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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 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...

After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future

At this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, HTC CEO Cher Wang took the stage to outline the company's big picture approach to the future. The company is ostensibly putting increased focus on VR/AR with their newly coined...

Update: HTC Confirms It’s Merging VR and Smartphone Divisions

Chialin Chang, HTC's President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, made his immediate resignation official last week, which HTC now confirms has prompted the company to merge its smartphone and VR divisions—a move that possibly points to the HTC putting greater...

Developers Are Now Receiving HTC Vive Pro

Ostensibly the first batch of Vive Pro, HTC's upcoming prosumer VR headset, is now landing on the doorsteps of developers. Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), tweeted out that they've...

HTC: Vive Pro is Targeted at Prosumers and Will Be “more expensive” Than Consumer Vive

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka 'Skarred Ghost') got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn't answer the question on everyone's mind—"how much is Vive Pro going to cost?"—we...

$50,000 Up for Grabs in Viveport Developer Awards, Submissions Now Open

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, submissions for this year's VDAs are open, spanning more categories than last year, including...

‘Vive Video’ Gets 2.0 Update, Partners with Vimeo to Offer Curated Video Selection

HTC Creative Labs’s free native VR video player has received an upgrade with a new browser interface. The team has also partnered with Vimeo, offering a curated selection of streamable VR video content. Explained in a post on the official...
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Viveport Goes “VR First” in Largest Update Yet Including New ‘Home’ & Content Previews

Viveport, HTC's VR content store for Vive, just received a significant overhaul aimed at improving content discovery and consumption. The new 'home' area, which is based on spaceship platform, acts as a launchpad for the store's games and experiences. I wasn't...

First Look: HTC Vive Pro – The New Vive on the Block

Today at a pre-CES Vive press event, we got a look at the newly announced HTC Vive Pro, a higher-resolution headset from the company acting as a sort of 'Vive 1.5'. Update (1/9/18): Catch our in-depth hands-on with the new...

HTC Announces Consumer Availability of Vive Tracker & New Tracker Accessory Bundles

HTC today announced consumer availability of Vive Tracker, the tracking module that uses Valve's Lighthouse tracking standard. The company also announced North American pre-order availability of a number of Vive Tracker accessory bundles that are slated to make their way to consumers in mid-December. First...

HTC Lists Sports Racket Accessory for Vive Tracker, Suggesting Tracker Launch is Near

A 'Racket Sports Set' designed to be compatible with HTC Vive's Tracker, the modular positionally-tracked puck that you can use to track practically anything in VR, has just made an appearance on the Vive accessories site. The Tracker has only been available for...
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HTC Announces ‘Vive Focus’ Standalone VR Headset

Today during the Vive Developers Conference in Beijing, HTC revealed the Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. The headset is positioned for the Chinese market. Update (11/14/17): HTC has confirmed to Road to VR that the company...

Report: HTC to Unveil Standalone VR Headset at Vive Developer Conference in November

HTC could be showing off its standalone VR headset at the company's November 14th Vive Developer Conference (VDC) in Beijing. As reported by YiVian, the conference has recently published promotional material featuring a veiled image of the company's upcoming headset. To wit, HTC says...
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