The all-in-one headset to beat! - HTC Vive XR Elite

The HTC Vive was one of the best VR headsets when it came out almost 7 years ago, but since then, a TON of great headsets have released like the Oculus/Meta Quest and the Valve Index. Adam checked out HTC's booth at CES to see if HTC has been working hard over the last almost decade or if this is just a cash grab.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 HTC is back!
0:35 Specs and features
4:10 Sponsor - dbrand
4:59 The controllers, hand tracking, and headset fit
6:19 Gaming experience and passthrough camera
8:02 Pricing and overall thoughts
8:35 Outro

[CptPatch]

I love how confident they always are that the editors will save them from their mistakes.

[ChillJoe]

8:13 Just want to say that the index is a lower resolution of 1440*1600 per eye vs. the 1920*1920 per eye of this headset. (The valve index does have a larger FOV though).

[notlNSIGHT]

It's not a proper Quest competitor at $1200. Quest Pro, maybe. But Quest 2? Nah

Edit: Now it seems a little more pointless with the Quest Pro's price drop

[colororb]

Shout out to the musician actor at Vive's booth! He reminds me of classic E3

[shlubbert]

This would be amazing if it also had eye tracking for foveated rendering like the Quest Pro and PSVR 2 -- really sounds like that'll be a must-have for high performance VR rendering in the future.

[mattcy]

I like his nervous look to the HTC rep off screen when he says "don't lie HTC..."

[David-jlcz]

I want to watch 2 hours of riley giving strangers tech tips.

[hokayson]

The adjustable diopters feature is SO GOOD. I wear glasses and have bought aftermarket lenses for my prescription for my Quest 2, but that reduces the FoV and my prescription changes slowly over time. Having adjustable focus in the headset fixes both those issues. I would happily pay a good chunk more for those features, but $1, 099 with the same chip as the Quest 2 and only 90Hz...oof.

[fffrrraannkk]

Having a diopter or whatever it's called built in is really cool. Safe to say a lot of people who don't even wear glasses might be able to benefit from being able to make slight adjustments.

[noahosborne]

You can't say it competes with the quest 2 when it's twice the price, thats like saying the 7900x competes with an 13500.

[AadidevSooknananNXS]

Would a lav mic give better audio for in-conference coverage?
Also, PROPS for calling them out on the resolution thing, that's what we call journalism!

[Pikminiman]

I'm glad HTC is still making VR headsets. This one looks like a decent return to form after they floundered for a few years post Valve partnership.

[ozerune]

I love the glasses thing but at $1100 I'll be buying something else with a glasses spacer or an extra lens for it.

[Standard.Candle]

Holy shit, whatever marketing guru greenlit that French composer for CES is a bloody genius.

[WujiKami]

Thank you! I'm surprised by how many unique points your brought up compared to everyone else I've watched so far. Definitely need to see a full review of the final product, if it's still flimsy I will rather invest in a Lynx R1headset.

[invasious]

I'm a little surprised no one is really saying much about this headset only having an XR2 gen 1, as a quest 2 owner it's apparent that the XR2 has aged a bit, and while it's still a great processor for VR, it was already fleeting in 2020 when the Quest 2 released. We are now in 2023 and this brand new headset has technology that is at least 3 years old. For a headset that costs $1099, you aren't really getting much longevity. You are getting a nicer device, absolutely, but HTC should have waited for XR2 Gen 2 or XR3, especially at this price point.

[TheDecree]

The glasses diopter thing is absolutely the biggest selling point of these to me and a bunch of others. Still expensive but if the diopter works well…absolutely nothing beats that

[viggyk]

Just a fantastic review. Thank you. So many other videos just skim passed the specs, but your in depth look at build quality and features was fantastic! Thank you!

[zwenkwiel]

I think they definitely win in the coolest looking headset category, these oversized aviators look way cooler than those chunky brick or shapeless Blob designs of most other headsets. (Rift S was pretty dope too imo)

[Later_Nerd]

Jeez man can you guys throw Nvidia Broadcast at this audio or something? I get it's busy but there is a TON of background noise. You guys have been great about that in all of these videos of CES. But this one was brutal lol.