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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

You will be able to finally buy it in Europe and North America for $599, from the dedicated page on the HTC website. HTC Vive Focus Specs. The Vive Focus is HTC’s standalone headset , the one that the Taiwanese/Chinese company wants to use to start making virtual reality widespread.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

The 2019 Consumer Electronic Expo is off to an exciting start as HTC Vive debuted not only a new VR headset capable of inside-out tracking, but a new social platform, new subscription service, and new updates to their existing Viveport platform. The HTC Vive Cosmos will be the first device to operate on the platform. VIVEPORT INFINITY.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Chialin Chang, HTC’s President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, has made his resignation official, reportedly bringing with it a melding of the company’s smartphone and VR divisions—a move that possibly points to the HTC putting greater focus on VR in the face of the company’s waning smartphone business.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Today at GDC, HTC announced plans to make available a lip-tracking module for the Vive Pro. HTC has revealed very little about the lip-tracking module so far, but we’d venture to guess that it will consist of a camera mounted underneath the Vive Pro visor which faces the user’s mouth.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC is bringing physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain management treatments to the metaverse. HTC VIVE is partnering with XRHealth to bring healthcare into the metaverse in the form of virtual medical rooms where patients can receive physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain management treatments. Image Credit: HTC.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week, schools across North Dakota are receiving over 300 HTC VIVE VR headsets in a statewide initiative spearheaded by CareerViewXR, an emerging immersive edtech startup. North Dakota: Powered by HTC VIVE Public and private North Dakota schools can receive the headsets beginning February 11-13 during the 2024 NDCA Annual Conference.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. HTC says there will be more locations yet to come.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Today at CES HTC revealed its latest headset, the Vive Cosmos. While the original HTC Vive launched way back in April of 2016, HTC says that it continues to see strong sales. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. HTC plans to continue to the original Vive product line alongside Cosmos. Photo by Road to VR.

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JULY 21, 2017

A survey sponsored by HTC America is currently open on SurveyGizmo , with the option to enter a prize draw, which includes three Vive systems and seven gift cards worth $100 – $150. The 10-15 minute ‘experiences with VR’ survey is for HTC’s ‘research purposes only’, aiming to gather some general VR usage data and purchasing habits.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

HTC’s new headset gets leaked. HTC has been teasing its headsets for a lot of weeks by sharing images of small black corners of the upcoming device. More info (Quest 2 deal) More info (HP Reverb G2) More info (Star Wars Squadron) More info (Official blog post on how to watch Oculus Connect 6) More info (HTC Sales).

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JULY 8, 2024

A recent independent survey by HTC VIVE, titled “ XR Applications in the Financial Industry ,” involved around 400 financial services professionals to study the utilization of XR in the sector. The HTC VIVE representative expressed that f inancial services are an area where the firm thinks “it could make an impact.”

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. HTC Doubles Down On Enterprise VR , Introducing Two new Headsets: the Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. The post Spatial Beats: Apple, HTC & Niantic appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

HTC today announced consumer availability of Vive Tracker, the tracking module that uses Valve’s Lighthouse tracking standard. First shipped to developers earlier this year, HTC is now selling the Tracker to consumers with the full confidence that anyone can pick it up and use it. image courtesy HTC. image courtesy HTC.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

HTC today announced its planning to release a new version of Vive Focus targeted at enterprise users, this time including integrated hardware support for two ultrasonically-tracked 6DOF controllers. Image courtesy HTC. HTC hasn’t released pricing info yet, although we hope to learn more in the coming weeks.

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JUNE 6, 2018

The adventure supports up to four people at a time, and uses HTC Vive headsets, and what the companies call a “state-of-the-art VR motion simulator.” The post New ‘Jurassic World’ VR Game to Debut at Dave & Buster’s Across North America Next Week appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

At a special CES event today, HTC unveiled their latest PC VR headset, Vive Cosmos. Vive Comos is said to launch sometime in 2019, although HTC isn’t talking about a more exact launch window just yet. Images provided by HTC show both the headphones attached and detached. Image courtesy HTC.

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AUGUST 12, 2017

If you’ve yet to hop on the VR train, here’s a shot at scoring a free HTC Vive system and some swag from the 2017 International Dota 2 Championships. This giveaway is open to those in North America, Europe, and Taiwan. million grand prize and world champion title. million grand prize and world champion title.

