HTC to announce HTC 'Flowcus' VR headset at CES 2023 - WePC - PC Tech & PC Gaming News

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Updated: Jan 5, 2023 11:39 americium

With CES yet successful the plaything of things, we’ve yet heard immoderate factual info astir the caller HTC Vive successor, and apparently, it’s going to beryllium a standalone headset, akin to the Meta Quest Pro.

Info has dilatory been trickling successful from galore sources, however, arsenic usual, we’re acrophobic mostly with what we tin find consecutive from the horse’s mouth, successful this case, HTC itself.

HTC made waves a fewer years agone with their enactment of Vive virtual world headsets that were undeniably impressive, but the powerfulness came with limitations and costs galore recovered untenable. This pb galore to opt for much self-contained options specified arsenic the Meta Quest 2, oregon the precocious released PICO 4 VR.

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So, it should travel arsenic nary astonishment that each sources constituent to the caller HTC VR headset being a standalone version. As usual, HTC has been coy astir the details, alternatively indulging successful vague Twitter posts.

This confirms the January 5 2023 CES announcement day they antecedently gave, which mightiness look redundant but rapidly canceling announcements is not unheard of for the tech industry. Looking astatine you, 4080 12GB.

HTC Vive Flowcus

As per usual, we’ve been paying attraction to noted VR insider and all-around bully lad Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradly connected Twitter).

He, alongside immoderate different media outlets, are assured that the caller HTC VR headset volition beryllium called the HTC Vive Flowcus and it’s looking beauteous impressive, painfully committee-workshopped sanction notwithstanding. Full details tin beryllium recovered here, but the pursuing is simply a database of the main points.

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HTC Vive Flowcus specs & terms rumors

Straight retired of the gate, it appears that HTC is looking to undercut the Meta Quest Pro by aiming for a $1000 terms point.

This render comes courtesy of Marcus Kane via Brad Lynch, and it looks realistic arsenic acold arsenic we tin tell.

Make nary mistake, this is inactive decidedly a ‘prosumer’ price, but a $500 dollar redeeming implicit Meta’s offering is thing to sniff at.

In presumption of specs, details are spotty arsenic usual, but astir hold that we’ll spot a modular plan that allows for standalone use, oregon tethered gameplay. This would besides let for optional modules to beryllium sold aboriginal on, though cipher has immoderate thought what these mightiness beryllium oregon however captious they’ll beryllium marketed as.

Supposedly we’ll besides spot the following

• 4x achromatic & achromatic tracking cameras
• 1x Full-color passthrough camera
• Self-tracking (hopefully) controller with 6DoF (Degrees of Freedom)
• Physical IPD (interpupillary distance) adjustment
• 1920x1920px per-eye LCD sheet @120Hz
• Optional oculus and look tracking module
• Built-in speakers

HTC Vive Flowcus merchandise day speculation

Apparently, we won’t person agelong to hold until we spot the Flowcus, oregon immoderate it ends up being called, arsenic we mightiness spot an Early 2023 merchandise date.

A Q1 merchandise day is peculiarly exciting, arsenic we mightiness spot thing arsenic we saw with the Meta Quest Pro, wherever it instantly becomes available. If this is the case, support an oculus connected WePC arsenic we’ll beryllium telling you precisely however to get 1 arsenic accelerated arsenic possible, mostly due to the fact that we’ll privation 1 ourselves.

Anyway, we’ll support you updated with each the info we tin find arsenic and erstwhile we find it.