HTC Partners With Valve On Vive VR Headset Coming End Of 2015, Challenges Samsung Gear VR

[froggyboy604]

 
HTC and Valve apparently believe that whatever Samsung and Oculus can do, they can do better. (Or at least just as good.)
 
In what was a powerful statement about the viability of the burgeoning VR market, and the mobile VR market specifically, HTC announced that it has partnered with Valve to create the HTC RE Vive, a VR headset that combines HTC's mobile engineering with Valve's VR prowess.
 
The most obvious competitor here is Samsung and Oculus, but unlike Gear VR, HTC RE Vive (or is it just "Vive;" HTC's messaging is unclear) does not require a specific smartphone—nor any smartphone, apparently.
 
Each eye gets a 1200 x 1080 resolution display with 90 fps refresh rates. HTC stated that Vive "displays photorealistic imagery that fills your field of vision in all directions" and eliminates jitter.
 
For head tracking, the Vive VR headset features a gyro, accelerometer and a laser position sensor for two-axis movement that HTC claims can hit 1/10th of a degree.
 
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This does look like a nice VR headset. I imagine this VR headset would be compatible with the Valve Steam Machine  game console, and Steam Game Client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

 

[lb]

We can only expect professionalism and quality products from HTC. I wonder what led to this partnership... :ermm:

 

[Demon_Skeith]

That looks heavy to wear.

 

[froggyboy604]

That looks heavy to wear.

It seems to be mostly made of plastic, and there is a curve headpiece on the top, and elastic strap on the side, so this headset will probably not be very heavy because plastic is light, and the headpieces look well designed.

I bet, a skateboarding or biking helmet would be more heavy.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I still worry about eye strain.

 

[froggyboy604]

I still worry about eye strain.

I agree,  I worry about eye strain as well, but the eye strain is probably about the same as holding a smartphone or tablet screen up to your eyes or a few inches away. 

The high resolution and frame rates of the VR screen may help with making eye strain not as bad.