Interestingly it also announced that Valve will optimize their SteamVR platform for macOS, and Apple is also allowing enabling of HTC
Vive headset on the platform.
Licence for tech powering
Vive headset on offer royalty - free to those who complete a training programme
Putting the HTC
Vive headset on for the first time is a total giggling - with - excitement experience.
Not exact matches
The Chernobyl VR Project will be released
on 26 April 2016 - the 30 th anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, and it will work with Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC
Vive, Playstation VR and other consumer VR
headsets including Google Cardboard.
With the launch of Oculus» Rift virtual reality
headset becoming available later this month and HTC's
Vive due in April, SXSW is hosting a separate three - day event focused
on the new technology and its possibilities.
You'll need a VR
headset to watch it in 360 (it's available for free
on the HTC
Vive, according to Mashable) but you can watch it in 2D
on YouTube (watch in full below).
The lack of VR media for
headsets like the Facebook (fb) Oculus Rift, HTC
Vive, and Sony's yet - to - be release
headset makes it less compelling for consumers to want to spend big bucks
on cutting - edge gadgetry.
HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer and maker of the
Vive VR
headset, said Monday that it has partnered with Tate Modern
on an upcoming exhibit featuring the works of painter and sculptor Amedeo Clemente Modigliani that will be accompanied by a new VR project.
HTC also said that it would lower the price of its HTC
Vive headset for one day
on Apr. 5 by $ 100 for new customers.
Also warming up
on deck for next year is The
Vive, a VR
headset by HTC and Valve, as well as Sony's (SNE) PlayStation VR (formerly known as Project Morpheus).
The Taoyuan City - based firm has been attempting to refocus its growth prospects
on the high - end VR business, with shipments of the
Vive headset totalling more than 190,000 units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC.
In addition to the HealthBox, HTC also unveiled a few more details about its HTC
Vive virtual - reality
headset at CES
on Tuesday.
HTC
Vive North America general manager Daniel O'Brien said that the company's newest
Vive Pro VR
headset was specifically designed for corporate use, based
on feedback from current customers.
Chapters 1 & 2 will launch simultaneously this Fall
on all major
headsets (
Vive, Oculus and Playstation VR), with three additional chapters following closely behind.
The
headset has an audio jack
on the back where the rest of the cords are located, and as long as players connect their headphones and place them down in front of them before putting
on the
Vive headset they won't have an issue locating it and placing it
on after.
Our own Dell gaming booth will feature HTC
Vive headsets running
on Alienware Aurora desktops.
Three years later I finally got my hands
on HTC's new virtual reality
headset, the HTC
Vive.
PAYDAY 2 VR is now also available in beta for HTC
Vive and other
headsets on Steam.
We strap
on the HTC
Vive headset and jump into some Project CARS action.
On the hardware side, one of the big stories was the release of the mass - market virtual - reality
headsets HTC
Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.
The service will be available
on devices such as the PlayStation VR, a virtual - reality
headset for Sony's PlayStation 4 video game console, the Gear VR
headset from South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics Co. and the
VIVE of Taiwan's HTC Corp..
There are already a few VR
headsets on the market, such as the
VIVE, Oculus RIFT and PlayStation VR, the main issue with all these consumer
headsets is the price, they're all pretty expensive, but Razer have bridged that gap by releasing the HDK2
headset powered by OSVR which provides VR to the masses at a budget price.
Yeah HL3
on Vive only would win the internet forever, but it seems the only thing harder than building a working virtual reality
headset, is developing a sequel to a 2004 sci - fi shooter.
We're still running the contest for the E3 loot, which includes a T - shirt, a Loot Crate, some Civilization 6 swag and a Kobe Bryant gold coin with a DLC code
on it.The podcast also follows up
on some of the hardware that was seen at E3, including PDP controllers and the HTC
Vive VR
headset.
High - end PCs are put to their paces when powering VR
headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC
Vive, so it's understandable why PSVR functionality is so limited
on PS4.
