Best PC Virtual Reality Accessories
In-ear audio designed for your Rift headset. Enjoy fewer sound distractions with these passive noise isolating earphones.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Like these much better than the factory earphones."
"very comfortable good sound."
"Got it for my husband as a Christmas present, he absolutely LOVES IT!"
"I like the headphones better but these are ok. Something different."
"Sound is OK but not that "Great"."
Troubleshooting Methods: Sound is too small or no sound: Ensure that your audio devices work properly and sound switch has been turned on ; turn up the sound volume level, Ensure connecting the plug of headset to audio source correctly. Seperate jacks for different function serve better audio and sound quality, bringing you better gaming sound experience. The headband is highly elastic to fit all head sizes without adjustment and comes with a leather pad for added comfort.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I misread the information and thought this had a USB connection as well as 3.5mm jacks, but that is not the case: as it says in the description, the USB connector is only for powering the LED light on the end of the microphone. This isn't the company's fault, it's mine for misreading, but I thought I should mention it in case anyone else decides to skim through the description like I did."
"I am impressed with the sound quality for the price of this headset, the sound is nice and crisp."
"My husband loves them although it comes with separate mic min an headset plugs we bought an adapter that works great with it he says it sounds amazing for music an game play it does work in Xbox one controller for those interested just needed an adapter anyone Interested the adapter was ((MillSO Headphone Splitter Adapter - 3.5mm Audio Jack Y Cable (3.5mm Stereo Male to 2x 3.5mm Female) for Gaming Headset, PS4, Xbox One, Smartphone and Laptop - 20CM / 8inch ))."
"I got it because the description said it would work with Xbox 360."
"Good pc headphones, ideal for a teeneager and arrived quickly with good packaging."
"The whole reason I got the headset was so I could get better mic quality."
"Very disappointed, what they don't show you is the separate mic and separate headphone jack oh and the USB to power the mic, oh and they all on one cord so to be able to talk online you'll have to be directly in front of your console..."
Specification. Compatible: HTC Vive Controller. Connection: Magnetic. Material: ABS+Plastic. Cable Length: 150cm/ 59.05 inch. Adapter: 5V/2A suggested(Not included). Charge your htc vive controller in a cool and more convenient way.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"work great and charge quickly for my vive wand."
"Easy and convenient way to charge your vive controllers while making it look good too."
"Magnets seem to work pretty well so far but thr plastic is Plexi and therefore am a bit concerned about scratches seeing as I got these for a young nephew."
"Finally , an easy and neat way to charge my vibe controllers, I can’t tell you how many times that I forgot to charge my controller due to the cable."
"I do recommend if you have this to take the controllers off the charge stand before start up to prevent the vive from duplicate pairing the controllers, as they will pair at the same time if on the charger."
"We use VR a lot, color coding the left and right controllers has been helpful as we put peopl in and out of VR throughout the day."
"buyers aware, the charging dock may damage your controller."
