HTC and Valve announce the 'Vive Pre' development kit

[HEXUS]

The second generation version of the HTC Vive includes a range of improvements.

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[Ttaskmaster]

What, such as that "groundbreaking new technology"... ie a smartphone camera lens in the front?

I wouldn't market that as groundbreaking new technology, really.
A flippin' good idea, sure and definitely as something the Oculus Rift has rather *stupidly* forgotten, making this the better choice... but since I already have this exact thing on my very old HTC phone, it's not new tech, guys!!

I say 'stupidly', as no-one at Oculus seems to have realised their customers will be falling over the furniture... and the Augmented Reality options are just a lovely big added bonus to ice the cake!!


Really liking how good both devices are starting to sound, now!!

[Solcarius]

What, such as that "groundbreaking new technology"... ie a smartphone camera lens in the front?

I wouldn't market that as groundbreaking new technology, really.
A flippin' good idea, sure and definitely as something the Oculus Rift has rather *stupidly* forgotten, making this the better choice... but since I already have this exact thing on my very old HTC phone, it's not new tech, guys!!

I say 'stupidly', as no-one at Oculus seems to have realised their customers will be falling over the furniture... and the Augmented Reality options are just a lovely big added bonus to ice the cake!!


Really liking how good both devices are starting to sound, now!!

Oculus haven't forgot about it. In fact they bought out a third party company that developed an attachable front facing camera that could track raw input from your hands a few months ago. If that all wasn't just for experimental purposes I think they'd end up releasing it as a separate attachment or integrating it into CV2.

As for Vive I don't think they should've held back for this. It's not exactly necessary as the first iteration of VR should be about getting the technology and interest out there at a relatively affordable price then add all the bells and whistles later

[Ttaskmaster]

It's not exactly necessary as the first iteration of VR should be about getting the technology and interest out there at a relatively affordable price then add all the bells and whistles later

On the one hand - Someone has to be first and if they don't deliver, it can kill off a lot of interest in future releases.
On the other - Whoever is first will have to suffer all the teething issues, while the followers put out a better product that benefits from how the competition fares.