Sunday, March 1, 2015

HTC partners up with Valve to unveil ambitious virtual reality headset

http://ift.tt/1E6q8h4 // Htc-re-vive

BARCELONA — Although specs and photos of its upcoming flagship, the HTC One M9, leaked days before the Mobile World Congress, HTC managed to keep one thing a secret: It partnered up with Valve to create a virtual reality headset called the HTC Re Vive


The device will have many sensors, including a gyroscope, accelerometer and a laser position sensor, and it will track the wearer's entire surrounding environment — not just head movements. This means they will be able to explore their virtual environment, interact with objects and inspect them from all sides



From a technical perspective, Re Vive will show a 1,200 x 1,080 screen in front of each eye, with refresh rates of 90 frames per second. An audio jack is supplied for connecting the headphones, and it will come with "ergonomic VR game controllers" for each hand Read more...


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from MashableStan Schroeder
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