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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Oculus may be be closing out 2016 with a bang with the launch of its Touch controllers, but HTC is going to kick off 2017 with something special: a peripheral that makes its Vive headset wireless. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC. According to HTC, pre-orders go live at 7 a.m. Pacific on Friday.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

TPCAST , the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they’ll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. TPCast maintains their solution can transmit up 5 meters away at 2k (2160×1200) with a latency of less than 2ms. image courtesy TPCAST.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

HTC today announced that it’s released support for 5Ghz WiFi streaming for Vive Focus Plus, as well as all 6DOF standalone headsets supporting the Vive Wave platform. Much like Oculus Quest’s Link functionality , Vive Focus Plus can now play PC VR titles through Viveport, albeit without the need of a cable.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are… in the works. Qualcomm says that the HTC Vive and Lenovo standalone headsets will be built around the latest version of the VRDK which uses the significantly more modern Snapdragon 835 chip.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. The post KwikVR is an Oculus & Vive Compatible Wireless VR Solution to Debut at CES 2017 appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Connect, Oculus’s annual developer conference, is already in full swing, but if you didn’t manage to book the flight and hotel to San Jose, CA, you can still pop your head in to see what this year’s hubbub is about. Below the steaming schedule are a few ways you can go about it: Opening Keynote. So there you have it.

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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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AUGUST 31, 2020

For devices lacking Bluetooth support, each pair comes with a low latency cable compatible with most standard 3.5mm headphone jacks. Whereas existing haptic technology focuses primarily on the hands and chest, patented DropLabs technology located in the midsole of the shoes delivers bass-activated stereo audio directly to your feet.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Those with a PC VR headset (Oculus Rift/Rift S, SteamVR) can also access a “Selfie Stick (Streamer Cam) from the “My Rooms” tab, allowing them to capture a live video feed on their desktops. plans on adding Selfie Stick support for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 sometime in the near future. Bigscreen Inc. And that’s it!

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MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. But everyone agrees a dangling cable is not only annoying, it’s an immersion detractor. 264 or similar chip solutions.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Last year the company correctly reported that Oculus would release a successor to the Quest with a faster refresh rate, new controllers, and a smaller redesign that would remove the headset’s fabric accents. Bloomberg has a decent track record regarding the accuracy of its VR sources. Four months later, Quest 2 was announced.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Oculus Research’s director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of “reactive displays” and their role in unlocking “next-generation” visuals in AR and VR headsets. An eye-tracking addon for the HTC Vive.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

TPCast , manufacturer of wireless adapters for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift systems, has announced an upgraded version of its eponymous wireless system called TPCast Plus. A 4-cell battery charging cradle, is said to be part of a series of complementary products that enhance TPCast Plus product family.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

At ChinaJoy today, HTC has just announced a little but very important news: the Vive Focus Plus will be able to connect to Viveport on PC and play all its games via Wi-fi streaming. Today HTC has unveiled an official streaming solution for Viveport on the Vive Focus Plus. HTC hopes to deploy it for October. All natively.

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JUNE 7, 2022

Just a few weeks ago Zero Latency announced some upgrades which include ditching the heavy backpacks and opting for a new system that wirelessly streams content to headsets from on-site PCs. The tracking was also noticeably improved and seemed less glitchy than my previous Zero Latency sessions a few years ago. .

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JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S. HTC – Vive Pro Eye. VR Experience of the Year: ILMxLAB & Oculus Studios – Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I.

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MAY 10, 2018

JDI’s upcoming 1001ppi low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD is said to feature an improved latency of 2.2 60Hz is widely considered the bare minimum for VR headsets, although many PC VR headsets including HTC Vive and Oculus Rift function at 90Hz—a necessity in reducing motion blur and screen flicker.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android. 1,600 × 1,600 LCD @90Hz per eye, with ultra low-latency Color Passthrough for Augmented Reality. million in June. Lynx R-1 Specs. 6DOF rom-scale.

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MAY 13, 2021

This includes ultra-low latency, high motion speed, powerful motors, built-in vibration, and gameplay time tracker. Since Yaw2 operates independently from VR headsets, it is compatible with major VR headsets such as Oculus Quest , Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift-S , HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE Pro, Valve Index, PSVR, Windows Mixed Reality headsets and Pimax.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Oculus Test Users let you use the Quest 2 without a real Facebook account (for sideloading).

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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JULY 5, 2022

SenseGlove Nova can be used with Meta Quest and HTC VIVE headsets by mounting the controllers on gloves. 5G is vital for the future of XR as it has the potential to provide low-latency, high-bandwidth connections that can support immersive experiences. Motorola-Verizon’s 5G Necklace. Ekto VR Robot Boots.

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MARCH 4, 2019

To wit, some of these companies publicly showed off VR cloud gaming actually working for the first time—one of the most difficult problems due to the inherent need to keep VR games chugging at or below the 20ms latency threshold, which is considered the bare minimum before users notice anything. Image courtesy HTC.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

Oculus Link official cable now available worldwide (but Quest is still soldout). Good news for all the Quest fans: the official Oculus Link cable is now available worldwide in 22 countries. Anyway, with future software updates of the Oculus runtime, the official cable will be able to exploit all the maximum speed possible.

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APRIL 1, 2018

First announced last year , TPCast’s Business Edition adapter made the promise of delivering low latency, multi user VR experiences to businesses across the U.S. The adapter will also support just the HTC Vive headsets at launch with Oculus-compatibility planned for Q3 of 2018.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This process introduces ‘latency’, which is the time it takes to update frames with new user input taken into account. For an action title to feel responsive, latency needs to be under 150ms in a traditional video game, so keeping it reasonably low is a challenge. Let’s look at latency first.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We had a chance to play with a prototype of Pimax 8K at this year’s CES before the company integrated Valve’s Lighthouse tracking solution—one of the first to do so outside of HTC. ” The prototype did however suffer from a dim display and some geometric warping that made the experience less than perfect.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

KwikVR, a wireless add-on kit for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is going to beat TPCAST’s solution to market, but, if you’re desperate for untethered VR, you might want to hold on for the latter’s launch instead of jumping the gun early. I’m also concerned about the products compatibility with the Oculus Rift.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The mystery behind Vive X company TPCAST’s wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive continues to deepen. Previously, a translation of the Chinese group’s site suggested that its solution for tetherless PC-based VR offered at best 15ms of latency, which caused concern for some.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

While this may be true, it’s easy to confuse these plastic shells for high-quality mobile VR headsets like Google Daydream View or Samsung Gear VR which either use phones specifically designed for VR, or contain the parts necessary to create a low-latency VR experience so users don’t get sick.

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MARCH 16, 2020

HTC’s Vive Cosmos Elite headset is set to ship on the 18th and we’ve been testing the unit to bring you a full review. HTC also plans to also sell the ‘External Tracking Faceplate’ separately so that Cosmos users have the option to upgrade.

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JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. You can read writing from across the room.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. In the Geekbench comparison, it completely destroys the Oculus Quest : the multi-core score of the Quest is 774 while the one of the Focus XR2 is 3417, almost 5 times much. Other relevant news.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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JULY 18, 2020

The time has come for me to review the Pico Neo 2 Eye , the Chinese competitor of the Oculus Quest (that has been kindly sent to me from Pico)! Discover with me everything about it and especially how does it compare with the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. Pico Neo 2 Eye Video Review. Front side of the headset.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Vive Wave is HTC’s open platform that offers interoperability between several classes of mobile VR headsets and accessories, something the company hopes will help unite a fragmented market. Everywhere else it’s sold for enterprise users, although HTC isn’t stopping regular consumers from buying the $600 headset.

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