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FREE CONTENT WITH PURCHASE - On Viveport, HTC's global VR app store, get a free trial for Viveport Subscription plus Google's Tilt Brush, Everest VR, and Richie's Plank with your purchase.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If you were like me, you might be a little hesitant about tech like this, because you tried a GEAR VR, or think 3d desktop gaming and 3d movies are kinda of cool, but certainly not worth this kind of investment. Kind of like that first time you picked up that wii controller and "bowled" and thought "hey, this is pretty cool." Once you complete the setup you'll enter the tutorial and blow up a balloon.. You'll (without instruction) think.. What happens if I try to hit this floating balloon.. Probably nothing.. but you'll immediately realize how intuitive and accurate this "new world" is when the balloon flies in the direction and velocity you would expect it to based on your hand movement. You separate when you realize you can (literally) walk underneath the balloon, look up at it, jump and swat it down to the floor. I can't imagine how silly it looks in real life with your hand just jerking up and down, left to right, ducking, spinning.. etc. But in the game it really feels like you're in a serious situation and your hand needs to dodge these incoming blobs at all costs. When I realized that I could walk closer to my boundary wall that the desktop was on at that time, and the text got closer/clearer, it was an additional level of "that's friggin cool." Once you've got a Steam account set up, be careful, it's easy to blow through 80 dollars (of real money) in a 4 minute virtual shopping spree. Plug in ear buds and "mirror" the sound so you can rock out hard to audioshield without waking the neighbors. So you can control the session for them (get them into a game, get them started, etc) without having to walk them through everything - but again, it is pretty intuitive and should be easy to pick up for 90 percent of people. There are several "full" games available, and I haven't even gotten to them, because The Lab, Zombie Trainer, The Brookhaven Experiment, and (especially) AudioShield have me completely satisfied for the time being. We're all still waiting on the "major" releases of Doom, Fallout 4, Serious Sam, Arizona Sunshine etc. The action of "teleporting" in large scale games seems to be the goto method for moving around in the world. I'm interested to see how games like "Don't stop talking and nobody explodes" work and bring a "crowd" together with one headset. When you feel like a freaking rockstar defending yourself from incoming musical notes, you won't be thinking about the slight pixilation, or how the graphics in the background aren't super detailed. Keep in mind.. That while the software is pretty polished and works well, this type of thing probably isn't for someone who isn't at least a moderate "power user." I've had some minor issues like weird Steam crashes, VR world disappearing if the CPU is under a lot of stress, computer not completing POST when the link box was plugged in. The mass population isn't exactly tech savvy so that excludes a major percentage of potential buyers. Honestly, I've got a lot of cool stuff but this is ABSOLUTELY and UNEQUIVOCALLY the coolest tech I've seen or played with in my entire life."
"Sitting in front of a desktop PC doesn't do my body any good at all. I feared that I would use the Vive as a form of escape and ignore my real world responsibilities and kill my social life. There are sensors to set up, a good amount of space needed, a LOT of cable management. It works best if you have an entire room dedicated to VR, but not all of us are fortunate enough to have that kind of space. The last thing you want to see when you return is a sink full of dishes, dirty laundry, clutter or anything that would cause you disappointment. I have a welcoming, clean open space complete with yoga mats. :) She used to be an avid scuba diver but can no longer dive due to health issues. My friend's wife was trying to plan a small surprise birthday for him but they're new in town and don't know many people. I'm planning on having people over most weekends to have fun and explore the possibilities the Vive offers. You will need a top of the line computer with a powerful graphics card in order to run the Vive properly. Being a big gamer, I already had the computer ($1100 about six months ago) but I still had to upgrade to a GeForce 1070, which currently runs just over $400."
Best PC Virtual Reality Headsets
Use the SteamVR Performance Test to check whether your system can handle the requirements of VR, and if not, whether its capabilities are bound by graphics card, CPU or both. FREE CONTENT WITH PURCHASE - On Viveport, HTC's global VR app store, get a free trial for Viveport Subscription plus Google's Tilt Brush, Everest VR, and Richie's Plank with your purchase.