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Product information

ASIN

B01M01B92P

Release date

July 1, 2016

Customer Reviews

1,712 ratings

4.5 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#2,010 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#66 in PC Virtual Reality

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Product Dimensions

1 x 1 x 1 inches; 1 Pounds

Binding

Video Game

Item model number

99HAFS002-00

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

No

Item Weight

1 pounds

Manufacturer

HTC

Date First Available

October 21, 2016

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Product Description

Base Station for HTC Vive Virtual reality System.

From the manufacturer

VIVE Base Station

Powers the presence and immersion of room-scale virtual reality by helping the VIVE headset and controllers track their exact locations.

Features wireless syncing.

*Compatible with VIVE, VIVE Pro headset.

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4.5 out of 5

1,712 global ratings

5 star		76%
4 star		11%
3 star		4%
2 star		3%
1 star		6%

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whypeoplewhyy

Please read if you are new to full body tracking

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 26, 2022

Verified Purchase

You only need TWO base stations. If you buy THREE, you would have to learn how to connect the 3rd base station to VM aka Virtual Machine, which I learned/heard from others, is painstaking and a waste of time. Make you set the base stations high up on the corners, or you will deal with tons of tracking issues. So please understand that if you want 3 base stations, then just buy the 2.0 HTC VIVE base stations instead. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

17 people found this helpful

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Neon

Amazing works exactly as intended

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2021

Verified Purchase

I’ve been playing VR for about 2-3 years now and the base stations do exactly as they’re intended, they’re extremely easy to set up and in my experience they have decent durability considering one of my wallmounts had an issue of falling off the wall occasionally due to me using an alternative version that doesn’t require drilling into the walls and the base station sustained no damage and still worked perfectly fine though I do have carpet floors so results may be different when dropped on hard floors

Only thing to remember though is only have them plugged in during VR sessions and when you’re done unplug them, I made the mistake of leaving one of my base stations on for an extremely long period of time which burnt out one of the lights or whatever on the inside which is required for it to function which lead to me having to buy a replacement for it

Also you can play VR with just one singular base station however it’s extremely restricted in how much you can move around your playspace since you have to stay facing the in the base station’s direction the entire time, so i’d heavily recommend getting at least 2 of them which will allow you to at the very least have basic 360 degree tracking allowing you to move however you want as long as you’re still within both the base station’s view. And you can go up to 4 base stations if you have a big enough play area in order to get the maximum quality tracking ingame as possible

Overall an amazing product despite being a bit pricey

5 people found this helpful

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Ray Evans

Wow there's a lot to unpack here.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2021

Verified Purchase

These are fantastic for what they are but this generation does not work in compatibility with the first generation of base stations. These are a mid cycle refresh with a different led pattern and seemingly better tracking than my 2016 vive bs, but there was zero indication on this site that they would not be compatible, if you have the first gen Vive and need to replace one of your base stations you should get it repaired through HTC, because I bought this one I had to buy a second one to get a full setup working and now I have a useless base station sitting on my table. This does track what seems to be noticeably better than the first generation so I guess that's good but I still would rather have only bought one given there listed as the same product. I have a pretty huge room scale setup and they do the job well, there are basically no dead zones or problems tracking once you go through the hassle of getting it set up which for me required a lot of waiting since I had to buy another one. At least they work really well individually since I'm sure some folks will be in the same situation as me but not have the funds to get the second one

One person found this helpful

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Amazon Customer

Works great!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2022

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One person found this helpful

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Tyler

Good product

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2021

Verified Purchase

This product is great with the 2.0 vive trackers and is definitely the better option to have if you are just getting into vull body vr as it is cheaper than the 2.0 base station. One thing I would like to warn you about is to never under any circumstances get a used base station. I made that mistake before and ended up getting a $114 paperweight, there is likely something gonna be wrong with the used base station such as a faulty motor, scratches, bad wire, or at worst a broken laser diode. Always buy these things new.

One person found this helpful

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Russell

Works As New

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2022

Verified Purchase

Worked like a new one

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2022

Verified Purchase

I bought 2 of these base stations and they worked fine for about a month and a few weeks and then one stopped working all together with the blinking red light, which means it is unusable and needs to be replaced, lucky for me I contacted Vive and the base station was still in warranty so I can get a replacement for free. The other one is still fine and works properly so I’ve just been using one until I get my replacement.

One person found this helpful

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Jacob Nelson

Works great.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2022

Verified Purchase

Product connected quickly and doesn't lose tracking.

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Mr S

HTC Base/Lighthouse

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 25, 2018

Verified Purchase

Unfortunately HTC refused under warranty repair for VIVE base/lighthouse as I couldn't find my purchase receipt. So I had to purchased a new base/ lighthouse. After consideration that these are likely to be high failure devices I decided to purchase a factory new rather than a second hand one. I chose to purchase from Dr Yeast and have a full year warranty. The base/ lighthouse unit came factory sealed and connected to vive without any problems. Very pleased with service and new base unit.

NOTE:- The power supply is continental flat 2pin, I used my existing power supply so this was not an issue, adaptors are readily available.

One person found this helpful

Rron Ll

Dosent come with the wall mount

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 27, 2019

Verified Purchase

The sensor came without the wall mout so I cant use it without it.

One person found this helpful

Jame Healy

DEFECTIVE UNIT with VERY POOR support from HTC

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 1, 2019

Verified Purchase

Just over one month from receiving this unit, it started "blinking red" (fault 03), and because it's a little over 30 days from receipt of delivery, Amazon won't take it back.

This fault code seems to be very common on this unit (search for "HTC Vive Base Unit Blinking Red" and you'll see issues from 2017 ... many of which occur immediately AFTER a firmware update).

I can send it to HTC, but they aren't promising anything (and suggest that it is at least 3wks of repair time from the time they receive it ... or about a month in total factoring in shipping time). Also, I have to pay to ship the 6wk old defective unit back to them.

This is after buying the HTC Vive Pro for a flight simulator, where there was no indication that a base station was even required (much less the hand controllers). BE AWARE ... at LEAST one base station is ABSOLUTELY required for the premium $800 - $1000 Vive Pro to work. Also ... much of the software requires the handsets too.

The HTC Vive system is NOT worth the money. I'm $2000 into the whole setup now, just to make my initial $1000 investment in the Vive Pro work at all, and it seems my brother with a $400 Oculus (for the COMPLETE system) is having no issues at all.

11 people found this helpful

Manny

Different laser array but it works!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 24, 2018

Verified Purchase

I purchased this base station to replace one that died on me. "Fault Code 03".
After plugging it in and launching Steam VR I was faced with a tracking error message followed by a request to update the firmware of the lighthouse. After doing so and restarting Steam VR, My Vive was working just as good as before. I haven't noticed any tracking issues even though the laser array is different from my older version .
You can see the LED layout in the picture.
The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was the cost. It's ridiculously expensive considering you can get a whole Oculus setup for the price of 2 sensors.
It doesn't really matter if I recommend this or not because it's more about needing one or not. there is no alternative to it!

4 people found this helpful

Derp

Bought "New" but got a product that was refurbished.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 11, 2020

Verified Purchase

When unboxing i noticed there was white paint on it. Why would there be white paint on a new product?

That's when i realized it was refurbished selling it as new. which is misleading and false advertised. Not to mention the bloody thing didn't even work! saying there is an internal problem error code 10010.

Sure i could reset the device and uninstall the updates to fix this issue but valve themselves even said it does nothing but ignore the warning sign.

End conclusion - Be weary when buying base stations from here.

3 people found this helpful

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