HTC VIVE Pro 2

I bought this because the Vive Pro I have works fine, is easy to use, and has operated without failure since I bought it a while ago. But yeah, the display is dated. So I upgraded to this Vive Pro 2. I bought the "headset only" because everything else I had (controllers, base stations) work 4.0 with the new headset (verified). So I saved a bunch. It is noticeably better in resolution with a lot less pixelization than the original. Instruments in cockpits are now readable. Sure its not as good as some units out there right now, but for $499, this upgrade works GREAT for me and is WELL WORTH the price. Big plus is that the new power "box" has an ON/OFF switch that allows you to turn the headset off when you aren't using it. No more pulling the plug like the original. The headset itself is WAY MORE secure on my head. It fits great and does not move around at all or have noticeable gaps around the base of the eyes. The attached earphones are also a big plus from the original. All around, this headset is a better designed unit. Of note: This headset requires more GPU and memory. My original Vive Pro worked fine with 3 monitors hooked up along with the headset to the GPU. When I replaced it with the Pro 2, I got an error. Had to downgrade the resolution a bit to work. Also the connection will NOT work with HDMI. Be aware of that. Converters are provided so you can use the display ports, but converting to HDMI does not work.

Can't get over how much of an improvement in video, audio, and comfort quality this is over the original Vive. Amazing resolution, vibrant colour, high frame rate, no "screen door" effect. It takes a little bit to get used to some of the visual artefacts ("god rays" on text, e.g.) but in games I've never seen VR look this great.

Great headset. It is comfortable, bright, has good resolution, amazing tracking, very good fov. This headset would sell like hotcakes if the lenses had a wider sweet spot or had pancake or even aspheric lenses. Deadass htc didn’t need to release a whole new headset. They just needed to re-release this with better lenses and updated the software and call it a day.

Should be good but is one of the most dated and horrible VR experiences you can have for this price point. Go buy a Meta Quest, it looks way better than this, the software works way better and it is reasonably priced unlike this piece of E-waste.

Upgrade from a Vive Pro to the Vive Pro 2. Worked with my Gen 1 controllers and trackers. The difference in quality is significant. I use my VR for DCS World VR. I recently upgraded my PC from an Intel i9 Gen 9 to an AMD Ryzen 9950, 128 GB RAM, and kept my ZOTA RTX 4090. I decided to make the upgrade to the Pro 2 because the original Vive Pro worked like a champ and need to stay with PC based VR. It was not a plug and play upgrade. The new VR set uses a Display port plug vice the HDMI from the older Vive Pro. I had to adjust for that. My RTX 4090 has 3 DPorts and one HDMI port. Then I had to uninstall all previously installed VR drivers and Steam VR. I installed the new Vive VR Manager bridges between the VR headset and the Steam VR app. Then I reinstalled SteamVR. I run three monitors when not in VR. When I started the Vive Manager it told me it was unable to support more then 2 monitors. So before I start the VR manager I have to go into the NVidia app and disable one of my monitors to run it. I would think that I have enough compute to manage it all but the Vive manager does not think so. My GPU and CPU are running at about 10% at any given time. I still don't understand that. Overall I am satisfied with the VR upgrade the Vive Pro 2 gave me.