Why I’m still using my Vive Pro for VR, six years later [Video]

As a tech journalist, it’s rare that I get the chance to evangelize for old technology, but today I’m going to take a shot at it. While my colleagues have upgraded their virtual reality setups over the years to new Pimax and HP headsets, and while my casual VR friends are all playing on their Meta Quests, I’m still rocking a Vive Pro.

I have some good reasons for this — reasons that go beyond the sunk cost fallacy. Sure, I might have spent a lot of money on this setup over the years, on building the VR PC for it, on upgrading the headset with all sorts of accessories… but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still better than most of what’s out there. I’m not bitter or stuck in my ways. No, not at all.

Okay, maybe a little. But I’d argue that a heavily modified Vive Pro can still …