HTC Vive Pro Unboxing and Review By VRGear

Hey guys this is VR gear, and we are going to be unboxing and reviewing the contents of the HTC five pro today and talk a little about the differences between the original five and the new five pro, which is the premier HTC headset. So let's jump right in, so the box comes inside another box, wrapped in bubble, wrap for extra protection and, as you can see, right away, the headset is visibly different from the original five, in that it is blue, and the original five is black. That's the first thing that stands out from the packaging. So, let's open it up and look inside. We have some inventory to make sure that we have everything that is supposed to be in the box there and there are boxes one through five. You don't see one here, because one is the main box and each one of these other boxes contains a subcomponent of the HTC five pro complete system.

We did not buy the headset in isolation. We bought the whole system so first up in box 2 we have the satellites these are used for tracking in the real world. There are some USB ports on the back. There are some mounting screws on the bottom and on the back as well, so you can put them on the wall. Then we have a power cable.

The interesting thing about the lighthouses is that you can run a power cable to them and not a USB, cable, and they're still able to track properly in the world. Also in this box is wall mounts that can connect to the bottom or the back of the lighthouse trackers. Alright and now in box 3, we have the link box connector. That goes from the headset to your computer. On the back side, we have a power mini DisplayPort and USB, and on the flip side we have a proprietary HTC connector.

That goes straight to your headset in the Box comes a mini DisplayPort to regular DisplayPort connector, and there are also some additional plastic mount type things that we did not actually use. Also included in this box is another power connector. This looks similar to the other ones. Alright, moving on to box for the main event is the headset. The headset is very easy to put on and remove it comes with headphones built in.

It has the halo design as well as the ratchet tightening on the back and then just like other ones. They do have a top strap for tightening as well you're able to adjust the headset in and out away from your eyes in the event you do wear glasses, and you're also able to change the IPD with a side knob that you can turn forward or backwards to adjust the IPD so that it's just right, you'll notice that there is quite a lot to this headset. It's its surprisingly light, and we have also the cable right now at the back in that proprietary, HTC connector that carries your DisplayPort and your USB information back to that link box. That then connects to your computer. The padding on this is a very nice foam padding that is quite comfortable.

This cups, the back of your head very nicely, and it holds the headset in place very well, unlike other complete halo designs, where the headset hangs off of the front of the halo. This one fits snugly up against your face. There are also indentations on the sides so that, if you do wear glasses, there isn't additional pressure, pushing the glasses or the frames into the size of your head. Of course, the reminder with a small paper that you should not expose your headset to direct sunlight. This apparently causes damage to the OLED displays.

We do, however, see the same warning on the new LCDs that are inside the newer headsets like the rift and the valve index. Overall, this headset it has been really nice, and here on the side, we have a closer look at the IPD slider. This allows you to adjust the distance of the lenses from each other in the event that your eyes are more narrow, set or wider set, and that helps a lot with focusing in so that you can actually read text in VR. There are additional microphones that are built-in on the bottom in the front and on the sides you have a power button. This button is opposite to the IPD knob, that is on the right side.

Overall, it's a pretty good-looking headset for what it's worth. It's still a box on your face like most VR headsets are, but the build quality is great. The headphones will flip out away from your head. This experience is actually a lot better than the rift headphones. Don't seem to want to stay away from your head.

The new valve index headphones do a really great job of rotating away from your head, and so the five Pro here and the valve index headphones are pretty much on par. These five pro headphones, however, do rest on your ears opposed to the valve index headphones that sit right off of your ears, and they do not touch to position the headphones over your ears. You can rotate them, and you can slide them up or down. Depending on your ear position, you can also control the volumes from right on the earpieces themselves. These fits snugly up against your head and the sound quality is actually quite impressive.

This does, however, prevent you from bringing in third-party headphones easily, which is one of the compromises that you'll learn to live with, because the sound quality on these headphones is quite nice, alright. So moving on to box 5, here we have the Cipro controllers. These controllers are nearly identical to the original five controllers, except for, of course, blue instead of black same buttons same markers, and they actually will work with the original lighthouses with the original HTC five. Here you have the same menu button in the same location, the same touchpad that allows you to select and scroll and additional menu buttons here, as they were in the original vibe. Your trigger button squeeze detection.

Some games support this. Some do not, and some try to support it unnecessarily. You have the wrist lanyards that allow you to swing your controller without feeling like you're, going to throw it, which can actually be quite advantageous. If you are playing games like beat saber or swords of gargantuan or the new ninja game, these vibe controllers do not have batteries like the oculus controllers. Do these charged via a microUSB, and you will receive microUSB cables as well as a USB, a-type charger that you can plug in to the wall.

You can also plug these into your computer. If you have extra ports that are available, this can be a good and a bad thing with the oculus. If you're not a battery, you drop a new double-a battery in, and you are up and running again in no time with these. You need to charge them which can take some time and cause you to be away from your headset as far as this headset goes in terms of buying this one versus the five. There's a lot of discussion about why someone would want to buy and buy the pro versus the original, and it really comes down to two things.

The audio, that's included with the vibe Pro, is very immersive, and it's built right into the headset. This comes included. The higher resolution of the vibe Pro is also an attractive feature, but it's not incredibly noticeable to people who have the revived or once you've spent enough time in gameplay. The resolution becomes less noticeable over time, but keep in mind the vibe pro is dramatically more expensive than the original vibe. An entire package for the vibe pro is almost $1,000 more expensive than the entire package for the original HTC five, and there you have it.

That is the ACC five pro unboxing, some features. What comes in the box, and you get the complete package and what you can expect when you put this on your head and jump into virtual reality,.

Source : VRGear