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If you were like me, you might be a little hesitant about tech like this, because you tried a GEAR VR, or think 3d desktop gaming and 3d movies are kinda of cool, but certainly not worth this kind of investment. Kind of like that first time you picked up that wii controller and "bowled" and thought "hey, this is pretty cool." Once you complete the setup you'll enter the tutorial and blow up a balloon.. You'll (without instruction) think.. What happens if I try to hit this floating balloon.. Probably nothing.. but you'll immediately realize how intuitive and accurate this "new world" is when the balloon flies in the direction and velocity you would expect it to based on your hand movement. You separate when you realize you can (literally) walk underneath the balloon, look up at it, jump and swat it down to the floor. I can't imagine how silly it looks in real life with your hand just jerking up and down, left to right, ducking, spinning.. etc. But in the game it really feels like you're in a serious situation and your hand needs to dodge these incoming blobs at all costs. When I realized that I could walk closer to my boundary wall that the desktop was on at that time, and the text got closer/clearer, it was an additional level of "that's friggin cool." Once you've got a Steam account set up, be careful, it's easy to blow through 80 dollars (of real money) in a 4 minute virtual shopping spree. Plug in ear buds and "mirror" the sound so you can rock out hard to audioshield without waking the neighbors. So you can control the session for them (get them into a game, get them started, etc) without having to walk them through everything - but again, it is pretty intuitive and should be easy to pick up for 90 percent of people. There are several "full" games available, and I haven't even gotten to them, because The Lab, Zombie Trainer, The Brookhaven Experiment, and (especially) AudioShield have me completely satisfied for the time being. We're all still waiting on the "major" releases of Doom, Fallout 4, Serious Sam, Arizona Sunshine etc. The action of "teleporting" in large scale games seems to be the goto method for moving around in the world. I'm interested to see how games like "Don't stop talking and nobody explodes" work and bring a "crowd" together with one headset. When you feel like a freaking rockstar defending yourself from incoming musical notes, you won't be thinking about the slight pixilation, or how the graphics in the background aren't super detailed. Keep in mind.. That while the software is pretty polished and works well, this type of thing probably isn't for someone who isn't at least a moderate "power user." I've had some minor issues like weird Steam crashes, VR world disappearing if the CPU is under a lot of stress, computer not completing POST when the link box was plugged in. The mass population isn't exactly tech savvy so that excludes a major percentage of potential buyers. Honestly, I've got a lot of cool stuff but this is ABSOLUTELY and UNEQUIVOCALLY the coolest tech I've seen or played with in my entire life."
"Sitting in front of a desktop PC doesn't do my body any good at all. I feared that I would use the Vive as a form of escape and ignore my real world responsibilities and kill my social life. There are sensors to set up, a good amount of space needed, a LOT of cable management. It works best if you have an entire room dedicated to VR, but not all of us are fortunate enough to have that kind of space. The last thing you want to see when you return is a sink full of dishes, dirty laundry, clutter or anything that would cause you disappointment. I have a welcoming, clean open space complete with yoga mats. :) She used to be an avid scuba diver but can no longer dive due to health issues. My friend's wife was trying to plan a small surprise birthday for him but they're new in town and don't know many people. I'm planning on having people over most weekends to have fun and explore the possibilities the Vive offers. You will need a top of the line computer with a powerful graphics card in order to run the Vive properly. Being a big gamer, I already had the computer ($1100 about six months ago) but I still had to upgrade to a GeForce 1070, which currently runs just over $400."
Best PC Virtual Reality Controllers
Other features include 40+ hours of gameplay with two AA batteries (included), LED notification, clickable joysticks, and complete customization of your joystick sensitivity and trigger actuation. Compatible with Windows 7 and up, as well as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Oculus, and for use with thousands of controller-enabled games.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Have had no issues with pairing to my S7 and works perfectly with my Gear VR."
"The second time I turned on the controller, it was recognized right away."
"Everything else in the controller is wonderful I love the design it's a little bit of a PS4(joystick location) meets Xbox One(ge wrap design) controller."
"The trigger problem is somewhat manageable and I’m not sure if this is a bug in all SteelSeries Stratus XL controllers, but if you’re looking for a RELIABLE controller for hardcore gaming, it’s probably not this one. Update: I actually did not return the controller yet but instead I fixed my stuck right trigger problem."
"All of the various buttons, sticks, and triggers are easy to find and where you would expect them, which is nice when you're playing with no sight of the controller at all."
"Works flawlessly so far."
"Thiis is a terrible controller and am going to go with the better reviewed controller that can be used on Windows 10, the Xbox One Controller."
"I bought the SteelSeries Stratus XL controller in hopes that it would be better than my Steam Controller while being used in my hands."