Tag: htc vive
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Ultra Expensive HTC Vive Pro Out Soon
It’s $1100 for a complete set with the lighthouses, controllers, and all, or $800 if you want to reuse an original Vive setup. You get higher resolution screens, a better headstrap, headphones. Kyle Orland and Sam Machkovech reviewed it for Ars: Despite the improvements, though, the Vive Pro still includes some of the same basic…
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Vive Pro Announced at CES Without a Price & A Disgraceful Anniversary for Valve
HTC announced a Vive Pro with higher resolution goggles than their original SteamVR virtual reality headset, built-in headphones (they were previously available separately), a more comfortable strap, a second camera and microphone are now built into the headset, and an official wireless module that is sold separately. The resolution is the biggest thing here. The…
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Where’s the HTC Vive support for SteamOS?
Liam Dawe is killing it. Here’s his list of what Valve needs to get done in order to get SteamOS back on track, One thing that has been really bothering me, where’s the support for Linux/SteamOS with the HTC Vive?: Their own VR device is not yet Linux compatible. I don’t know what the issues are…
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The Difference Between Two Realities
Speaking of VR, the two leading virtual reality head-mounted displays (HMD) are very different in how they’re intended to be used. Although the Oculus Rift has head-tracking, it is intended more for playing games in a seated or standing position with extremely limited amounts of head movement. You can think of this as being limited…