XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2025

Google Invests $250 Million into HTC VIVE Following last months announcement of AndroidXR and this weeks teasers for Samsung’s Moohan, Google made a significant parallel move. The company entered into a definitive agreement with HTC VIVE, providing a substantial investment of $250 million to the leading XR firm.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2021

Newly leaked images tease a fitness-focused VR headset from HTC, but is this sneaker-like hardware even real? It was discovered earlier today that HTC has won an award IF Design Award for a never-before-seen VR headset, the HTC Vive Air. The post What’s The Deal With The HTC Vive Air?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 14, 2021

HTC’s lightweight VR device is designed primarily for lifestyle and light entertainment. HTC today unveiled the Vive Flow, a portable VR glasses device. Unlike existing VR headsets such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest 2, the Vive Flow is aimed primarily at mental and physical wellness rather than AAA gaming or enterprise.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2022

HTC Vive has a lot going on in 2022. Up next for HTC is the VIVE Winter Sale, during which the company is offering incredible discounts on three of their best VR products: the VIVE Cosmos, VIVE Cosmos Elite, and VIVE Pro Eye. Image Credit: HTC. Image Credit: HTC. Image Credit: HTC. Feature Image Credit: VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

This night I woke up at 3am to participate in HTC Vive’s event on ENGAGE because I read that it was an “HTC VIVE LAUNCH EVENT” and I was super-confident in the launch of the Cosmos XR or at least of the Cosmos Play. Some of these key players, like ENGAGE, are companies in which HTC already invests into.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As we head into the next generation of XR hardware, here are some of the big developments and releases coming out of the industry. But at last, we are seeing a shift from dedicated platform-specific hardware to agnostic all-in-one devices that makes sense for all involved. Where Is XR Heading? Guest Post

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Pick up the HTC Vive Deluxe Audio Strap at its lowest price ever. This year HTC is celebrating the holidays with $100 off on select Vive VR hardware over on the Vive website , along with other HTC Vive distributors such as Amazon , Micro Center , Dell , Lenovo , and Adorama. Credit: HTC. Image Credit: HTC.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

HTC Vive this week unveiled two new accessories for the Vive Focus 3 that introduce both facial and eye tracking support to the all-in-one VR headset. No additional hardware or adapters are required in order to set up the Facial Tracker. Image Credit: HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2022

HTC announced this week it is making available an OpenXR public beta for the Vive Focus 3. OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of XR applications, making hardware and software more interoperable. The post HTC Brings OpenXR Public Beta to Vive Focus 3 appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2021

New hardware and business-focused software announced during the first-ever Vivecon 2021 event. During today’s inaugural Vivecon 2021 event, HTC announced not one, but two new VR headsets alongside a new suite of professional tools that promise to change the way we work, create, and play in VR. Image Credit: HTC.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

bHaptics, the South Korea-based VR haptics creator, announced it’s launching a refreshed lineup of its most popular haptics hardware, which are said to support over 270 titles across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR headsets. The company today announced pre-orders for three new accessories: TactSuit Pro, TactSuit Air and TactSleeve.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Google is acquiring "some of" HTC Vive's engineering team to "accelerate the development of the Android XR platform". As an interesting parallel: in late 2017 Google acquired some of HTC's mobile devices engineering team, and leveraged these engineers to vastly improve the hardware of its Pixel phones.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

Today SteamVR is still the gold standard for what concerns PCVR tracking and many enthusiasts have Lighthouses installed in their rooms to play VR games on their Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Pimax Crystal Light. The hardware to support it will still be carried on by startups for which it can be a lucrative market.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 25, 2023

HTC is running a Vive Pro 2 bundle deal right now in the US that includes the Vive Wireless Adapter, which when purchased separately costs $350. You can find the deal over on HTC’s website , which lasts from now until August 30th. The deal lasts from now until August 30th, bringing the full bundle price to $1,400.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2023

” At MWC Shanghai, state-owned China Mobile announced the first batch of 24 members of the alliance, including Huawei, Xiaomi, HTC Vive, Unity China, NOLO, XREAL (formerly Nreal), AI company iFlytek, video streaming platform MGTV, and cloud streaming platform Haima Cloud. ” China Mobile isn’t new to the space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Continuing the large wave of announcements and highlights from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 conference in Barcelona, Spain, HTC VIVE also introduced new enterprise immersive services for its XR Elite Bussiness Edition product. Combined, HTC VIVE claims that the new features can boost operations across longer multi-user sessions.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2024

