Mixed Reality HTC Vive XR Elite headset announced at CES 2023 - Gadgetguy.com.au

Last week astatine CES 2023 successful Las Vegas, HTC announced the marque caller HTC Vive XR Elite mixed world and VR headset.

The header absorption of The HTC Vive XR Elite headset is adaptability. It tin beryllium utilized plugged successful oregon with a built-in battery, you tin acceptable it up for virtual world oregon mixed world (MR), and the institution emphasises the portability of the device.

What does the HTC Vive XR Elite do?

It includes a full-colour RGB passthrough camera and manus tracking, which the institution says volition unfastened you up to a full caller magnitude of MR scenarios. These see seeing crippled characters moving astir your surviving room, oregon getting HUDs (heads-up displays) on existent philharmonic instruments arsenic you bash virtual lessons. Random mean radical connected the net besides accidental it volition marque you look profoundly weird, but that is simply a fixed for immoderate VR product.

That benignant of MR immersion hasn’t truly been imaginable with previous, bulky oregon disappointing headsets, which is presumably wherefore HTC focused connected making this 1 airy – weighing successful astatine 625g including artillery weight. The batteries are besides swappable and removable, which is good, since the specifications bash not database the artillery beingness (generally a atrocious sign).

How does it disagree to a VR-only headset?

Compared to the Vive Pro 2, a VR-only headset that is presently selling for the aforesaid price, a batch of the specs are a measurement down. 1920 x 1920 pixels per oculus alternatively of 2448 x 2448, 90Hz refresh complaint alternatively of 90/120Hz, nary Hi-Res audio, etc.

The XR Elite is designed for a antithetic intent and antithetic user, truthful it is somewhat unfair to comparison them directly, but it’s important to enactment for radical buying astir for a VR headset. People looking for VR-only volition beryllium amended suited to the Vive Pro 2, and those looking for mixed world and portability, arsenic good arsenic VR, volition beryllium amended matched to the Vive XR Elite.

Those keen connected the HTC Vive XR Elite headset won’t person to hold long, with pre-orders starting now and archetypal shipments expected successful February. If you pre-order earlier February 15 volition person 5 “popular” titles including Green Hell VR, Les Mills Body Combat, Unplugged: Air Guitar, Figmin XR, and Glimpse. The $2,099 terms includes the headset, artillery cradle, and controllers.

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