{"id":180472,"date":"2023-01-08T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/weve-never-seen-anything-like-htcs-standalone-vr-headset\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T07:13:00","slug":"weve-never-seen-anything-like-htcs-standalone-vr-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/weve-never-seen-anything-like-htcs-standalone-vr-headset\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve Never Seen Anything Like HTC’s Standalone VR Headset"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VR is getting better and better, but it’s also getting more expensive<\/span>. HTC’s newest high-end headset announced at CES, the Vive XR Elite, follows a similar playbook to Meta’s recent Quest Pro<\/span>and possibly Apple’s awaited device<\/span> as well. It raises a question: Are we truly ready for the rise of the $1,000-plus VR rigs? The standalone Vive XR Elite is sleek and looks a lot more compact than the Quest Pro, and is trying to test the higher-end waters.<\/p>\n

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The $1,099 headset, available for preorder Thursday, is arriving by the end of February — remarkably soon for a CES product. That means it’ll be available alongside Sony’s PlayStation 5-connected PSVR 2<\/span>. While less expensive than the Quest Pro, the XR Elite’s price costs about as much as buying a PS5 and a PSVR 2 together. It’s far from an impulse purchase. But the hardware, which shrinks down the VR form to a pair of nearly glasses-like goggles and includes mixed-reality capabilities that could allow for AR apps, looks to solve how we’ll be using the metaverse<\/span> for more in our lives than just games, simulation and fitness.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0The Wonders of CES 2023: 3D Laptops, Wireless TV and Shape-Shifting Screens<\/span><\/p>\n

No other company has really cracked this challenge either. But this Vive headset looks, more than ever, like it’s a stepping stone to future AR glasses.<\/p>\n

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