Headset costs
The following chart is a sampling of VR headset prices, accurate at of February 1, 2018. VR/AR hardware is rapidly advancing and prices and specs are going to change annually, sometimes quarterly. Just as this chapter was being written, the price of the Oculus dropped by $200:
Cardboard | Gear VR | Daydream | Oculus Rift | HTC Vive | Sony PS VR | HoloLens | |
Complete cost for HMD, trackers, default controllers | $5 | $99 | $79 | $399 | $599 | $299 | $3000 |
Total cost with CPU: phone, PC, PS4 | $200 | $650 | $650 | $1,400 | $1,500 | $600 | $3000 |
Built-in headphones | NO | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Platform | Apple Android | Samsung Galaxy | Pixel | PC | PC | Sony PS4 | Proprietary PC |
Enhanced rotational tracking | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes |
Positional tracking | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Built-in touch panel | No* | Yes | No | No | No | No | no |
Motion controls | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tracking system | No | No | No | Optical | Lighthouse | Optical | Laser |
True 360 tracking | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Room scale and size | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Remote | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Gamepad support | No | Yes | No | Yes 2m x 2m | Yes 4m x 4m | Yes 3m x 3m | Yes 10mX10m |
Resolution per eye | Varies | 1440 x1280 | 1440... |