What happened to the Vive

HTC retired the original Vive, and we retired ours with it. It was a tethered, room-scale headset that needed base stations, a gaming PC and a careful cable run, which made it a great arcade headset and a demanding event one.

What we rent instead

The Meta Quest 3 does room-scale without base stations, cables or a PC, so a station sets up in minutes and nobody trips over anything. For seated, high-end demos there’s the Apple Vision Pro, available on request. For the tracked, full-motion feel the Vive was known for, look at our simulators: racing, flight and golf rigs with real seats and props.

What the Vive was good for

Room-scale games and the tracked experiences that needed a whole floor. Most of those run on the Quest 3 now, and the ones that need a rig run better on a simulator.

See the Meta Quest 3 rental · Compare every headset we rent

Planning an event? Tell us the date, the city and the headcount and we’ll tell you what fits. See the rental packages or send us the details.

Other headsets we’ve retired: Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go.