Tuesday 9 January 2018

HTC Vive Pro launched at CES 2018

At the ongoing CES 2018, HTC has announced a new virtual reality headset called the Vive Pro. 

The Vive Pro is said to be an upgrade to the Vive VR headset and boast of in-built headphones with an amplifier and said to feature superior resolution and pixel density. The Vive Pro includes dual-OLED displays of 2880 x 1600 combined, and a 78% increase in resolution over the current Vive HMD. 

Vive Pro's new headstrap has enhanced, dual microphones with active noise cancellation and dual front-facing cameras claimed to empower developer creativity. The company has not revealed the information about the price and availability of the product. 
Along with this, HTC also launched the Vive Wireless Adaptor, which is claimed to be the first to device in the market with a 'truly wireless' VR headset integration for both Vive and Vive Pro. It features Intel's WiGig technology. The device operates in the interference-free 60Ghz band, which means lower latency and better performance. As per HTC, the Vive Wireless Adaptor will ship in Q3 to customers worldwide. 

The company also upgraded the Viveport with the launch of interactive VR previews that give glimpses of content before they purchase it. This is available in early access today. 

Lastly, HTC has also released an upgrade to its VR video player called Vive Video. Besides including new UI upgrades, Vive Video has collaborated with popular video content platform Vimeo. In the new Vive Video, users will get a curated selection of Vimeo content within Vive Video-compatible headsets. 

HTC's Vive VR was launched in India in April last year at Rs 92,900. But it received a price cut of whopping Rs 16,000, bringing down the price to Rs 76,990. 

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