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  • 29-10-2016 6:26pm
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    Tee456
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi, my son is looking for a VR headset for Christmas! He has a play station! Will any other kind work with it or will I have to buy the official one? If I do have to get the original do I need to buy anything else to get it to work! I am not mean but I am on a budget as I have four kids! And they all want really really expensive stuff!!
    Any help?
    Thanks in advance


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    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Tee456 wrote: »
    Hi, my son is looking for a VR headset for Christmas! He has a play station! Will any other kind work with it or will I have to buy the official one? If I do have to get the original do I need to buy anything else to get it to work! I am not mean but I am on a budget as I have four kids! And they all want really really expensive stuff!!
    Any help?
    Thanks in advance

    Only the official one will work on the PS4.
    It also needs the camera and the move controllers.


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    Tee456
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Tee456


    F1ngers wrote: »
    Only the official one will work on the PS4.
    It also needs the camera and the move controllers.
    Thanks
    Any idea how much they will cost?


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    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    Tee456 wrote: »
    Thanks
    Any idea how much they will cost?

    Most places are 400 for the headset, 50 for the camera and the price of the Move controllers varies a lot and they are hard to find cheap.


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    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Too expensive a toy for a kid. He's going to want so many different games to try too which are all going to cost.
    It's also so early in it's development that it's better to wait for a year at least.
    By next Christmas there will be more games, cheaper games and better games....the device itself will also be cheaper.


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    Tee456
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Tee456


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    Too expensive a toy for a kid. He's going to want so many different games to try too which are all going to cost.
    It's also so early in it's development that it's better to wait for a year at least.
    By next Christmas there will be more games, cheaper games and better games....the device itself will also be cheaper.

    Do you know it there is a headset for ipad? If so are they any good? As he has ipad already!


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    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Tee456 wrote: »
    Do you know it there is a headset for ipad? If so are they any good? As he has ipad already!

    No. Basically the only mid-high tier headsets are

    -Gear VR (for Samsung Galaxy S6 and up phones) ...this is entry level at 100e or so
    -PS VR (for PS4 which is about 400e or whatever, not sure on price and games)
    -Oculus Rift (for PC ...about 600e)
    -HTC Vice (for PC ...about 800e)

    It's a VERY NEW technology, so he probably just wants to experience it. But it's definitely not worth it yet at this stage. It's still in testing and development and noone is really sure if it will take off immediately or after a few years.
    But definitely wait. It's a lot of money to spend on a kid , and he won't make nearly as much use out of it as you think.
    I'd guarantee it'll be on his shelf after 1-2 months.


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    Tee456
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Tee456


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    No. Basically the only mid-high tier headsets are

    -Gear VR (for Samsung Galaxy S6 and up phones) ...this is entry level at 100e or so
    -PS VR (for PS4 which is about 400e or whatever, not sure on price and games)
    -Oculus Rift (for PC ...about 600e)
    -HTC Vice (for PC ...about 800e)

    It's a VERY NEW technology, so he probably just wants to experience it. But it's definitely not worth it yet at this stage. It's still in testing and development and noone is really sure if it will take off immediately or after a few years.
    But definitely wait. It's a lot of money to spend on a kid , and he won't make nearly as much use out of it as you think.
    I'd guarantee it'll be on his shelf after 1-2 months.

    OK thanks! Think time to convince him to ask for something else


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    Qreq
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Qreq


    Does your son just want a VR headset in general and he knows nothing about them, or does he have an interest and some knowledge about them? If the latter is the case, you should talk to him about it to save yourself buying the wrong expensive gift.


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    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,882 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Take him to a few demos, Gamestop are currently demoing the PSVR in a few spots, it might take the shine off it. Waiting for the technology to mature a bit is definitely the right way to go on all platforms.


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