So in many ways, it appeared as though Vive was starting on a bit of a back foot, without PlayStation’s gaming expertise and minus the driving force of Palmer Luckey’s enthusiasm and Facebook’s deep pockets. But, currently, they may have just created the best VR vehicle around.

What is Vive and how does it work?

Vive is a sophisticated VR system comprising of a ski goggle-style headset, two torch-like controllers and two lighthouse base stations. These base stations track your movements via the 37 sensor dimples on the face of the headset and on the controllers via lasers, accurately monitoring you within your designated 'play area' space. This can be as large or as small as you like - though some games and experiences require a full room.

Like Rift, Vive requires a laptop or PC capable of running it, ideally a PC with an Intel Core i5-4590K and either a Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD R9 390 GPU. Unfortunately, this kind of hardware does not come cheaply, so expect to spend at least in the region of £1,000 on one of these machines.

Less than one per cent of the world's computers are currently capable of the sophisticated processes, according to graphics chip maker Nvidia. Powerful graphics cards are needed to display images on the headsets clearly at around 90 frames per second, when standard laptops run at around 30 frames per second.