New HTC Vive Focus Revealed; It’s a Standalone VR Headset
Over at this year’s Vive developer conference in China, HTC has unveiled their next VR headset, and it’s a standalone VR headset called the HTC Vive Focus.
New HTC Vive Focus Revealed
Today, during this year’s Vive developer conference in China, HTC has unveiled their next VR headset, and it’s called the HTC Vive Focus.
According to the press release, the HTC Vive Focus is a new VR device much like its predecessor, and it enables people the freedom to enjoy virtual reality content anywhere. However, unlike the HTC Vive as well as other standalone VR headsets, you don’t need a phone nor a PC-ready rig to operate the headset.
Instead, the headset is powered by a program called the Vive Wave, which appears to serve as an operating system and content platform for developers to create games for the headset. HTC also confirmed that over 100 developers are already working on content for the new HTC VR headset.
While this headset can be used for recreational purposes, one particular point made by the company was their goal to turn the HTC Vive Focus into a VR headset utilized primarily for educational purposes. Numerous companies, including Microsoft, have shown interest in providing VR educational content and the company is hoping that the HTC Vive Focus will be a frontrunner in this area of VR, which is currently under a death grip by cheap, smartphone-required VR headsets like the Knox V2 and Google Cardboard.
Currently, the HTC Vive Focus does not have a release date. However, developers interested in providing content for the device can apply for a dev kit right here.
Source: Vive
Pokdepinion: Well, a standalone VR headset sounds nice but I hope the price isn’t a killer. God knows how much that killed the VR hype. Most of them were too expensive.
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