HTC has just announced the Vive, a virtual reality headset developed in collaboration with Valve. It will be available to consumers later this year, with a developer edition coming out this spring. The company has promised to have a significant presence at the Game Developers Conference next week, where devs will have a chance to play with Valve's VR technology.
HTC's Jeff Gattis explained on stage that it offers 90Hz refresh rate and 360-degree views. The company says in a press release that it's the first device to offer a "full room-scale" experience, "letting you get up, walk around and explore your virtual space, inspect objects from every angle and truly interact with your surroundings. Gattis added at MWC that "It's also really light, so you can wear it for a long time without feeling weighed down."
It will be available with a pair of HTC-made wireless controllers for manipulating objects or shooting weapons through hand tracking. They're "designed to be so versatile that they will work with a wide range of VR experiences." While the Vive will certainly play nice with games, but it's also about other experiences, including virtual reality through partners like HBO, Lionsgate, and Google.
HTC and Valve enter the VR ring
HTC's Peter Chou hyped the new device during the press event today in Barcelona. "We believe that virtual reality will totally transform the way that we interact with the world. Virtual reality will become a mainstream technology for the rest of the world," he said. Chou named a few examples of what you'll be able to do with the Vive: "Attending real-time concerts, learning history, reliving memories."
The Vive is the result of a "strategic partnership" between Valve and HTC. Valve teased its new virtual reality device last week, and said that more details would come at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco. We'll be there to bring all the news to you live.
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HTC's Jeff Gattis explained on stage that it offers 90Hz refresh rate and 360-degree views. The company says in a press release that it's the first device to offer a "full room-scale" experience, "letting you get up, walk around and explore your virtual space, inspect objects from every angle and truly interact with your surroundings. Gattis added at MWC that "It's also really light, so you can wear it for a long time without feeling weighed down."
It will be available with a pair of HTC-made wireless controllers for manipulating objects or shooting weapons through hand tracking. They're "designed to be so versatile that they will work with a wide range of VR experiences." While the Vive will certainly play nice with games, but it's also about other experiences, including virtual reality through partners like HBO, Lionsgate, and Google.
HTC and Valve enter the VR ring
HTC's Peter Chou hyped the new device during the press event today in Barcelona. "We believe that virtual reality will totally transform the way that we interact with the world. Virtual reality will become a mainstream technology for the rest of the world," he said. Chou named a few examples of what you'll be able to do with the Vive: "Attending real-time concerts, learning history, reliving memories."
The Vive is the result of a "strategic partnership" between Valve and HTC. Valve teased its new virtual reality device last week, and said that more details would come at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco. We'll be there to bring all the news to you live.
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