HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed - Blue's News Comments

HTC RE Vive VR Headsets Delayed
[Aug 28, 2015, 09:25 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Those surprised that the HTC (RE) Vive VR headset being made in partnership with Valve was announced for release this year will be less surprised to learn that HTC has now revealed the VR headsets will not be widely available until 2016 (thanks VG247). The Verge has word from a press release stating: "HTC will offer the first commercial Vive units via a limited quantity of community and developer systems" later this year, "with larger quantities shipping in calendar Q1 2016." This more closely aligns their release with competing units from Oculus Rift and Sony Project Morpheus, which are also both due next year. No reason for the setback is provided.

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Bundy wrote on Aug 28, 2015, 11:19:
Probably. Vendors wanted X amount of dollars by a certain date for production. HTC couldn't afford to line it all up.

I doubt that has anything to do with it. It seems more to do with the ecosystem. There simply won't be many games or demos ready for this year. Crytek has only just added VR support for the CryEngine SDK. If you look at the Leap Motion it was a great concept but the ecosystem meant there was just nothing to do with it.

It makes more sense to launch nearer the Oculus Rift as that will have a lot of support.

As for interoperability, Valve is working on a VR ecosystem that will support multiple devices. Aside from bundled tech demos I don't think we're going to see support problems, at least not from the major competitors.

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