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HTC VIVE XR Elite Hands-On: Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

I tried HTC’s newest VR mixed reality headset which has its own vision adjustment. But it has limits. Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:

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I tried HTC’s newest VR mixed reality headset which has its own vision adjustment. But it has limits.

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  1. Alex Yandell

    January 6, 2023 at 9:23 pm

    Dude why are you complaining about your eyesight we need someone who understand vr
    L

  2. The Communication Coach

    January 6, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    My old Colecovision Sports Controller was better than these. LOL

  3. Stars and Stripes

    January 6, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    Do people interact in the real world anymore?

    • zYons

      January 6, 2023 at 10:34 pm

      wdym

    • Ben Roberts

      January 6, 2023 at 10:47 pm

      I guess not. He still wears those stupid unhealthy useless masks !!!!!

    • Ary Jarvis

      January 6, 2023 at 11:54 pm

      this is some boomer talk, of course they do.

    • LilYukYuk

      January 7, 2023 at 12:18 am

      Lol no grass is gross and weird

  4. New Mateo

    January 6, 2023 at 9:55 pm

    Its hilarious that CNET sent the one guy who needs glasses and refuses to put on contacts to go and demo the vr headsets. These “hands on” videos are terrible.

  5. JPer

    January 6, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    VR is light years away from being “great”. Everything we get year over year is pure trash.
    I imagine the future in VR taking over gaming consoles along with PC, but this is “deep” into the future.
    We haven’t come far from when I first tried VR about 25yrs ago.
    It’s for sure better and easy to get, but it’s no where close to where it “needs” to be in order for it to become a part of your daily life.
    The same goes for AR, but that at least seems more feasible in the near future.
    I’d say somewhere around 2040+ will we be using VR like it was always intended to.
    Until then, it’s just paper weight.

    • Desharr Saddler

      January 6, 2023 at 10:27 pm

      This has to be comment bait, have you tried any high end VR? Or even a Quest?

    • Fluorine, Uranium, Carbon, Potassium

      January 6, 2023 at 10:41 pm

      @Desharr Saddler it is bait, home VR today is leaps and bounds ahead of commercial VR that I tried 15 years ago. No one would ever make a comment like that unless they are trolling.

    • Ken

      January 6, 2023 at 10:53 pm

      @JPer Trolling around today ?
      In my opinion the VR industry made huge progress in the last 5 years and todays high-end products deliver absolutely fantastic experiences.
      Newest VR headset screens and lenses offer great picture quality and deliver pictures as clear and crisp as monitors on your desktop… so what exactly are you talking of ?
      Probably the HTC Vive ( 1st generation ) was your last VR Headset experience.
      Try to get hands on the newest Pimax Crystal and you will change your opinion the second you put it on your head.
      There is soo much real good VR content too, games, education, travel, creative art … it´s not comparable to software from 25 years ago…. Mr. Dinosaur !

  6. Let's Go Brandon

    January 6, 2023 at 10:14 pm

    Right, low res, low refresh rate. Nothing we’ve ever seen. Journos that we deserve

    • VerseGen2

      January 6, 2023 at 10:17 pm

      1920×1920 isn’t low res. 90Hz is industry standard.

    • Let's Go Brandon

      January 6, 2023 at 10:25 pm

      @VerseGen2 1920 isnt low res for ppl with bad vision
      even cheappo Quest2 has 120hz, Index is 144hz, upcoming Crystal is 165hz, MeganeX is 120hz
      you’ll see sales numbers. hope HTC will recover from this

  7. kickassnetwork

    January 6, 2023 at 10:38 pm

    Questions,
    1) How’s the controllers
    2) How’s the wireless streaming from PC. Is there noticeable lag? Any issues with resolution changes etc.

    • rafael

      January 7, 2023 at 12:24 am

      3) why there is a guy dressed up with a macarroni

  8. Ken

    January 6, 2023 at 10:42 pm

    Why don´t you just get your eyes LASIK lasered ?

