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VR headset deal alert: save £250 on the HTC Vive Cosmos EliteThat’s the same price it was on Black Friday
That’s the same price it was on Black Friday
If you fancy escaping from reality in 2022 (and let’s face it, who wouldn’t at the moment?) You can grab the excellentHTC Vive Cosmos EliteVR headset kit for £649. That’s £250 off the list price, as well as a return to the price that the full VR kit was going for on Black Friday. Surely, this is a sweeter deal thanTom Cruise’s Christmas cake.
To be clear, the deal nets you the Cosmos headset, a pair of HTC’s wand controllers, and two external base stations, which you rig up at the fringes of your play area for 360-degree motion tracking. This latter point, incidentally, is the main difference between the CosmosEliteand the standardVive Cosmos, as the latter uses uses an Oculus Quest-style inside-out tracking system. While more convenient, inside-out tracking tends to be less reliable than headsets that use external base stations, and this is certainly the case with the Cosmos and the Cosmos Elite.
Beyond that, the Cosmos Elite is a very good VR headset. Its 1400x1700 display resolution provides a crisp image with minimal screen-dooring, while the headset comes with built-in stereo headphones and front-facing cameras that enable you to switch between “in-game” VR and reality without taking off the headset.
It’s also worth noting that the Cosmos is a modular headset, letting you swap out the faceplate for alternative models. At the moment, you can only swap this out for a standard Cosmos or the lower-end Cosmos Play. But should HTC bring out a follow-up headset to the Cosmos, you may be well-placed to upgrade your headset for relatively little expense.
