Unyaka esisanda kuwushiya bekungunyaka okhethwe abenzi beqiniso langempela ukuba ube yindlela entsha yokujabulela imidlalo ngaphezu kokuqukethwe okudla kakhulu. Kuqale kwafika i-Facebook yethula i-Oculus Rift kwathi kamuva i-HTC yenza ngemodeli yayo yeVive, imodeli esisinikeza ikhwalithi ephezulu cishe kuzo zonke izici, nokuthi ibiza ama-euro angama-100 ukwedlula imbangi yayo ephezulu. Uma sishiya ezimbili ezinkulu zeqiniso elibonakalayo, sithola kuphela iSony ne-Playstation VR, izibuko zangempela ezibonakalayo ezihambisana kuphela nePS4 ezinokusebenza okuphansi kakhulu.
Okwamanje, i-Oculus Rift ne-HTC Vive kungamadivayisi angatholakali emphakathini, ngenani elidlula u- $ 700 ngemishini eyisisekelo, intengo okufanele sifake kuyo ikhompyutha enamandla kakhulu uma singafuni ukuhlushwa ukusikeka noma ukuphuthelwa ngenkathi kwenziwa lolu lwazi lokuntywila. Kusukela ekwethulweni kwayo, asikaze sibe nezibalo zokuthengisa kusuka kunoma iyiphi yezinkampani, kepha kubonakala sengathi inhloko yama-Epic Games, uTim Sweeney usisusile ukungabaza Ukuthi imodeli ye-HTC ithengisa kakhulu imodeli ye-Facebook Oculus Rift.
Isizathu esiyinhloko yikhwalithi ephezulu asinikeza yona, kepha okuwukuphela kwesizathu, ngoba Umkhawulo wesitolo sohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Oculus ivimbela abasebenzisi abaningi ekujabuleleni eminye imidlalo etholakala kwamanye amapulatifomu afana ne-Steam, ipulatifomu engatholwa kepha ithathe izinyathelo ezingaziwa yiwo wonke umuntu, obambisene ne-HTC ukudala i-HTC Vive. Lokhu kukhawulelwa kokufinyelela emidlalweni eminingi kungenye into elimaza ukuthengiswa kwezingilazi zangempela ze-Facebook, into okuzodingeka ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ishintshe uma befuna ngempela ukuba ngenye indlela ye-HTC Vive noma abafuna ukuhlala bengabathengi kuqala market noma njengomzuzwana olula.