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Hey everybody, it is Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica
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here to show you the HTC Vive Pre,
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which is the first piece of hardware for Steam VR.
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We are doing something which I certainly have never done
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with a video game system which is install it in
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an entire living room, as in my actual living room
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where I hang out, where I play video games,
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so we're gonna unbox and then we're gonna move
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a couple things around, we're gonna start setting it up,
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and then I'm gonna put on a headset and look real cool.
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I swear, there's a speaker wall and ceiling mount
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inside of that guy.
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Look what we've got there.
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set of controllers.
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The final ones should be very similar,
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as we can see a bunch of little nodules here.
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You're not supposed to touch them, they are designed
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to be on both sides to catch the signal
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from the tracking beacon.
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The USB charging stations.
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Gonna get to these in a sec.
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So there's stuff on the underneath, let me guess
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this is one or both of the tracking stations.
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We now have, two tracking beacons.
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We have a little mount on the bottom there,
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and a mount on the back.
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That I had not seen, in any of the close up shots,
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or had not noticed and then we have what appears
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to be a sync button and all of
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the other potential connectors.
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I imagine these need to be
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wall plugged for power.
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So, this is gonna be the power plug.
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Two of those, and something in here is very long.
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This might be a sync cable that connects them both.
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We'll find out soon.
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Lucky me, I get a place to start.
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But I don't like reading instructions.
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this little guy which is going to plug on one side
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to the PC and on the other to the VR kit.
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and USB in and out.
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This side additionally has a couple of other connectors.
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I believe that's DisplayPort for PC if we wanna use
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that as an option, and yeah.
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There's something else in this box.
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Looks like we have this little replacement guide
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for your face in case you break the one
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that comes in the default headset.
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whatever this cable is.
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There's something else in there.
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Another power plug? So many power plugs.
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Just like the ones we have tried out, Vive Pre excuse me.
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Just like the Vives we have tried out before
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we have a webcam, we have a bunch of different
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little sensor nodules all over including,
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a couple of underneath.
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We have a very bulky strap,
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we'll see how exactly that plays out as we use it.
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We have this little free guy if I wanna plug
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in the headset and I will want to plug in the headset.
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And all the other plugs that go
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into the little sensor box.
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And I think that's it.
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So first thing I have to do,
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is drill this, up there.
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It's a power cable.
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The couch as it is is fine, however we have
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this coffee table which absolutely has to go.
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And this couch which we need to move back.
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K, now I'm just gonna read a few more instructions.
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Hope these little tracking guys are working as advertised.
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And then we go party.
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[Sam] And that's it.
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[Sam] So that one's really cool because
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it just at least gives you that sort of,
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like, oh that's how it feels.
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Was it smooth or was it juttery at all?
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Everything looks a little fuzzy.
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[Sam] Right, that is the screen door effect.
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[Woman] You ready Sam?
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Tell us when you're ready.
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[Sam] Let's do this.
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[Woman] Three, two, one, go.
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