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Valve and HTC Reveal "Vive" SteamVR Headset

Posted by samzenpus on from the is-it-real? dept.

An anonymous reader writes Today Valve and HTC revealed the "Vive" SteamVR headset which is designed to compete with Oculus and others, which aim for a high-end VR experience on PC. The Vive headset uses dual 1200x1080 displays at 90Hz and a "laser position sensor" to provide positional tracking (head movement through 3D space), and also includes a pair of motion input controllers. The companies say that the Vive headset will be available to developers in Spring and receive a proper consumer launch holiday 2015, though no price has been announced.

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  1. Please take my money now Steam!!! I Want!!! by jagoop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Please take my money now Steam!!! I Want!!!

  2. I'm a cyclops, you insensitive clod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hopefully, they won't crap it up with all kinds of fancy 3D or stereoscopic viewpoints, or at least have an option to turn it off. Some of us who are blind in one eye really have a hard time dealing with some of this technology.

    1. Re:I'm a cyclops, you insensitive clod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Why not? The immersion is the same.

  3. Re:Jeez by Shoten · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dude, did you SEE the video? It was awesome! Never has the back of someone's head looked so incredible! HypeHypeHype! WantWantWant!

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