  9. Norberto Pereira

    January 6, 2023 at 10:43 pm

    Stop with the masks. They have said it’s not going to help. So let’s move on

  10. Bijan Yazdi

    January 6, 2023 at 10:48 pm

    Even though I agree with some points, this was a very subjective review… bad look CNET.

  11. Mr Kx

    January 6, 2023 at 10:49 pm

    Dude, lasik will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!!

  12. Kim Morrison

    January 6, 2023 at 11:05 pm

    Is that diopter up to -6 in each eye or combined?

  13. Rich LaBarca

    January 6, 2023 at 11:08 pm

    I’m with you Scott. -9 nearsighted here.

  14. Faruk A

    January 6, 2023 at 11:10 pm

    Why you still wearing a mask?

    • Connor Goodwolf

      January 6, 2023 at 11:55 pm

      Do you realize there’s still an ongoing pandemic?

    • Bandicoot Warped

      January 7, 2023 at 12:15 am

      Do you realize you are all sheep in masks

  15. Bryan Nguyen

    January 6, 2023 at 11:19 pm

    Sucks that it’s just outside your prescription. But I think the adjustable dials are a great idea and the way to go for more expensive headsets. That way if I’m sharing with another nearsighted person, they can adjust the dial and still use it without glasses for max immersion

    • Bandicoot Warped

      January 7, 2023 at 12:17 am

      Boo hoo. Vr goes above and beyond to accommodate, and people like this guy still find a way to complain.

  16. I'm your guy

    January 6, 2023 at 11:20 pm

    How does this have a depth sensor and the 1500 dollar quest pro I bought doesn’t? Fuckin trash.. I should’ve waited for this

    • Bandicoot Warped

      January 7, 2023 at 12:11 am

      Anyone who bought the quest pro is a lab rat until the quest 3 releases

  17. xfloodcasual

    January 6, 2023 at 11:23 pm

    3:09 Why do you need this when theres a screen right in front of you?

    • Bandicoot Warped

      January 7, 2023 at 12:18 am

      “2/10 cuz bad eye sight” IGN journalism is in his future

  18. Buck Daman

    January 6, 2023 at 11:28 pm

    Laser eye surgery ! Problem soldered !

  19. Steve Massa

    January 6, 2023 at 11:32 pm

    “nothing like we’ve ever seen” been out for for awhile

    • InifinityXchange

      January 6, 2023 at 11:57 pm

      Title is a bit misleading. Nothing in this video even hints at that being the case

  20. Ethan Borucki

    January 7, 2023 at 12:12 am

    I just expect you to replace me with another port. and everything will be fine. I won’t ask for anything more

  21. LilYukYuk

    January 7, 2023 at 12:18 am

    I can’t imagine being that guy who has to dress like that to help other people play a vr demo

  22. Michael P.

    January 7, 2023 at 12:38 am

    I would go for this over the Quest in a heartbeat, just so I dont support Facebook/Meta.

  23. Youtube Premium

    January 7, 2023 at 12:50 am

    With 12BG RAM this device is competitive

  24. Sideways Singh

    January 7, 2023 at 12:57 am

    Nah the glasses thing ruins the whole headset, u need to be able to use it with glasses, prescription changes yearly, so what would u do after a few years toss it? U cant even sell it because of the prescription

  25. ccgear

    January 7, 2023 at 1:13 am

    Just wear contacts.

  26. V

    January 7, 2023 at 6:12 am

    Big thanks for bringing up the eyesight issue. I don’t wear contacts either. so VR has always been uncomfortable for me.

  27. Fi Sophia

    January 7, 2023 at 7:32 am

    Thats is not real,vr just make you live on fantasy world like on drug

  28. Mark Berens

    January 7, 2023 at 9:10 am

    Nah they are not gonna solve the glassproblem for a small groupe of people dude, just wear contacts.

