HTC's stand-alone VR headset - The Code Name : VIVE Focus
What kind of comfort do you like?
This year's Google I / O was foretold in, according to HTC and Lenovo Daydream VR headset standalone. The information that the name of HTC version becomes " VIVE Focus " has been introduced.
This information is conveyed to the Dutch site LetsGoDigital. According to the application to the trademark office in Europe and the USA posted by the site, the word " VIVE FOCUS " appears in both documents certainly. The application date is also September 8, 2017.
HTC 's standalone headset does not need to insert a smartphone or connect a PC, nor does it even have to install a sensor outside. With " WorldSense " tying the flow of Tango 's spatial recognition technology, you can move around the VR world simply by wearing it on your head.
HTC's standalone VR has already announced " Vive Standalone " localized in China. Since this is equipped with Snapdragon 835 for SoC for smartphones, Focus seems to be equipped with SOC for smartphones.
According to WIRED the product is 400-600 US dollars per (original ~ mid-hundreds range) that the sale is likely in. Considering that it is a standalone type equipped with processors and displays, it is a reasonable price. According to the announcement at the time of announcement at Google I / O, it will be released in the second half of 2017.
There are various systems in the VR headset, but the standalone type which can be used just by wearing it on the head seems to be a complete form of the VR headset in a sense. I am looking forward to see products end of the year!
