to play

Very happy to tell everyone that there is no feeling of fainting, when I found HTC Vive not dizzy, almost burst into tears. Because this is how I play so many VR devices, this is the first time I have encountered no dizzy.

We also tried 3Glasses on the day, put on VR glasses and a rocking chair to experience the roller coaster. I didn't experience half of it. I was guilty of dizziness and nausea. I felt irritated and I wanted to burn the glasses. However, my little buddy boy still plays a very good Yu Sen, it may be his skeleton surprise.

However, when experiencing HTC Vive, there was no feeling of vertigo (maybe I did not have a roller coaster). After taking off my glasses, the whole person only felt excited, instead of "Oh, I was dizzy and I sat for a while."

Therefore, it is not a problem for boys and girls who are worried about "vertigo".

As to whether there is any desire to play again, we have found that this is also a concern for netizens. After all, it cost tens of thousands to install the HTC Vive and a high-end computer. It only played twice to idle, and it was too tyrannical. For me, as long as the VR content is sufficiently diverse and of high quality, I'm still willing to continue playing, watching movies, VR tours, VR classes, VR games, and so on.