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

Dan O’Brien, Vive general manager for the Americas, revealed to The Rolling Stone that Valve was still “very committed” to the promise of delivering its three VR games: “I manage the relationship with Valve,” O’Brien says. They are very committed; they are still committed to delivering on that promise.”.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Vive Cosmos is HTC’s newly unveiled PC VR headset that’s slated to release sometime this year. While it’s a tethered device meant to support PCs at launch, HTC teased that it could also be driven by a smartphone. HTC’s U12+ is a Snapdragon 845 device that supports DisplayPort over its USB-C.

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MARCH 6, 2024

In early February, following the successful launch of the Vision Pro rocket, CareerViewXR, an emerging immersive edtech startup, spearheaded a statewide initiative providing over 300 HTC VIVE VR headsets and accompanying immersive learning software to schools across North Dakota. ” He noted. We know that 99.9

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MAY 9, 2019

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Like years prior, the accelerator program is spread out across Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2020

The Walking Dead Onslaught launches September 29th on PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive; just in time for the season 10 finale October 4th on AMC. This digital launch will be followed by a physical release on PSVR October 2nd in Europe and October 13th in North America.

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MAY 15, 2019

HTC opened up orders in Europe today for their latest VR headset, Vive Pro Eye , a version of the company’s enterprise headset with integrated eye-tracking. HTC also opened up pre-orders in China too, with launch slated for May 24th; there’s no word on when to expect it in North America though. Image courtesy HTC.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Exposing this $800 VR platform to millions of new buyers in North America. The HTC VIVE (yes, they now capitalize all the letters in VIVE) is getting itself in front of millions of new online shoppers perusing the virtual aisles of Amazon. The post HTC VIVE VR Headset Now Available on Amazon appeared first on VRScout.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively to YouTube and DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2022

Axon’s simulator training is powered by the Vive Focus 3 , HTC’s all-in-one VR headset in combination with the company’s Vive Wrist Trackers , which track the position of the user’s hands in VR. Not only that, but trainees can actually bring their TASER energy weapons and training firearms with them in VR.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

HTC recently announced they’ll be sweetening the pot this Black Friday for potential Vive-owners located in North America by throwing a free Deluxe Audio Strap your way when you purchase an HTC Vive. photo courtesy HTC. Check out our review here. You can see where Vive is sold near you here.

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JULY 18, 2018

Called Hotel Transylvania Popstic , the game is said to be featured at around 500 VR arcades across North America, Europe, and China. If you’re in North America, Europe, or China, check with your local VR arcade to find out if Hotel Transylvania Popstic is on offer.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As we reported from Vive’s Beijing event late Monday, HTC unveiled a standalone VR headset that requires no PC or base stations. In May, we reported that Google had partnered with HTC to build a new standalone VR headset that we could all expect soon. Confirmed, no Daydream standalone from HTC, but we remain great partners.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

According to HTC, applications crossed a wide spectrum of non-gaming applications of VR areas such as Education, Enterprise, Training, Health and Wellness and more. We’re thrilled that HTC has developed this product and we’re looking forward to seeing what people build.” ” said Joe Ludwig of Valve.

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MAY 26, 2020

The semiconductor giant has partnered with fifteen global telecoms across Asia, Europe, and North America. SEE ALSO Former HTC CEO Unveils 5G-enabled VR Headset & Social VR Platform. It plans to do so within the next year. Qualcomm will be including a badge as well, so you know what’s been certified as XR compliant.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2016

It wasn’t long ago that HTC and Oculus had a competing launch window for their VR headsets, with both systems selling out almost immediately and backorders piling up for months into the year. The $799 Vive is developed in partnership by HTC and Valve, touting over 200+ games available on Steam VR.

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ARPost

APRIL 6, 2022

We are collaborating with Porsche Cars North America to give riders the thrill of a high-speed ride, combined with a highly-immersive VR experience,” holoride co-founder and CEO Nils Wollny said in a release. It’s HTC, it’s Pico, etc., Holoride and Porsche. “We To be clear, this partnership isn’t some new thing.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Sandbox operates a number of VR locations in major cities across North America as well as Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, and Jakarta. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2016

Disney has released a new VR experience for fans that own a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. Whether you have an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, the Disney Movies VR app is available to check out and download now. .” The post Disney VR Movies Come to Steam for HTC Vive and Rift appeared first on VRScout.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

For HTC Vive Tracker owners, Hailstone says Tracker support “amplifies the physicality and reality of the experience,” giving extra tracking points so your defensive game is more accurately reflected by your real-world movements. The mobile app is available for free for both Android and iOS devices.

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JULY 20, 2017

The first-person mech shooter is now available on the official PlayStation Store for $39.99, and is due to arrive on ‘other leading VR platforms’, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, on August 2nd. Skydance Interactive’s first virtual reality game Archangel has launched with a short timed-exclusivity window on PlayStation VR.

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