HTC and Valve says Sunday that they work together on a “virtual reality” headsets. It is called HTC Re Vive and will actually scheduled to be available for purchase within the year. A developer edition to be ready for spring. This reports The Verge.
Developer Edition uses two 1200×1080 monitors with a frame rate of 90 fps. With such specifications, your eyes will most likely see less of problems that flicker and lag, although there may be other factors at play. On paper outperforms thus HTC Re Vive out Oculus Rift which currently boasts one screen of 1920×1080 which is divided into two, with a refresh rate of 75 frames per second.
One of the properties that HTC told more about when they unveiled the headset during a press conference in Barcelona, is the ability to move freely in the room you are in. It comes with a device called Steam VR Base Station that will be able track where you are in the room in an area of 4,5×4,5 meters. On the headset is a laser sensor that measures head movement, a gyro meter and an accelerometer.
Hand Checking supplied
Interestingly should also be accompanied with a pair of wireless controllers to track hand movements. Just how these looks and works in practice we do not know yet.
HTC Re Vive to work with games, but it also seems more cinematic experience will be on the agenda. The team developers namely gotten with partners such as HBO, Lionsgate and Google to deliver content.
Valve told last week that the speedy came to showcase their own VR headset. The unit shall be available for developers under the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, but we who are stationed in the city will do our ytterligste to try to get seen what Valve and HTC has hatched here.
Microsoft has its own VR twist.
Now Microsoft will make your living room into a virtual game room “
HTC Vive-trailer. (Video: HTC)
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