HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite Virtual Reality Headset Includes Cosmos Headset with External Tracking Faceplate , 2 X Base Stations 1.0, 2 X Wireless Controller 1.0

I found the peripheral vision very blurry and was not able to get the headset to stay still, constantly moving around on my head and making the time spent fairly unenjoyable. I found the peripheral vision very blurry and was not able to get the headset to stay still, constantly moving around on my head and making the time spent fairly unenjoyable.

Disclaimer I did not buy this product but did set it up from new for another person and tested it out for a few days. I have owend previous vr headsets and currently use a Quest 3 as my main VR device.

Short Review
This headset is heavy, complicated to setup having to install both the HTC vive portal AND Steam VR and make sure they both work. Calibration was a PITA and is very inflexable to use compared to modern headsets.
The displays are trash even compared to the outgoing Quest 2 and are not comparable even slightly to modern devices that use a pancake lens design llike the Pico 4 or Quest 3. The Combined resolution of both eyes is l...view more Disclaimer I did not buy this product but did set it up from new for another person and tested it out for a few days. I have owend previous vr headsets and currently use a Quest 3 as my main VR device.

Short Review
This headset is heavy, complicated to setup having to install both the HTC vive portal AND Steam VR and make sure they both work. Calibration was a PITA and is very inflexable to use compared to modern headsets.
The displays are trash even compared to the outgoing Quest 2 and are not comparable even slightly to modern devices that use a pancake lens design llike the Pico 4 or Quest 3. The Combined resolution of both eyes is lower than the single eye resolutions of modern headsets and the sceen door effect is atrocuois. Text is very hard to read and the aliasing artifacts make the overall experience feel very dated.
The controlers are very clunky and do not feel even remotely nice to use. they are large, heavy and the haptics feels like the equivelent of a mid 2000s phone vibration system

The biggest drawback is that you have to mount base stations to your walls and can only ise this headset in one designated place in your house thats close (5m) to a gaming PC. VR purists will say that this is better than streaming to standalone headsets but as a Quest 2 and 3 owner that is complete BS. This is an inferior product that is way overpriced. If you want to get into VR but dont know if you will like it buy a quest 2 or pico 3/4 and install virtual desktop it literally costs 1/3rd the price!! If you are after the best headset for gaming in 2023/24 get a Quest 3.

1 Star because this product should not be on sale anymore its an insult to VR and would put any vr novice off the experience for good!!

Having the headset for over a month now, I've found out most of the quirks of this headset. With steamVR controls seem lacking for what you're paying, not all the buttons have been mapped to anything, most of the time you're just using the trigger and D-Pad. I'm unsure if mine is faulty, but the haptic feedback seems unreliable and the controllers don't always register the buttons correctly.

Recently a new issue arises where only one of the base stations will connect properly. The headset is still usable, but the tracking is worse.

I can't recommend this headset to anyone, as there are better out there for better prices. What you get w...view more Having the headset for over a month now, I've found out most of the quirks of this headset. With steamVR controls seem lacking for what you're paying, not all the buttons have been mapped to anything, most of the time you're just using the trigger and D-Pad. I'm unsure if mine is faulty, but the haptic feedback seems unreliable and the controllers don't always register the buttons correctly.

Recently a new issue arises where only one of the base stations will connect properly. The headset is still usable, but the tracking is worse.

I can't recommend this headset to anyone, as there are better out there for better prices. What you get with this one is barely what you pay for. All presentation and little functionality.