I recently gave a seminar about how to use Oculus devices in combination with Unity at university. Oculus produces great devices, but man is the software a convoluted nightmare.
A (very patient) student of mine tried to install the oculsu software on a current thinkpad for 4 days in a row. It always failed for various reasons. She used a current Windows 10 and her computer definitly has the specs. She even reinstalled windows. In the end there was an electron error, which we sent to the support - we never got a reply.
HP Reverb G2 seems the be the most competitive so far. It's still in pre-order so its not battle-tested yet, but its 600$ and has comparable hardware to the valve index ($1000). Still 200$ more than oculus headsets, but that gap is much better than the 600$ from oculus to valve headset
Ah, yes, instead let's just sit down in front of another piece of plastic typing on a keyboard to give unrelated advice on the internet about how bad it's to waste your life in front of a piece of plastic.
Yes, this was obvious next point in discussion. The trick is keep the thought going and never stop mid-step with a leg in the air thinking this intermediate position is a solid ground. As a next step, we might then ask what makes interaction with a piece of plastic worthy. For example, if you've noticed a popular discussion of a disaster that can be essentially summarized as “our favourite toy has been broken”, and the participants are actually grown up people (?) who are all about showing their investment in “serious business”, shouldn't you sprinkle it with some common sense? Is it a worthy kind of use of electronics?
A (very patient) student of mine tried to install the oculsu software on a current thinkpad for 4 days in a row. It always failed for various reasons. She used a current Windows 10 and her computer definitly has the specs. She even reinstalled windows. In the end there was an electron error, which we sent to the support - we never got a reply.
If you can avoid Oculus, do so at all cost.