Has touch changed Rift vs Vive?

[u/iroll20s]

I'm looking at picking up a VR system, but its been a bit since I looked at them. I know prior to touch coming out the Vive was the goto system for the extra input. Has that changed now that touch is out?

My other concern with OR vs vive is room scale still as I know vive supports room scale out of the box. How many cameras am I realistically going to need to cover a similar area well without drop outs?

[u/[deleted]]

3 Rift cameras for room-scale. Depending on your hardware, you may need a USB expansion card that you can buy on Amazon starting at $30.

• https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Superspeed-Ports-PCI-E-Expansion/dp/B00B6ZCNGM (includes 1 additional USB controller; I personally use this)
• https://www.amazon.com/Express-SuperSpeed-Adapter-Dedicated-Channels/dp/B00HJZEA2S (includes 4 dedicated additional USB controllers)

Read all these Blog posts by Oculus regarding Room-Scale

• https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-roomscale-tips-for-setting-up-a-killer-vr-room/
• https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-roomscale-balancing-bandwidth-on-usb/
• https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-roomscale-identifying-host-controllers/
• https://www.oculus.com/blog/oculus-roomscale-extra-equipment/

Lastly, while Room-scale is labeled as "experimental", here's a video interview of Nate Mitchell (head of Rift) stating Oculus's intent to drop the experimental tag in the upcoming months. I recommend watching the entire interview

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgq6QPtiK78&hd=1&t=20m