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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

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. While it only hosts “a few dozen” games, apps and a library of 360 videos at the moment, HTC says more content will be added over time, of course sourced from Viveport.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

HTC today announced that it’s released support for 5Ghz WiFi streaming for Vive Focus Plus, as well as all 6DOF standalone headsets supporting the Vive Wave platform. Much like Oculus Quest’s Link functionality , Vive Focus Plus can now play PC VR titles through Viveport, albeit without the need of a cable.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Oculus may be be closing out 2016 with a bang with the launch of its Touch controllers, but HTC is going to kick off 2017 with something special: a peripheral that makes its Vive headset wireless. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC. According to HTC, pre-orders go live at 7 a.m. Pacific on Friday.

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APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. Top news of the week.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Hands-on With Zero Latency.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

TPCAST , the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they’ll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. TPCast maintains their solution can transmit up 5 meters away at 2k (2160×1200) with a latency of less than 2ms. image courtesy TPCAST.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The mystery behind Vive X company TPCAST’s wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive continues to deepen. Previously, a translation of the Chinese group’s site suggested that its solution for tetherless PC-based VR offered at best 15ms of latency, which caused concern for some.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are… in the works. Qualcomm says that the HTC Vive and Lenovo standalone headsets will be built around the latest version of the VRDK which uses the significantly more modern Snapdragon 835 chip.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Those with a PC VR headset (Oculus Rift/Rift S, SteamVR) can also access a “Selfie Stick (Streamer Cam) from the “My Rooms” tab, allowing them to capture a live video feed on their desktops. plans on adding Selfie Stick support for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 sometime in the near future. Bigscreen Inc. And that’s it!

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JULY 5, 2022

SenseGlove Nova can be used with Meta Quest and HTC VIVE headsets by mounting the controllers on gloves. 5G is vital for the future of XR as it has the potential to provide low-latency, high-bandwidth connections that can support immersive experiences. Motorola-Verizon’s 5G Necklace. Ekto VR Robot Boots.

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MAY 13, 2021

This includes ultra-low latency, high motion speed, powerful motors, built-in vibration, and gameplay time tracker. Since Yaw2 operates independently from VR headsets, it is compatible with major VR headsets such as Oculus Quest , Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift-S , HTC VIVE, HTC VIVE Pro, Valve Index, PSVR, Windows Mixed Reality headsets and Pimax.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Last year the company correctly reported that Oculus would release a successor to the Quest with a faster refresh rate, new controllers, and a smaller redesign that would remove the headset’s fabric accents. Bloomberg has a decent track record regarding the accuracy of its VR sources. Four months later, Quest 2 was announced.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. The post KwikVR is an Oculus & Vive Compatible Wireless VR Solution to Debut at CES 2017 appeared first on Road to VR.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android. 1,600 × 1,600 LCD @90Hz per eye, with ultra low-latency Color Passthrough for Augmented Reality. million in June. Lynx R-1 Specs. 6DOF rom-scale.

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It inherits all the advantages of the base XR2 Gen 2 architecture, including the hardware acceleration for camera passthrough that is said to reduce end-to-end latency to around 12 milliseconds. It's a more premium option for higher-priced headsets, including those designed to take on Apple Vision Pro.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Tracking VR headsets across large areas is complex and complicated, especially when trying to use the existing tracking frameworks from either HTC’s Vive or Oculus’ Rift. Today at SIGGRAPH 2017 OptiTrack is showing a new clip-on face plate for Oculus Rift CV1 headsets that let them interface directly with their system.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

For devices lacking Bluetooth support, each pair comes with a low latency cable compatible with most standard 3.5mm headphone jacks. Whereas existing haptic technology focuses primarily on the hands and chest, patented DropLabs technology located in the midsole of the shoes delivers bass-activated stereo audio directly to your feet.

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APRIL 1, 2018

First announced last year , TPCast’s Business Edition adapter made the promise of delivering low latency, multi user VR experiences to businesses across the U.S. The adapter will also support just the HTC Vive headsets at launch with Oculus-compatibility planned for Q3 of 2018.

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This prevents it from being visually degraded by the lens distortion correction process and the rotational reprojection algorithm VR systems use to minimize perceived latency, sometimes called TimeWarp. First shipped by Oculus, today Pico and HTC headsets also support the feature.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

HTC has kicked off 2017 by showcasing new Vive accessories and services at CES that will lay the foundation for VR in 2017 and beyond. I love my HTC Vive but I have always thought that Oculus had them beat with the way they integrated audio into the headset. HTC has finally addresses it with the Vive Deluxe Audio Strap.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

KwikVR, a wireless add-on kit for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is going to beat TPCAST’s solution to market, but, if you’re desperate for untethered VR, you might want to hold on for the latter’s launch instead of jumping the gun early. I’m also concerned about the products compatibility with the Oculus Rift.

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MAY 10, 2018

JDI’s upcoming 1001ppi low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD is said to feature an improved latency of 2.2 60Hz is widely considered the bare minimum for VR headsets, although many PC VR headsets including HTC Vive and Oculus Rift function at 90Hz—a necessity in reducing motion blur and screen flicker.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Just in time for the holiday season, cinematic VR pioneer, Jaunt, has launched its custom Jaunt VR App for PlayStation VR, adding it to their existing integrations in iOS, Android, Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and major desktop browsers.

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JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S. HTC – Vive Pro Eye. VR Experience of the Year: ILMxLAB & Oculus Studios – Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. The standard was said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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JANUARY 1, 2017

TPCAST’s wireless add-on kit for the HTC Vive has a new rival that’s promising to cut the cord on both HTC’s headset and the Oculus Rift. The trailer above only shows it being played on the HTC Vive, however.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Long a point of contention, Oculus last week announced a welcome new stance: the Rift will be officially supporting 360 degree tracking and room-scale as part of the forthcoming Touch launch. Prior to the announcement last week, Oculus had only officially committed to the first two configurations.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

At ChinaJoy today, HTC has just announced a little but very important news: the Vive Focus Plus will be able to connect to Viveport on PC and play all its games via Wi-fi streaming. Today HTC has unveiled an official streaming solution for Viveport on the Vive Focus Plus. HTC hopes to deploy it for October. All natively.

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JULY 3, 2018

Luckily, the Plexus gloves include interchangeable magnetic tracking adapters compatible with VR devices such as the HTC Vive wands, Vive Trackers, Oculus Touch and Windows MR controllers. Wireless: 2.4GHz Custom Low Latency Protocol. Compatibility: VR Integration / tracking options: Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. In the Geekbench comparison, it completely destroys the Oculus Quest : the multi-core score of the Quest is 774 while the one of the Focus XR2 is 3417, almost 5 times much. Other relevant news.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Oculus Test Users let you use the Quest 2 without a real Facebook account (for sideloading).

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JANUARY 12, 2020

Oculus Link official cable now available worldwide (but Quest is still soldout). Good news for all the Quest fans: the official Oculus Link cable is now available worldwide in 22 countries. Anyway, with future software updates of the Oculus runtime, the official cable will be able to exploit all the maximum speed possible.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). As we’ve examined , 5G enables not just faster speeds and low-latency, but its high-frequency signal enables millimeter-level geo-precision.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

This is especially acute when attempting to become immersed in room-scale VR as championed by SteamVR’s first flagship VR system the HTC Vive. There are a number of other companies racing to see who can produce wireless video streaming which can carry enough data at a low enough latency to delivery a nausea free, clear VR image too.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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