HTC to reveal new VR headset at CES, rivalling Meta Quest - Stuff

As we creep person to the CES 2023 tech show successful January, brands are starting to doll retired aboriginal previews of upcoming gear. The latest to bash truthful is HTC. While we already knew the gadget-maker was headed to CES, it’s present confirmed plans to unveil a caller virtual reality headset astatine the show.

In a study connected The Verge, HTC confirmed it volition motorboat a caller VR headset connected January 5 astatine CES. It’ll beryllium a smaller, lighter, all-in-one headset with some virtual and augmented reality features connected board. HTC besides teased a archetypal look astatine the caller goggles (see the pb representation above), so boasting a goggle-esque look with a shiny solid front. It’ll rival Meta’s Quest 2 headset connected some terms and features.

This isn’t the archetypal we’ve heard from HTC astir this caller headset. Back successful October, the marque tweeted retired a vague teaser for the upcoming device. There wasn’t excessively overmuch accusation we could gleam from that archetypal teaser. Thankfully, the marque has fixed america a batch much to enactment with this clip around.

HTC’s caller headset volition apt travel the Vive Flow released past year, adjacent sharing immoderate plan elements. The archetypal headset lone scored 3 retired of 5 stars successful our review, truthful we anticipation for large upgrades. Additionally, successful the caller teaser image, we tin spot front-facing and side-facing cameras. HTC confirmed these cameras volition let an AR diagnostic akin to Meta’s Passthrough, which lets you spot your surroundings successful afloat colour with the headset strapped to your face.

The marque besides confirmed the caller headset volition battalion 2 hours of artillery life, caller controllers, and hand-tracking. While HTC didn’t corroborate it, the study hints astatine eye-tracking (like the precocious launched Meta Quest Pro), and encryption for much unafraid information storage. Pricing and availability volition beryllium revealed astatine CES successful January. Thankfully, there’s not excessively agelong to hold until we find out!

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