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computer run Berkeley program 15 you might not have ever tried virtual reality before but you know what a holodeck is there hasn't ever been a real-life holodeck before until now the HTC vive comes closest to turning your own space into another world VR works by putting a helmet on your face and syncing video and audio so it looks like what you see on 3d displays is all around you vibe goes further it allows you to walk around mapping the steps you take into steps in virtual reality it makes a virtual play space all you have to do is draw the boundary it can be as little as six and a half feet by five feet or up to 16 feet diagonally it's about a half-hour setup to get vibe up and running including downloading software and wiring up the headset sensors and calibration to make all this happen vive has a lot of gear there's a headset two light boxes that shoot out beams across your room to locate your body and controllers and yes those motion controllers two of them act as tools for your hands that morph into different things in different apps oculus rift right now just comes with a headset and a game controller live has a complete body rig for deep dive VR when it's on it's the most amazing experience you can have in virtual reality today but it won't be the only one PlayStation VR and the upcoming oculus touch controllers have motion controls for your hands and let you walk around a bit too not as much as the vive will but if you have the space and the patience the high-end PC to tether to v is the first steps on the holodeck and program