Hire VR Headsets from Chillblast
Chillblast has now added virtual reality headsets to its significant fleet of IT lease equipment. You can now short-term-lease your choice of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Windows Mixed Reality headsets from us from as little as £35 per unit, per day. Minimum lease periods of three days apply for VR headsets. These are the perfect accompaniment to our extremely powerful fleet of gaming systems that have the latest 9th generation Core i7 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 series graphics cards. Combine the power of a Chillblast gaming system and a virtual reality headset to unlock totally new worlds and ground breaking experiences for your event, product launch or longer term project.
Which headset is right for me?
Each VR headset has content available for it that is written specifically for each platform, so please research the experiences you want to showcase and find out what HMD (Head Mounted Display) supports the game or environment you want to show off. Oculus Rift experiences for example, cannot be used to display content that has been designed to run on the HTC Vive, and Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality Headset content cannot be used to show off content that has been created for the Rift.
What about if my content supports multiple headsets?
If you are in the enviable position that your content has separate versions for each of the platforms, or you are developing content from scratch then you should play to the strengths and weaknesses of each of the products. There is no “best” headset on the market today, only the best one for each application example. To try and aid your choice we have created a Pros and Cons table below.
The Pros and Cons of the Oculus Rift
Pros |
Cons |
Expansive App Store |
Limited Room Scale experiences |
Huge back catalogue of experiences |
No “flip up” headset |
Built in headphones |
Limited support in Steam VR library |
Lightweight HMD |
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Ideal for seated experiences |
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Very quick and easy setup process |
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Good value for money |
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The Pros and Cons of the HTC Vive
Pros |
Cons |
Industry leading Room Scale experiences |
Bulky headset |
Huge support on Steam VR Library |
Heavy |
Hugely flexible |
No built in headphones |
Optics a match of Oculus Rift |
Extensive setup required |
Equally effective for seated experiences |
Tripods required if not wall mounting sensors |
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Expensive |
The Pros and Cons of the WMR (Windows Mixed Reality) Headset
Pros |
Cons |
Incredibly easy setup |
Controllers fussy with Bluetooth implementation |
Innovative in-to-out sensors |
Limited software library |
Light and portable |
Limited exposure to game developers |
Flip up headset allows you to interact |
Unintuitive app store |
“Picture in picture” allows you to see the outside world whilst in the VR environment |
Limited support in Steam VR store |
Excellent controllers |
Limited availability |
Good value for money |
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Excellent virtual screen implementation |
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Optics a match for HTC and Oculus |
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Excellent SDK and development tools |
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