HTC Vive
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HTC Vive is an upcoming virtual reality head-mounted display being developed in co-production between HTC and Valve Corporation.[1] It is part of the RE series of products. It is also part of Valve Corporation's SteamVR project.
Development
Prototypes of a Valve-produced virtual reality system were demonstrated during 2014. On February 23, 2015, Valve announced that it would demonstrate a "SteamVR hardware system" at the 2015 Game Developers Conference.[2][3][4] HTC officially unveiled its device, Vive, during its Mobile World Congress keynote on March 1, 2015.[1] Subsequent updates on Steam have indicated a potential release date of November 2015. [5] Valve and HTC have since announced that the headset will be free for select developers.[6]
Technical specifications
HTC states that Vive has a refresh rate of 90Hz, requiring content to be rendered at 90 frames-per-second. The device uses two screens, one per eye, each having a resolution of 1080x1200.[7] The device uses more than 70 sensors including a MEMS gyroscope, accelerometer and laser position sensors, and is said to operate in a 15 feet by 15 feet (4.5 by 4.5 meters) tracking space if used with a passive "Lighthouse" base station, of which two are required to avoid occlusion problems.[8]
See also
- Oculus Rift, virtual reality (VR) headset
- Project Morpheus, Sony's VR project
- Windows Holographic, Microsoft's augmented reality (AR) project
- Technical Illusions makers of the castAR headset
- Sega VR
- Head-mounted display#Gaming and video; VR headsets used with game consoles
- Samsung Gear VR
- Google Cardboard
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Valve's VR headset is called the Vive and it's made by HTC". The Verge. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Valve is making a VR headset and its own Steam Machine". Engadget. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Valve showing off new virtual reality hardware and updated Steam controller next week". The Verge. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Valve's VR headset revealed with Oculus-like features". The Verge. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ Feltham, Jamie. "Steam Page Points To November Release For HTC Vive". VRFocus. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ "Valve, HTC Offering Free Vive VR to Developers". The Verge. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ↑ "Valve and HTC reveal Vive VR headset". GameSpot. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "HTC reveals virtual reality headset with Valve at MWC". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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