HTC Vive
HTC Vive Pre Side-by-side Shows Significant Size Reduction
While the original HTC Vive development kit has impressed many with its 'room-scale' VR capability, the unit was a full step behind its competitors in the ergonomics department. The Vive Pre, the second development kit of the VR headset, looks...
New Vive Pre Video Invites You to “Experience the freedom of VR without boundaries”
https://youtu.be/CB9ecPgZlq0
Building up the newly revealed 'Vive Pre' development kit, HTC has released a new video teasing the possibilities of virtual reality.
The video is similar in production to earlier videos released during the first reveal of the HTC Vive back in...
HTC Reveals ‘Vive Pre’ Development Kit at CES
HTC has finally taken the wraps off of the second development kit of the Vive VR headset, they're calling it the 'Vive Pre', and the new unit is being shown off here at CES 2016.
The Vive Pre largely seems...
HTC, Valve and SteamVR: A 2015 Retrospective and CES 2016 Preview
CES is mere days away and as we edge into 2016, we take a look back at the surprise entry and stratospheric rise of the HTC Vive, Valve's SteamVR flagship virtual reality hardware and, what we might expect to...
HTC Viveport VR App Store Client Now Available – Breaking
HTC's virtual reality app portal 'Viveport', designed as a showcase for HTV Vive VR content, has it seems quietly made available at least some parts of the new platform, according to images posted online.
Update: A helpful Twitter follower (thanks @killercow) pointed...
HTC Vive’s Laser-based Lighthouse Trackers Get FCC Approval for Safe Use
As one of the necessary steps for getting a product ready for consumer sale in the U.S., the HTC Vive and its laser-based 'Lighthouse' base stations have received approval from the FCC.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is tasked with...
HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to “hundreds of millions” of Internet Café Users
HTC formally debuted the Vive VR headset to Chinese developers at a packed event last Friday in Beijing, China. The event featured speakers from HTC, Valve, and notable developers working with the Vive. One of the announcements to come...
HTC CEO Claims “Very, Very Big” Vive Breakthrough to be Shown at CES
HTC's CEO Cher Wang has gone on record stating that one of the reasons for the recently announced delay to the release of the Steam VR powered HTC Vive VR headset was to incorporate the latest "very, very big...
New Images for 2nd HTC Vive Developer Kit Supposedly Leaked
Having been delayed until April 2016, the HTC Vive consumer headset is still under wraps. But these images, supposedly sourced from an accidental leak, may give us a clue as to what we can expect from the forthcoming 2nd...
HTC Vive VR Headset Gets New Branding as Tour Visits Taiwan
This week, the HTC Vive tour, bringing the SteamVR based VR headset to people around the world, makes a stop in Taipei, Taiwan with the expected suite of VR experiences in tow. Just one thing was different, seems the...
HTC Vive Pre-Orders in February, “We Could Have Started to Ship Vive” CEO Claims
HTC recently announced that it the expected arrival date for its SteamVR powered headset the Vive had slipped from 'holidays 2015' to April 2016. HTC's CEO Cher Wang claims however that "...we could have started to ship Vive this month".
So,...
Modbox is a Multiplayer Physics Wonderland for HTC Vive
Developers Alientrap have revealed details and a new trailer for their riotously fun looking physics playground title, Modbox, coming to SteamVR and HTC Vive next year.
There's something unusually compelling about games which utilise realistic physics upon which to build...
“Second Generation” HTC Vive Development Kit to Debut at CES in January
HTC today announced that it will be launching the "second generation" of the HTC Vive Developer Kit at CES 2016 in January.
HTC made the announcement today via a blog update which confirmed a delay of the commercial launch of...
HTC Vive Delayed to 2016, 7,000 Additional Developer Kits Coming Early Next Year
In an update to the company's blog today, HTC has announced that the Vive VR headset for Valve's SteamVR platform will be delayed until April 2016.
Announcing back in March that the HTC Vive would launch to consumers starting in...
Design Your Dream Kitchen with the HTC Vive (video)
A result of the AEC Hackathon, Helsinki - this neat prototype application lets you don the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, pick up the SteamVR controllers and sculpt your own designer kitchen. A simple but neat user interface lets...


















