HTC has officially announced that Vive will be coming in early April, and will be priced at $799. According to the company, Vive will be delivered as a ‘complete kit allowing users to instantly jump into a fully immersive virtual environment using two wireless controllers, 360 degree tracking and room scale movement sensors.‘
HTC Vive Consumer Edition will integrate phone VR functionality as it will allow its users to receive and respond to both incoming and missed calls, get text messages and send quick replies and check upcoming calendar invites directly through the headset.
Here are HTC Vive’s recommended PC requirements:
HTC Vive will ship with two VR experiences which are:
- Job Simulator, by Owlchemy Labs: In a firmly tongue-in-cheek world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the ‘Job Simulator’ to learn what it was like ‘to job’.
- Fantastic Contraption, by Northway Games in collaboration with Radial Games: Imagine walking around a grassy island floating in the sky, building a machine the size of a horse with your own hands, then watching it roll out into the world.
Cher Wang, chairwoman and CEO at HTC, concluded:
“From the beginning, Vive has been at the forefront of virtual reality, with HTC pioneering several ground breaking technologies. Since announcing Vive this time last year, we have worked tirelessly with Valve to deliver the best VR experience on the market, winning multiple awards and receiving critical acclaim from media, consumers and the industry. With the Vive consumer edition we are now able to realize our ultimate vision; bringing Vive into homes around the globe so that people can experience immersive virtual reality in a away that fires the imagination and truly changes the world.”
Enjoy!
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i was hoping that vive will throw a jab at oculus and make it cheaper
HTC Vive was never going to be cheaper considering it comes with room-scale motion tracking and the advanced controllers.
Same, but it was never going to be the case cuz it has more packed into it. At this price tho.. i can forget about VR. I only want the Vive and at this price? HECK NO!
Well I’ll be dealing with VR the same way I did with other technological leaps like this: wait until it gets cheaper, the product itself deals with obligatory day one issues, and there are actual games to play with it.
2016 is not the year for vr. Pass
Oculus rift is the best anyway.
lol no
John Carmack dude..
What about him?
Known for his lifetime experience on virtual rea… oh, wait! Now I remember he was brought in right before the Fecebook sellout so they could have a couple more headlines and bump the price up a bit more.
>job simulator
Please be a joke.
>it’s real, albeit slightly humorous
Who is going to buy 800 dollar goggles to pretend he’s slaving away at a fast food joint in his freetime? Who thinks this will sell??
Well if you think about it, that won’t be the only job. Maybe someone wants to be a CEO, or a freelancer, or whatever. The possibilities are endless.
People buy/play The Sims.
Probably Germans.
You’re not wrong in principle but look at the game. It’s arcadey. Germans only like true “simulations”, realistic depictions of the issue at hand. Roller Coaster Tycoon is about as unrealistic as you’re allowed to go and that’s only in visuals. In mechanics that game is fairly accurate.
Source: I’m German.
2 meh games, no Valve game made for VR.. 800 (more in europe, like 1000 prolly) and a PC card thats at least 450..
Cya VR.
SEE YA in 2 years. When you grow up and actually have something good to offer me (at a normal price).
VR fanboys hate me all you want haha!
To be brutally fair, 4K gaming is still just as expensive and not really as viable as 1080-1440p yet. Once we get more games with 4k textures and support along with running at 60fps without having to pay the same if not more for 4k hardware that would cost an HTV Vive, then we might just have something.
I’m not a massive fan of VR tbh but even then I see 4k gaming as being stupidly expensive and nowhere near mainstream yet.
Whats that then, £730 including shipping costs if you are from the UK?
Even though i have absolutely 0 trust in htc quality control, i would get this over the rift since it seems like the more solid option, only when theres enough content to justify it of course.
Don’t be an early adopter, this isn’t ready yet, let the games come out first + it’ll go down in price by then.
I simply can not find any reason for anyone to get a Rift now. Vive is better than Rift in every way, better hardware, better support, superior 1:1 precision so no motion sickness, sold with 2 wireless controller which Rift has none. I mean seriously this is a big slap to Oculus, i knew waiting for Vive was the good option, will pre-order it as soon as it’s opened.