In February 2016, the HTC Vive debuted as one of two high-end virtual reality headsets, along with the Oculus Rift. While we’ve seen plenty of headsets designed for smartphones and a whole slate of Windows Mixed Reality headsets since then, the Vive and Rift have remained the two high-powered rigs at the forefront of VR […]
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The new era of virtual reality was supposed to begin last year with the release of the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR. Well, they built the hardware, but the buyers didn’t come by the numbers a lot of analysts expected — while PSVR, with over 1 million units sold, is seen as a success […]
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Running virtual reality requires transferring a huge amount of data from a PC to a headset at breakneck speeds. Whole 360-degree worlds — and all the action within them — need to be put in front of your eyes almost immediately, or even the most steely stomached among us are going to feel a little queasy. So, […]
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From the start of Oculus’s crowdfunding campaign, the current run of virtual reality machines has put gaming first. But, when Facebook bought Oculus, we started hearing more talk about other potential uses for virtual reality — movies, virtual travel, shared meeting spaces, real estate, and the list goes on for a long time. Today, HTC embraced […]
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In a bit of corporate reshuffling today, HTC has decided to spin off their Vive VR headset business into a separate, wholly-owned company under HTC. No changes in ownership and, more than likely, no changes in strategy are necessarily in order, but the move sheds a little light on the financial situation at HTC and […]
2016 is the year of virtual reality, with some of the biggest names in the market finally making their debuts. You might remember virtual reality from when it crashed and burned 3D TV-style in the ’90s, but it’s a whole different ballgame in the ’10s. The blocky, disorienting experiences of the past are gone — with […]
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Sadly, virtual reality can’t fully replicate the IKEA experience until the smell of Swedish meatballs can be accurately generated, but we’ll take this for the time being. IKEA has gotten together with HTC and Valve to create a virtual kitchen showroom that you can explore from home using the HTC Vive. On its face, the […]
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High-powered virtual reality — not the smartphone headsets — is coming this year, with the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive all having 2016 release dates. At MWC 2016, HTC didn’t say exactly when their Vive will ship, but they did announce the price. It’s rough — $800. That’s $200 more than the Oculus […]
