TL:DR- 1) If you own a VR capable PC 2) Are comfortable troubleshooting basic PC/peripheral device issues 3) Are willing to do a bit of research leading into the future of this product developmentThen you should not question if it is worth the price of admission for the Vive. Every time you put on this headset or showcase this to a person who has never experienced VR, it will bring a smile to your face. It's a whole new medium that brings an experience to the table that can be enjoyed by a wide spectrum of age groups and cultures. This is going to change the world.Long Version-I have bought over 300 items off Amazon without ever writing a review, but I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs with praise for this VR system. This is a game changing peripheral device that has the opportunity to change the world and be utilized in various professional industries. If you are reading this and have never used a Vive, it's difficult to describe using words to someone. How do you describe an experience to someone who has never experienced the same art "medium" as you have? Could you imagine trying to describe what it's like to watch TV or a motion picture to someone who has never seen a digital display? The best I have come up with is it's a "total immersion" experience. To sum it up in an example, my parents and grandparents have never had a passing interest in "video games", yet I had to set time limits and a rotation pattern for them because they did not want to take it off!I have never been so satisfied with a compute related purchase in my life. I bought it with the mentality that if I didn't think it was a game changing device, I would return it and wait for it to become mainstream and cheaper. But the moment I put on the headset, jumped into Google Earth VR, traveled to all the countries I visited on a previous deployment while staring at the milky way above my head, I knew I was hooked. It's an awe-inspiring experience each time I turn it on, and this is only the beginning.I use this as a supplement to my iRacing Simulator and DCS Flight Simulator. For the immersion, depth of field, depth perception, and realism, it is worth the price of admission alone. If you are reading this and use either flight simulators or racing simulators, you already know the benefits this device can provide to your training and hobby. It's single handily the best upgrade I have ever done to my simulators and this is by far not the most expensive upgrade I have added to those rigs. If you sim race or use other simulators, this should be on your 2017 upgrade path.Other VR games- The steam store is going to be the future one stop shop for all VR related games. Steam has begun accepting all VR headsets to be used within Steam, and I believe this business strategy will outlast Oculus’s “exclusive” game orientation. We all observed how well that worked for Microsoft, how well do you think it will work for Oculus?Over 80% of the games I use in VR are FREE on the Steam store for early access or testing. Want to go explore the human body? Go download The Body VR and explore the cells within your blood stream. Want to showcase how immerse and large the digital experience can be on the Vive? Go launch The Lab and waste 5 hours of your day. Want to make art with Nebulas in a space sandbox? Fire up Cosmic Sugar VR. Every day, new free or cheap games are being added to Steam. It’s a developer dream right now and almost every major design studio is starting to experiment with these devices.OCULUS VS VIVE- I have extensively used both for both sim racing, flight simulation, and general gaming. We will have to wait and see how the Oculus Touch will pan out, but early reports are showing its room-scale immersion is still lacking compared to the Vive and at a higher price point. In my opinion, the bashing from both sides needs to stop as both are progressing VR forward, but the Vive is on another medium than the Oculus. Using a Xbox controller with VR feels analog, lacking immersion, and dare I say it: last generation. HTC had more forward thinking on the direction of VR in creating this product and they have Oculus backtracking and rushing to develop a solution. Look to HTC to release a second style of controllers in 2017 to start motion tracking fingers without the need to hold a controller and a wireless solution for the “tail” of thick wires connected to the device.We will look back on these moments years from now in the future and people will recount their first experiences when VR launched and I can confidently say I will have been glad I was an early adopter and pushed this technology forward. All aboard the VR train; it's leaving the station with or without you.