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Vive Focus Can Now Stream PC VR Games from Steam, Viveport

Today at the Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC announced that the Vive Focus standalone headset will be able to wirelessly stream PC VR content from both Steam and Viveport over a 5GHz WiFi connection. HTC says the Focus'...

HTC Says Watching ‘Ready Player One’ Boosts VR Purchase Intent in China

HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin tweeted recently that Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) is projected to have a "significantly positive impact" on VR adoption in China this year. Graylin presented a few supporting slides this past week during a talk at...

Vive Focus Dev Kits Cost €650 in Europe, Devs to Receive €200 Discount Until June 4th

Vive Focus dev kits are headed outside of China today to international developers looking to create for the company's standalone VR headset, which first arrived to Chinese consumers back in January. Apparently HTC is lowering the price for some...

Vive Focus Dev Kits Now Shipping Westward, Suggesting Nearby International Launch

Vive Focus, HTC's standalone VR headset which first launched in China back in January, is gearing up for its Western release it seems. HTC today announced that it's making Vive Focus developer units available to devs outside of China. Announced by...

Oculus Go, Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus Standalone Headsets Compared

Standalone VR headsets represent a new headset segment that sits somewhere between smartphone-based VR devices, and tethered, high-end VR systems, while offering some notable advantages over both. In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be...

Vive Focus Hits the FCC, Suggesting Dev Kit Soon to Launch in US

After launching the Vive Focus standalone headset in China in late January, the company announced in March that the headset would be launching in the US, EU, and other Western markets later this year, beginning with the launch of...

Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras

HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to...

Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share

Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users. Each month, Valve runs the survey among...

Vive China President Shares 16 Lessons for a VR-First Future From ‘Ready Player One’

Virtual reality (VR) has been a hot topic in the media and the tech sector for the last couple of years, but it is about to hit a new level of buzz, thanks to the internationally best-selling book Ready...

HTC and Gaming Giant IGT Partner on VR Tournament Platform for Casinos

HTC is expanding its out-of-home VR entertainment reach with a new deal with gaming giant IGT that will see its Vive hardware and software power a new competitive VR initiative where players compete for real money stakes. The recent reveal...

VR Enthusiasts Aren’t Happy About the Price of the Vive Pro

When revealing the HTC Vive Pro back in January, HTC left one salient piece of information out of the announcement: the price. After letting impression of the headset's higher resolution, improved ergonomics, and other changes simmer for a few...

Vive Pro Headset Pre-orders Open at $800 for April 5th Launch, Original Vive Drops to $500

HTC today announced that the Vive Pro headset only (without controllers or base stations) will cost $800 and launch on April 5th; the headset is now available for pre-order. Meanwhile, the original Vive is getting a price cut of $100,...

HTC & Shenzhen Government Team Up for $160 Million Investment Fund

Between HTC's Vive X accelerator and the VRVCA investor consortium that it heads, the company is already very active in the VR investment space. But today the company announced a brand new investment fund of some $160 million in...

HTC Vive Pro to Arrive With Redesigned Link Box Featuring DisplayPort and Power Button

HTC Vive Pro, the company's higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers, isn't on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn't a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins...

HTC Announces 2018 Viveport Developer Awards Nominees, $50K First Prize up for Grabs

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year's VDAs who will be in competition to...
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