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While Facebook’s Oculus Quest won’t arrive until the spring of 2019, its seemingly beefier inside-out tracking plus 6DoF controllers may already pose a threat to HTC’s Vive Focus, as well as to other Vive Wave-based standalone VR headsets — including Pico’s Neo (whose ultrasound-based 6DoF controllers are still missing) and the more recent G2. As […]
August’s Steam hardware survey results are now in, and the Oculus Rift takes its biggest leap over the HTC Vive yet. Last month’s survey showed less than a 2 percent difference in the use of the two leading PC VR headsets on Valve’s gaming platform, but that gap grew to just under 4 percent in August. Vive […]
14 months after HTC and Intel first showed off their wireless VR prototype, the two are finally ready to ship the product. According to HTC’s announcement today, the Intel WiGig-based Vive Wireless Adapter is priced at $ 299.99 and works with both Vive and Vive Pro, though the latter requires an additional $ 60 for […]
Major League Baseball got into VR with a home run derby simulator that fans tried at the All-Star game and select ballparks last season. Earlier this year, the MLB promised it would bring the experience to consumer virtual reality sets in spring. While it didn’t arrive in time for Opening Day, aspiring sluggers can load […]
This weekend, ramble around a VR world of your choosing or smartify your coffeemaker with these tech deals. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ab0051b5d6b7160f7e184da/master/pass/02-HTC-Vive-Pro-SOURCE-HTC.jpg
Enlarge Last week, when discussing the HTC Vive Pro’s sky-high, $ 799 headset-only price, we noticed a bit of an oddity surrounding the pricing of the tracking base stations and controllers needed to go along with the system. Picking up two of each accessory at HTC’s retail pricing would run about $ 530, or $ […]
Once staunch rivals in high-end VR, it now seems Facebook-owned Oculus and HTC are treading different paths. While Oculus is gearing up to launch a more affordable standalone headset, HTC has gone in the opposite direction with the Vive Pro, a new top-of-the range facehugger announced at this year’s CES. Today, HTC has revealed the […]
AUSTIN, Texas—HTC’s VR team was out in full force at this year’s South By Southwest festival, mostly due to the upcoming film adaptation of Ready Player One. The top floor of a jam-packed, book-to-film “experience” event included an hour-plus wait to play a few Ready Player One-themed VR games, all slated to launch alongside the […]
For the first time ever since the launch of both headsets in early 2016, the Oculus Rift has overtaken the HTC Vive on the monthly Steam hardware survey. The survey is entirely optional and scans a user’s PC for various hardware components, including any VR headsets that may be connected. After a few months of catching […]
Major League Baseball has gotten into VR lately with a host of initiatives, including partnerships with Google for At Bat VR, Intel for “Game of the Week” live streams and Samsung for immersive highlights of the 2017 season. Now MLB is bringing a VR Home Run Derby that debuted at the All-Star Game and select […]
