>>285079069
Visuals are better in every way. It's a lot clearer, the sweet spot is way bigger, the fov increase is really nice. 144Hz is nice when you can actually manage to push that.

The integrated speakers and mic are good too, and not having to wear earbuds with a mic is a lot less of a hassle.

Controllers take some work to get comfortable, but grabbing feels more natural when games do it right. Having more buttons on the controller like the Rift controllers do is good too. I'm still on my launch controllers, but the right stick is getting a little loose. The newest version of the controllers is supposedly more durable, but I don't think they've completely fixed the issues yet.

Tracking is better, not having to worry about what your hands are doing when they're out of your sight is nice.

Overall, it's just a much better experience all around. Index is hard to recommend to most people at $1000, but you can easily afford it and you spend a lot of time in VR, I think it's definitely worth it. If either of those aren't true though, I think a Rift S would still be a noticeable improvement.