# HTC Vive Pro

## Overview

[**Book through the Media Hub.**](https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/maker-spaces/loans-desk)

The HTC Vive Pro is an incremental upgrade to the HTC Vive, these are the differences:

* **Higher resolution display: 1440 x 1600 pixels, leading to sharper imaging**
* **Two front-facing cameras for better reality capture support**
* Integrated headphones where-as the original Vive had a headphone jack.
* More comfortable to wear
* **New Base Stations with better tracking and increased tracking area**

#### Considerations

The Vive Pro uses a DisplayPort 1.2+ input method to computers. 

## Setup

Please refer to our standard HTC Vive Setup as they are mostly similar.

{% content-ref url="/pages/-LYxkBkV0693YnWpdJ6S" %}
[HTC Vive](/next-lab/virtual-reality/guides/virtual-reality-hardware-set-up/htc-vive-headsets/hardware-setup-htc-vive.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

You can also refer to the stand-alone guide by Vive:

{% embed url="<https://www.vive.com/au/setup/vive-pro-hmd/>" %}

### Base Station sensors

The Vive Pro's new Base Station 2.0 sensors are not compatible to be used **with** the original Vive sensors, but the Vive Pro headset and controllers are compatible with the original Vive sensors.

## Vive Software

A key difference between using the HTC Vive and the VIVE Pro is that the latter requires specific software and drivers to be installed.&#x20;

Download and install the [VIVE Setup software](https://dl.vive.com/oobe/VIVEPRO/ViveProHmdSetup.exe)

## Other Resources

Please refer to the standard HTC Vive Troubleshooting page:

{% content-ref url="/pages/-LYxkBkV0693YnWpdJ6S" %}
[HTC Vive](/next-lab/virtual-reality/guides/virtual-reality-hardware-set-up/htc-vive-headsets/hardware-setup-htc-vive.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Other Resources

{% embed url="<https://www.vive.com/au/support/vive-pro-hmd/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2001-UXCM-4439>" %}


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