The Pro is a definite improvement, but it's only a v1.5 stop gap until the truly next-generation VR devices start to appear and an unfeasibly expensive one at that.

If you can afford it. It's amazing quality, very comfort, easily adjusted for glasses, 2K O-LED display, built-in earphones, and well balanced on the head. Takes what's already good with the original HTC Vive and makes it's so much better. So much clearer and sharp readable text, etc.

HTC's Vive platform has a solid foothold on the PC VR segment with 45% market share, despite fierce competition from the Facebook-backed Oculus Rift and Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality initiative .

Most comfortable HMD to date; Excellent build quality; Ready for next-generation tracking; Best-in-class image quality

Headphones lack bass response; Pricey; Foam cushions not moisture-proof

The HTC VIVE Pro has landed and brings significant improvements in key areas such as display resolution and general ergonomic improvements, two hot items in the wish list of any VR enthusiast.

Let's get this out of the way: the HTC Vive Pro retails for $799. And you're just getting the headset. If you don't already have controllers and tracking stations you'll need to purchase them separately.

Vive's second generation VR headset

More comfortable to wear; higher resolution optics; more streamlined design

The Vive Pro is the Bugatti Veyron supercar of virtual reality headsets – an exotic, expensive creature for VR connoisseurs.

If virtual reality is an early adopter market, then the HTC Vive Pro is for the earliest adopters. The first refresh we've seen to consumer VR headsets in two years, it's destined be niche-not so much a Vive 2 as a Vive 1.5, with all the connotations that brings.

When the Vive and the Oculus Rift came out in the spring of 2016, they did something incredible: they made VR actually worth caring about. Previously, the closest thing people had come to virtual reality were weird sci-fi movies or half-baked products like the Virtual Boy .

More comfortable to wear; higher resolution optics; more streamlined design Built-in headphones don't fit super tight; expensive

Built-in headphones don't fit super tight; expensive

The original HTC Vive launched just two short years ago, and now HTC is back with a significantly enhanced version of its revolutionary VR headset. Sporting a brand -new design, reduced weight, built-in noise cancellation and 3D audio headphones, as well as a significantly higher resolution display,...