All the reports I've seen so far say Vive is better than Rift...

 

They seem to have gained the tech lead, but there is no clear winner yet...... I suspect other factors are going to play into the final outcome. Resolution, lag, interface.....

 

Even headset comfort!

 

I wonder if the Betamax/VHS wars are about to return...........

I am 68 years old, and have been into computers since the Sinclair ZX-81. Been into programming (C++, VB and even COBOL), and worked as a network engineer for 12 years. I am also A+ and Network+ certified. I have BETA-tested several versions of Windows. And I have been flying flight sims since Sublogic first produced one. My house is full of devices - I have two desktops networked for FSX, ASN and Aivlasoft EFB. I have a Kindle Fire, and my wife has a laptop, a Paperwhite and an I-Pad, all of which are wirelessly networked in my home. So you see, just because I am an old fart doesn't mean this new technology confounds and surprises me.

 

I am familiar with Oculs Rift, and would love to see it work with FSX, instead of TrackIR. I'll jump on the first chance to test it. While I am not of the home cockpit genre, I like as real an experience as possible. Because, you see, I am also a licensed private pilot - just the small stuff: single engine Cessnas and Pipers. But again, do not connect old age with senility. we all aren't pushing one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.

 

You know, ten million people have watched that video and simply enjoyed it for what it was without reading a single other thing into it all, making the series one of the most popular on the web.

Seeing your hands inside the sim would go a long, long way in interacting with switches.

 

I'm eager for whatever works, but to be honest, I envision more possibilities offered by an AR solution, at least when a bunch of actual physical hardware is used.  But I'd be pretty eager to try out either one.

 

Of course, a full-on Star Trek style holodeck would be perfect. 

Seeing your hands inside the sim would go a long, long way in interacting with switches.

 

I'm eager for whatever works, but to be honest, I envision more possibilities offered by an AR solution, at least when a bunch of actual physical hardware is used.  But I'd be pretty eager to try out either one.

 

Of course, a full-on Star Trek style holodeck would be perfect. 

 

I've never had a chance to try any of these devices, but I see lots of videos where people sway drunkenly and actually seem close to being sick as their body reacts to the experience. It makes me wonder how I will react when I finally get ahold of one.

 

Which I hope will be sooner rather than later as these companies compete for market share, hopefully dropping the prices quickly.

Truth be known, I'll bet thereare quite a few "seniors" up here. I started out up on Flightsim.com in the 90's and came over here shortly after. But I dropped out for awhile to take care of personal things, and rejoined the fray shortly befoere FS9 popped up. We may be old, but we definitely ain't feeble...yet!

 

P.S. - my avatar ain't too far off!

Some of them sound like former hippies from the 60's, I was waiting for one of them to say 'Groovy' 

Thats because they are hippies from the 60s