HTC
Hands-on: Vive XR Elite is Lightweight & Compact, But Shares Quest Pro’s Woes
At CES 2023 HTC revealed its new Vive XR Elite headset which is positioned as a Quest Pro competitor. In terms of features and hardware, the headset is largely a refinement of formfactor over anything else; and while it's...
HTC’s Next Consumer Headset Reportedly Called ‘Vive XR Elite’, Listed at $1,400
HTC's upcoming standalone VR headset, which is said to compete with Meta for consumer dollars, may have just suffered a fairly important leak ahead of its promised CES 2023 unveiling this week. HTC seems to have tipped its hand...
HTC Launches Aftermarket Face & Eye-trackers for Vive Focus 3
HTC today announced it's releasing both facial and eye-tracking units for its Vive Focus 3 standalone VR headset.
The company says its new trackers will offer "more natural and immersive VR experiences, new options for enterprises to measure user responses,...
HTC Brings OpenXR Public Beta to Vive Focus 3
HTC announced this week it is making available an OpenXR public beta for the Vive Focus 3. OpenXR is designed to make it easier for developers to create a single app that's cross-compatible with multiple OpenXR-supporting headsets.
OpenXR is a royalty-free...
HTC is Getting into the NFT Craze with the Opening of Its Own Store Soon
HTC is opening a non-fungible token (NFT) store soon that its says will host all forms of digital art, including AR, VR, and XR pieces.
The store, which will open on December 17th, is set to first offer NFTs featuring the works...
HTC Announces Vive Flow, a Compact VR Headset Focused on Casual Entertainment & Wellbeing
HTC today announced Vive Flow, its latest standalone VR headset. While the company just recently released the enterprise-focused Vive Focus 3, the Vive Flow aims for the consumer market with a compact size and feature-set that HTC has designed...
HTC Likely Announcing a New Standalone Vive Headset Next Week
HTC recently said that it will host an online Vive event next week, but has only teased minimal hints about what it plans to announce. Regulatory filings spotted by Road to VR suggest a new standalone HTC Vive headset will...
Report: HTC to Announce Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2 Next Week
A report from Protocol, citing undisclosed "company documents" from HTC, claims that the company will reveal two new headsets during the VIVECON event next week: Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2.
Following HTC's teases about the upcoming reveal of "game-changing...
HTC is Teasing New VR Hardware in Cryptic Tweets
A series of cryptic tweets with teasing imagery have dropped on the official HTC Vive account in the last week, but what do they point to?
It's been a year since we've seen new hardware from HTC. It was back...
Vive Cosmos Rated Least Accurate Among Top Headsets in Controller Tracking Test
Ever wonder how VR tracking systems really stack up? A research and engineering group called the Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) in Fellbach, Germany conducted a study recently that reveals just how accurate some of the top VR headset's are...
Qualcomm & HTC Partner to Offer Vive WAVE Platform to All Snapdragon-based Headsets
HTC has announced that it will offer its Vive WAVE mobile VR platform to all Snapdragon-based headsets. The move means that headset makers will be able to adopt HTC's ready-made headset OS (instead of developing their own) and gain...
HTC Unveils ‘Vive Sync’ Social VR Platform for Companies Looking to Go Virtual
In the time of social distancing and the new work-at-home culture, video conferencing has undoubtedly become king. Companies looking to get a little more out of meetings though, namely the ability to virtually chat face-to-face with colleagues, might be...
HTC to Hold All of Its GDC 2020 Talks Live Online, Including Audience Q&A
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) got canned this year due to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), but that's not stopping some companies from releasing their developer talks on the web for all to see. HTC is doing just that throughout...
Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate Delayed Due to Coronavirus, Cosmos Elite Still on Track to Ship
The supply chain slowdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected a few notable VR companies, including Valve and Facebook with their respective flagship headsets. Now it seems HTC is experiencing similar issues with its upcoming SteamVR External Tracking...
HTC Discontinuing Vive Pro and Vive Focus in Favor of Newer Iterations
HTC is discontinuing its Vive Pro and Vive Focus headsets in favor of newer versions of the headsets. The change helps streamline the company's smattering of headsets.
In a recent opinion piece I argued that HTC's VR headset lineup, which...



















