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Today, HTC is launching a new all-in-one, standalone VR headset – the HTC VIVE Flow. Rather than being a true competitor to the Oculus Quest, this is a very pricey headset aimed for mobile and media use, rather than gaming.  Since launching the original Vive headset, HTC has slowly stepped …

Earlier this year, HTC officially announced its next virtual reality headset, the Vive Focus 3, aiming to push high-fidelity, wireless VR to its limits. Now, the full kit is heading towards the UK and Europe, although the asking price is very steep. The HTC Vive Focus 3 packs a Qualcomm …

Today, HTC announced its latest flagship VR headset – the HTC VIVE Pro 2. The new headset looks very similar to the original Vive Pro, but introduces several improvements, including higher resolution displays with higher refresh rates.  The Vive Pro 2 features a 5K resolution display, so 2.5K per eye …

Yesterday a brand new HTC VR headset was revealed – the VIVE Air. The leak came via an awards website, as the HTC Vive Air won in a product design category. However, according to HTC, this headset isn't actually a real product. You would think that if a design was …

Towards the end of last year, HTC released the VIVE Cosmos, a wireless, standalone VR headset to compete with the Oculus Quest. Now for 2020, HTC is rolling out three more headsets, including the higher end Cosmos Elite, a cheaper version of the standard Vive Cosmos and an all new …

With Half-Life: Alyx coming out this year, a lot of Valve fans are wondering what could be coming next. There have been plenty of leaks around another Left 4 Dead game dating back many years but rumours kicked up a notch yesterday when HTC China's president tweeted a presentation slide …

CES will be full of innovative new PC hardware due to launch in 2020, one new product that looks particularly interesting is the VR haptic glove designed for devices such as Oculus, HTC, Microsoft and Varjo VR and mixed reality headsets from BeBop sensors. BeBop Sensors has announced it will …

The HTC VIVE Cosmos is set to launch very soon to take on the Oculus Rift S as an inside-out tracking based alternative to first-gen VR headsets. If you are an original VIVE owner equipped with the official wireless adaptor and looking to upgrade, then it should work with the …

Just over three years ago, consumers were finally able to get their hands on the first PC virtual reality headsets. The HTC VIVE launched first, with HTC partnering with Valve for room-scale tracking and SteamVR support. Now as we approach the launch of the HTC VIVE Cosmos, it looks like …

It has been a while since HTC first announced the VIVE Cosmos but we are finally on the way to an early October launch. The VIVE Cosmos will be more expensive than the Oculus Rift S but it will also offer up an impressive spec bump. The new HTC VIVE …

Working in partnership with HTC and MSI, celebrated director Tsai Ming-Liang created The Deserted, which is a feature length VR film. As part of a celebration of the Taiwanese film industry, it is being shown at a special pop-up VR cinema that has been built in the basement of Asia House, …

IFA is coming up next week, which undoubtedly means a few new Android smartphone launches. First on the list is HTC, which has already begun teasing a new U-series device to be revealed at the event. In a tweet yesterday, HTC teased ‘something new for U', which is set to …

As great as current high-end VR headsets are, for many, cutting the cord is the next big step. Wireless VR is often reserved for mobile and low-power solutions like the Gear VR or Oculus Go. However, HTC is bringing the wireless experience to the VIVE and VIVE Pro this year. …

Back in September 2017, HTC began to reshape itself by selling off its smartphone team to Google for $1.1 billion and doubling down on its VR projects. Unfortunately, it looks like HTC is in fact still struggling, with the firm announcing today that it will be laying off 1,500 employees, …

We've been hearing a lot about the tech world's plans for 5G in recent months. Ofcom began auctioning off the 5G Spectrum here in the UK, EE and Huawei had an impressive early demo of the tech and Intel already has 5G capable laptops in the works for 2019. However, …

The disastrous launch of Google’s Pixel 2 smartphones had many suspecting the possibility that the entire Pixel brand might be on the chopping block, but it looks as the company is indeed pushing forward with new additions expected later this year. Among the rumours is the possibility of a third …

Since January, a lot has happened in the VR space. HTC announced the VIVE Pro, featuring a 77% resolution bump, pricing was announced recently and pre-orders are already live, with the first headsets set to begin shipping in April. Now, HTC has published the recommended system requirements for this higher …

In May 2017, Google was set to team up with HTC to launch a standalone virtual reality headset for the Daydream platform. Since then, a lot has changed, with Google buying up a chunk of HTC's smartphone team. As a result, HTC has been doubling down on virtual reality, and …

The HTC VIVE Pro is on the way, bringing along a 78 percent increase in resolution, a more comfortable mounting mechanism and integrated audio. It even takes over the base Vive's original launch price of £799

Back in January, HTC treated VR fans to the surprise announcement of the HTC Vive Pro, a new headset sporting various upgrades. The highlight feature is the higher resolution display, but it looks like there will also be a newly designed Link Box too. The redesigned Link Box for the …

HTC has found great success in the virtual reality market, not just with the VIVE headset, but with the Viveport service too. The subscription-based service grants VIVE owners access to a bunch of virtual reality apps to dive in to each month. Unfortunately for current subscribers, in order to attract …

A few months ago, Google announced that it would be acquiring a chunk of HTC's smartphone business for $1.1 billion. In the deal, most of HTC's smartphone design team moved over to Google. Now it looks HTC is going to be losing another member of its ranks, the company's president …

Back in September, we learned that Google would be acquiring HTC's smartphone team for $1.1 billion. The deal gave HTC the cash to stay afloat after a slew of financial setbacks, meanwhile Google would receive a fifth of HTC's workforce to bolster its own smartphone efforts. Deals like this always …

It looks like the next big jump for virtual reality is happening sooner than we expected. This week at CES, HTC announced the HTC VIVE Pro, an upgraded HMD with a higher resolution display, offering 78 percent more pixels compared to the original VIVE headset. The new Vive Pro HMD …

Back in May, we learned that Google would be teaming up with HTC to launch a standalone virtual reality headset built for Google's ‘Daydream' platform. A lot of changes have happened since then, with Google buying up part of HTC, and HTC doubling down on its VIVE efforts. As a …

Google hasn't wholly acquired HTC, but the search giant has bought up HTC's smartphone team.

All signs point towards a major deal going down between HTC and Google within the next 48 hours.

After months of leaks and rumours, today Google officially confirmed that it will be launching its next smartphone on the 4th of October. The Google Pixel 2 is currently being manufactured by HTC, meanwhile the larger XL version will be made by LG. Google's confirmation comes just two days after …

The rumours surrounding Google’s next flagship smartphone have been heating up recently. The tentatively named ‘Pixel 2’ is currently expected to launch in October, with HTC once again taking on manufacturing duties. Now this week, an FCC filing seems to have confirmed some other features and specifications for the Pixel …

Companies like Oculus, Samsung and Google have been in the mobile VR game for a while now and it looks like soon HTC will be joining the ranks. However, HTC's offering won't be a simple case of slapping a smartphone into a headset, instead it will be a new spin …