These days we are regularly hearing or reading the term VR. Virtual Reality is the upcoming and most advanced technology which creates a lifelike experience virtually. Google and few other companies developed VR boxes for Smartphone based virtual reality experience. Microsoft Windows is the most favorite operating system for gamers, fortunately, Windows 10 is having VR compatibility support for most immersive VR experience. Now the term VR Ready is coming under the limelight, what is VR Ready? Let’s check in the article.
What is VR Ready PC or Laptop?
VR Ready PC means a device is capable of running virtual reality files with the help of suitable Hardware to give immersive gaming or entertainment experience. VR Ready is a tag we see nowadays on the advanced PC hardware items such as Motherboards, and Graphic cards. A powerful Virtual Reality Ready PC can deliver a three-dimensional lifelike virtual environment in smooth graphical performance.
Some companies like Dell and Asus already launched VR Ready laptops with advanced Hardware configurations. We can expect more devices and hardware support in the near future.
How To Check Your PC or Laptop is VR Ready or Not?
As the development is in full swing and the compatible hardware is already in the market, the VR headset developers have created some tools to check your Windows 10 PC or Laptop compatibility with VR. HTC Vive Check Tool, Oculus Rift compatibility tool, and Steam VR performance test tools are available to download.
Oculus Rift Compatibility Check Tool
Oculus Rift is very popular for its futuristic VR headset Oculus Rift. They recently released a tool that scans your system hardware, software and lets you know the VR compatibility. It gives a detailed system current Hardware status with the recommended, meet or exceed system specification recommendations.
HTC Vive Check Tool
HTC Vive tool will scan your system thoroughly and let you know your PC compatibility status. The test is pretty fast and after completion, it shows the report in detail.
SteamVR Performance Test tool
This tool will let you know the VR compatibility by displaying three colors.
- Green – Your PC is VR Ready.
- Yellow – It indicates your PC is VR capable.
- Red – It means your PC is not VR Ready.
Minimum Specs for Steam VR
| Video Card | NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon RX 470 or higher |
| CPU | Intel i3-6100 / AMD FX4350 or higher |
| Memory | 8GB+ RAM |
| Video Output | Compatible HDMI 1.3 |
| USB Ports | 1x USB 3.0 port, plus 2x USB 2.0 ports |
| OS | Windows 8 or latest |
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