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Vive Wireless Adapter Now Available, Starting at $300

The Vive Wireless Adapter, a first-party wireless add-on for the Vive and Vive Pro, is finally here after its initial announcement way back in January. Priced at $300, the Vive Wireless Adapter is now available starting today. Update (September 24th,...

HTC Publishes Vive Wireless Adapter Setup Instructions, Suggesting Nearby Launch

HTC's Vive Wireless Adapter, which was first unveiled at CES earlier this year, doesn't have either a price or precise launch date yet (HTC recently said 'late summer'), but now a setup manual has appeared on the company's UK-facing...

HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales

Digital Trends recently published a report entitled 'VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it'. It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article's thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some...

HTC: Vive Shortage Due to a Key Component, Stock to Return in a Few Weeks

If you've been looking around the web for a HTC Vive, you've probably met with a big 'sold out' sign recently in the US; Amazon, Best Buy, New Egg, and even HTC's own website have been out of stock...

Report: HTC Lays Off 1,500 Employees in Taiwan Manufacturing Division

HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg's Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. https://twitter.com/samsonellis/status/1013723541760425984 CNET has confirmed that the company is indeed going forward with layoffs in Taiwan, although...
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HTC Donates Over 100 Vive Headsets to California & Nevada Libraries

HTC is donating over 110 HTC Vive systems to California and Nevada libraries through its new Vive Libraries Program, an effort to seed local communities with premium VR. In a blogpost announcing the program, HTC's Chris Chin, Executive Director of Education...

Hands-on: Vive Wireless Adapter Shows Strong Performance Ahead of Summer Launch

After revealing the Vive Wireless Adapter earlier this year, the company confirmed this week at E3 2018 that the device is on track to launch by late Summer, and offered up some details on the device's battery and operation....

Vive Eye-tracking & Corrective Lens Add-on Confirmed Compatible with Vive Pro

7invensun, one of the latest companies accepted into HTC's Vive X accelerator program, is launching an eye-tracking add-on made specially for the Vive headset. The device, which went on sale last year, uses a series of IR LEDs and...

HTC & Seagate to Produce External Battery+Data Storage Solution for Vive Focus

HTC and Seagate have partnered to produce an external power & data storage accessory for Vive Focus, ideal for people using the headset for local media consumption. Dubbed the Seagate ‘VR Power Drive’, the external battery+storage device is said to...

Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras

HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to...

Firmware Update Brings Vive Pro Audio Improvements, HTC Looking into Reports of Screen Issues

Following a small rash of reports from new Vive and Vive Pro users, HTC says they're looking into issues regarding mismatched display brightness. Additionally, SteamVR's beta branch brings a firmware update to the Vive Pro which is said to...

HTC Vive Pro Headset Review: Welcomed Improvements Overshadowed By a Steep Price

Set to launch this week, on the two year anniversary of the original Vive, HTC's Vive Pro shows the progress the company has been able to make on their VR headset in the same span, though it isn't being...

HTC Launches $300 SteamVR 1.0 Tracking Bundle for Vive Pro Users

HTC today announced they're launching a hardware accessory bundle for $300 that will include all necessary bits for new Vive Pro customers starting from scratch (besides the headset, that is). The tracking bundle includes two SteamVR base stations and two...

Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share

Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users. Each month, Valve runs the survey among...

Vive Pro ‘Recommended Spec’ Seeks GTX 1070, Drops 1060 to ‘Minimum Spec’

Because VR is so demanding, hardware makers have issue 'Recommended' or 'VR Ready' guidelines to help customers understand what kind of hardware they need for a good VR experience. For the most part, the VR industry's biggest players have...
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