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HTC has announced two new VR headsets in its Vive lineup of devices. Announced at this year's Vivecon conference, the company confirmed that the HTC Vive Pro 2 and the HTC Vive Focus 3 will be ...

More comfortable to wear with clearer visuals than the original Vive. Included adjustment controls, built-in headphones, and mic up the level of immersion. Very high PC requirements. Nearly 3x the ...

HTC is ready to be back in the virtual reality limelight. The company announced the Vive XR Elite at CES 2023, its take on a mixed-reality device that just about anyone can enjoy. With a single strap ...

Unlike the Vive itself, the Vive Wireless adapter isn’t a strictly plug-and-play affair. To use it, you have to be comfortable opening up your PC and inserting an included WiGig adapter card into a ...

The Vive Pro head-mounted display is currently the best consumer-level virtual reality headset money can buy, but it may not be the simplest to explain. It’s also hard to create an apples-to-apples ...

Enter the Vive Focus 3, a $1,300 standalone headset that's really only meant for businesses. Because it costs $1,000 more than the Oculus Quest 2, the Focus 3 unsurprisingly offers better hardware, ...

With regards to fitting in with the competition and justifying its price, the key goal for Vive Pro 2 would be to offer customers the wide field of view of Valve Index with the clarity of Reverb G2—or ...

When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

HTC Vive promises the best option for virtual reality – but with a high price, power-hungry processing needs and confusing set-up needs, can it live up to its own hype? Virtual reality is still a ...

The HTC Vive Pro 2 is an impressive step forward for fidelity when it comes to virtual reality hardware. But HTC needs to focus its attention on the overall package to win the ongoing VR race. Why you ...