  29. Igor Marcos

    January 7, 2023 at 9:50 am

    Please, just start by saying the price at the beginning of the video, or saying that the price is not announced

  30. jerry smart

    January 7, 2023 at 10:42 am

    I feel like unless you want what premium features it has to offer, you just can’t beat the Quest 2. It’s even got the same chip powering the Vive XR. As much as I hate the Meta name and crap, they do have some great software on their platform and performance no different to others. If anything now they got a Quest Pro with a newer chip, Meta will likely take the lead.

    • Elephant Trap

      January 8, 2023 at 12:44 am

      Yes, but other will start to close in. Like psvr 2 for example. It will be a much tighter race and that’s good.

  31. Jay Green

    January 7, 2023 at 10:48 am

    Had VR in 2018 gave me a headache got rid of it the same week I prefer 3d headset which is not all around me like VR is headset which is one big hdtv screen that’s all it is with 3d capabilities for movies & games that support 3d while everything else 2D also feel no different from sitting in a movie theater playing game on a theater size screen or watching a movie on a theater size screen

    • kraenk12

      January 7, 2023 at 1:03 pm

      So you probably neither gave yourself the time to adjust nor did adjust your IPD? Oh man.

  32. Andre

    January 7, 2023 at 11:13 am

    outdated specs.

  33. Garrison Fjord

    January 7, 2023 at 12:08 pm

    Like nothing you’ve ever seen? Maybe put your glasses on.

  34. Adrian Stealth

    January 7, 2023 at 12:46 pm

    Why wear a mask ?

  35. Amine

    January 7, 2023 at 1:05 pm

    Vr is the future

  36. Amine

    January 7, 2023 at 1:05 pm

    I hope the prices will be resonables

  37. Vlican

    January 7, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    There’s an absolutely HUGE percentage of people that need vision correction. I don’t know why companies have largely ignored this. I’m glad I was able to get prescription inserts for the Quest 2 though.

  38. Hector Abrach

    January 7, 2023 at 2:30 pm

    VR is like 3D movies, just keep pushing it down our throat… but it will never be big. Just a small niche in the corner.

    • Smitty Vanjagermanjenson

      January 7, 2023 at 5:40 pm

      Pfft okay lmao 🤣, 3D tvs were an actual waste of time, but this as so many real world use cases its mind blowing.

  39. _Bob_

    January 7, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    HTC took their Vive Flow headset up the cpu added Quest controllers and throwing out to the masses and seeing what sticks.

  40. Jon Delano

    January 7, 2023 at 4:29 pm

    Wait, are we just going to ignore Thomas Jefferson in the video??? /s

  41. Jermaine Wiggins

    January 7, 2023 at 5:23 pm

    Take the damn mask off

  42. Stew

    January 7, 2023 at 5:48 pm

    Prescription inserts are the best option. Once they are in you never have to mess with them again. You just take off your glasses and put your headset on.

  43. Princewhite

    January 7, 2023 at 6:01 pm

    2:50 just wear contacts lol

  44. Daniel Queiroz

    January 7, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    I’m 10.2 far sided… Oh crap 😂

  45. R

    January 7, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    What was that weird configuration that they showed in the demo video? It kinda look like a handle in the front.

  46. Max Kysl

    January 7, 2023 at 7:15 pm

    solve your eyes via surgery

  47. nathan rubio

    January 7, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    He won’t wear contacts so companies should make multimillion dollar adjustments….

    Makes sense

  48. DanielASMR

    January 7, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    I dont understand the hype whats the fov? Those small lenses dont look impressive i dont care what other tech it has if it doesnt have the basic things for a good experience as good or better than other headsets ill pass just like i did when the flow was released. This really seems not much better than the flow to me

  49. Joe Baron

    January 8, 2023 at 1:02 am

    I know VR is still in a relatively primitive state to its potential, but I would say it’s strongly in the interest of any VR hardware maker to cater for as wider prescription range as they possibly can given how much people’s eyesight varies … even without glasses! After all, the eyes are the main window as to how immersive this stuff can feel to the brain.

  50. Jacob Underhill

    January 8, 2023 at 1:33 am

    “Fix this i don’t want to wear contacts”

    🤷🏼‍♂️ there is a solution available you don’t want to use it, too bad.

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