Apex Construct will be available first
on PlayStation VR, with releases
on HTC
Vive, Oculus Rift and Microsoft Mixed Reality
Headsets to follow, although dates have yet to be confirmed.
While Valve's VR spectator mode could benefit from more polish and higher - resolution
headsets, it makes me want to spend $ 800
on a
Vive more than any VR game currently
on the market.
The initiative will take the form of booths
on casino floors, equipped with HTC
Vive headsets and controllers running dedicated games designed specifically for competitive play and, more specifically, for each of the players to stake real world money
on the outcome of any matches in the hope of winning «cash prizes in spirited VR tournaments», according to a press release from HTC.
While not quite
on the same level as industry leaders HTC
Vive or Oculus Rift, the PlayStation VR
headset is still a brilliant addition to the market.
Priced at $ 8, you'll find Starbear: Taxi
on Steam for HTC
Vive, Rift and Windows VR
headsets, and
on Oculus Store for Rift.
Positioned at the $ 399 price point for just the
headset, it was the cheapest high - end option available
on the market at the time, especially when the Oculus Rift and HTC
Vive were going for $ 599 and $ 799 respectively.
Starbear: Taxi launched today
on Rift,
Vive, and Windows «Mixed Reality» VR
headsets.
Now if you are developing content for VR the guide does surmise that you'll have a head - mounted display (HMD) of some sort — otherwise what's the point — with the instructions based
on the HTC
Vive, although
headsets like Oculus Rift can also be used.
The HTC
Vive will be the first virtual reality
headset available to consumers, and Elite Dangerous will support
Vive on the PC from day one.
There's also the new harness that holds the
headset more firmly than the velcro straps did
on the original HTC
Vive.
«I can't imagine working
on something of more significance right now,» says firm's Alan Yates
on importance of
headsets such as the
Vive
This shifts the
headset's weight from the front of your face as with the HTC
Vive and Oculus Rift and places it
on your forehead.
Arizona Sunshine (2016), the room - scale zombie shooter adventure, is getting its first campaign DLC
on Oculus Rift,
Vive & Windows «Mixed Reality» VR
headsets on May 24th.
But, Oculus is not alone, with Valve and HTC collaborating
on the HTC
Vive / Steam VR, and the (
headset formally know as Project Morpheus) Playstation VR hot
on the trail will 2016 be hailed as the Year of VR?
Promotional Experience for John Wick Available This Month as Part of HTC
Vive World Tour; Teaser Will Be Available at the Launch of HTC
Vive; Full Game Available
on Multiple VR
Headsets...
The HTC
Vive Pro improves
on the already wonderful
Vive VR
headset.
See how our GeForce GTX graphics cards fare in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
on the HTC
VIVE Pro virtual reality
headset, which boasts a significantly higher display resolution.
EVE: Valkyrie was released for Oculus Rift in March and is
on its way to the HTC
Vive and PlayStation VR
headsets.
The recent unboxing videos of HTC
Vive Developer Editions demonstrate how the Lighthouse system and SteamVR Controllers are integral parts of a unified system, not optional add -
ons for the HTC
Vive headset.
Built exclusively for virtual reality
headsets, the game is already available
on the HTC
Vive and Oculus Rift, where it's been well - received by fans eager to really get in there when they're blasting apart hordes of ugho ghoul faces.
On this page, you can discover new competitive and co-op multiplayer VR games to play for all the leading VR
headsets and platforms, including but not limited to HTC
Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Daydream, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Samsung Gear VR and others.
The game is set to launch
on June 19th, with support for the HTC
Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR
headsets via SteamVR.
This time though, rather than pressing a button to inspect my notepad and pick my next line of questioning, I use one of the HTC
Vive virtual reality
headset's motion controllers to bring up my detective's notebook, and I use the other to tap my pen
on the next option.
Mira is working
on a
headset, part HTC
Vive and part Microsoft Hololens.
While the
Vive and Rift rely
on high - end gaming PCs to power their action, the PlayStation 4's GPU alone brings the PlayStation VR
headset to life.