As if there were some doubt about the fact that HTC demonstrates a new VR headset at the end of last week. Now the company also confirmed that it is on the way, a picture of the device, hidden under the veil.
Blog post called “VR headset?” with a picture was released the same day as the tweet received more widespread.
The only text that accompanied the picture, was: “VR Headset — Confirmed”.
As for hidden images, only one image of this little can be said. It seems that the headset is supported inside the box, so it’s hard to tell whether she has a hard belt or not.
The only other image of the device that we have at the moment was posted on Twitter last week, and it shows what looks like a part of the upper-left corner of the front panel headset and represents a single optical sensor.
HTC’ve been doing these “teasers” on Twitter, the latest of which was just before the company released its new accessories for virtual reality.
A phrase from a tweet last week: “when accessories are removed, down to business”, may indicate that the company is preparing to release a headset business headset is for consumers. It is in a good agreement with its past strategy of the offline edition of Vive Focus headsets in China for consumers and selling the same equipment outside the country for business.
HTC Vivecon will be held on 11 and 12 may
HTC plans to take place on 11 and 12 may “Vivecon”, which will probably be presented some new equipment.
A new tweet from the account @htcvive Twitter “Mark your calendars” shows what looks like the front side of the gear VR headset outlined on the image.
Mark your calendars. pic.twitter.com/02OMyZ3daR
— HTC VIVE (@htcvive) April 12, 2021
HTC uphill battle 2 with Oculus Quest from Facebook for $ 299 in Western markets. The headset works mainly offline, but also took about a quarter of the market of VR for PC on Steam.
HTC offers both standalone VR headset, and headset for the PC, but the proposal faced stiff competition in Western markets. On Facebook headsets accounts for 58 percent of the use of virtual reality PC Steam, and Valve received another 16 percent. Approximately two out of three SteamVR headsets HTC was at its peak in the summer of 2016, but HTC has stopped selling the original Vive at the end of 2019 in favor of the new Vive Cosmos. Original Vive is still 12 percent of the market Steam, and Cosmos — only 2 percent.
