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HTC Partners to Stream VR Games to Vive in China, Cutting VR-Ready PCs Out of the Equation

Road to VR

Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. According to a report by Engadget , HTC will be trialing the new project in Dalian, China where it will offer access to games hosted on a digital marketplace separate from Viveport.

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Half of SteamVR Tracking Course Attendees Using Tech for Non-gaming

Road to VR

From his experience teaching the SteamVR Tracking course, Bruey has an inside view on what companies are doing with the technology and when we might begin to see the fruits of their labor. Road to VR: How many students went through the SteamVR tracking training course? Doug Bruey at the Synapse SteamVR Tracking training course.

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Hands-on: HTC’s New Standalone Vive Tracker Effortlessly Brings More of Your Body Into VR

Road to VR

With three versions of SteamVR trackers under its belt, HTC has been a leading enabler of full-body tracking in VR. HTC’s new standalone Vive tracker (still unnamed) has a straightforward goal: work like the company’s existing trackers, but easier and on more platforms. Until then, our fingers shall remain crossed.

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Viveport Streaming review and comparison with Oculus Link

The Ghost Howls

As I said in the introduction, Viveport Streaming is HTC’s solution to let you play PC VR games with your HTC Standalone headset (in the future, with all Vive Wave standalone devices). Of course, Wi-Fi offers even more challenges than the tethered streaming of Oculus Link, so you may wonder if it works well or not.

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HTC announces full 6 DOF standalone headset Vive Focus Plus (+ thorough review on its 6 DOF controllers)

The Ghost Howls

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Internal view of the Vive Focus Plus (Image by HTC). Do you want to know more? Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus.

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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

HTC is set to reveal its new VIVE Mars CamTrack solution at the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where it will showcase the immersive production tool with Departure Lounge and Arcturus, it was revealed on Tuesday. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022. Low-latency performance.

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Feel VR From Your Head To Your Toes Using These Haptic Sneakers

VRScout

compatible device, including most wireless headphones, gaming consoles, and—of course—VR headsets. For devices lacking Bluetooth support, each pair comes with a low latency cable compatible with most standard 3.5mm headphone jacks. .”

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