HTC Vive announced it’s offering a new hardware bundle for its Vive XR Elite headset that brings some handy new accessories to users for free, which are designed to enhance the headset’s ergonomics and increase user comfort. You can grab the deal over at HTC Vive’s website.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

HTC VIVE and The Park Playground have partnered to bring mobile-led VR experiences to the public. So far, 75,000 users have been able to test out the capabilities of the HTC VIVE Focus 3 headset across various The Park Playground venues in Europe. The Journey to Innovation for Location-Based Entertainment.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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MARCH 13, 2025

Valve's Steam Link app is seemingly coming to Pico and HTC Vive standalone headsets, datamining suggests. But it would make much more sense for the company to bring the app to Pico and HTC's app stores, as it did with Meta's in late 2023. Both Quest and Pico are Android-based systems that support OpenXR, which the Steam Link app uses.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are already some OEMs collaborating with Qualcomm on this chip, and we can expect to see the first hardware implementing it in the second half of 2023. Talking about hardware, a great partner of Qualcomm is Niantic , which make two great announcements at the Snapdragon Summit. HTC’s new headset gets leaked. Matias Nassi.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2021

HTC teases new hardware ahead of its mysterious “Go with the Flow” event scheduled to take place later this month. This week HTC Vive tweeted out an image of a mysterious canister with a lid next to a computer. 10.14.21 [link] #gowiththeflow pic.twitter.com/TaidAkicJo — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) September 27, 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2021

Three years after the original Vive Pro, HTC’s Vive Pro 2 is here. HTC Vive Pro 2 Summary. HTC’s Vive Pro 2 brings some serious specs that, on paper, make it look like the headset will deliver an unbeatable experience compared to its competitors. HTC Vive Pro 2 In-depth Review. Microphone. Dual microphone.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2024

HTC Vive announced it’s offering a new hardware bundle for its Vive XR Elite headset that brings some handy new accessories to users for free, which are designed to enhance the headset’s ergonomics and increase user comfort. You can grab the deal over at HTC Vive’s website.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2022

This week it was announced that HTC will be unveiling a new consumer-friendly VR headset next month during CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. pic.twitter.com/PUqqKn4V5E — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022. Image Credit: HTC. The post HTC’s VR/AR Headset Will Be Revealed At CES 2023 appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2021

The Oculus Gaming Showcase will be followed shortly by Vivecon 2021 , HTC’s own recently-announced VR-focused showcase taking place this May. Whereas Oculus’s virtual event will focus primarily on gaming, images released by HTC could point towards the reveal of new VR hardware during the inaugural showcase.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

” Even more was revealed by Jared Ficklin, Chief Creative Technologist at argodesign , who helped develop the Magic Leap 2 hardware. The idea is that it’s a garment, not a piece of hardware. You can’t just have hardware, you can’t just have software, it’s the whole ecosystem that’s necessary,” said Kling.

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VRScout

APRIL 12, 2021

In a post made earlier today on Twitter, HTC announced the dates for its first-ever Vivecon. While little is known about the mysterious event so far, recently released images teasing new VR hardware could be foreshadowing several big reveals. pic.twitter.com/02OMyZ3daR — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) April 12, 2021.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While Myst can unofficially run on any SteamVR-supported headset, the studio says the new update drops official support for the original Rift headset and Quest 1 through Quest Link, as well as the original HTC Vive. The studio also fixed a number of VR-specific issues in Myst’s 2.0

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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VRScout

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

XR hardware analyst Brad Lynch has released a new video revealing what he claims to be HTC’s next VR headset. According to the report, HTC is working on a standalone VR device similar in design to the HTC Vive Flow , HTC’s smartphone-powered VR glasses that were released last year.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2025

Yoshida pushed for affordable pricing and a strong content lineup to support the PSVR launch in 2016, positioning the headset as a more accessible entry into VR compared to the pricier PC VR systems like the HTC Vive and original Oculus Rift, whichrequired high-spec PCs to run.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2023

I’ve been tipped about the fact that the Korean store of HTC may have accidentally leaked the name of the new Vive headset that will be revealed at CES… and maybe also its price. These are the features officially revealed by HTC: The device may be interesting also for consumers. Let’s start this 2023 with a leak!

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