Woah 5K VT headsets are coming soon … I haven’t got the chance to play with a 4K version yet. Everything is just moving too fast 😀
Taken from Engadget … HTC Vive isn’t letting Oculus have the entire VR market to itself. While the Oculus Quest 2 is taking over the inexpensive, consumer-friendly side of virtual reality, HTC Vive is doubling down on professional-grade VR with the Vive Pro 2 and Focus 3 headsets. The names say it all: the Vive Pro 2 is a direct sequel to 2018’s Vive Pro, which was notable for fixing all of the ergonomic issues we had with the original Vive. The Focus 3, meanwhile, is a successor to the Focus Plus standalone headset.
Both devices offer 5K displays (giving each eye 2.5K); an expansive 120-degree field of view (compared to 110-degrees on the last models); and real RGB subpixels, which helps make everything look sharp and reduces the screen-door effect that plagues cheaper headsets. Unfortunately, you’ll have to pay a lot for all of that tech. The Vive Pro 2 costs $749 on its own, and $1,399 if you need the SteamVR base stations and Vive controllers. (And we thought the Valve Index was pricey at $999!) The Vive Focus 3 is even harder to stomach at $1,300 — a full $1,000 more than the Oculus Quest 2.
The Vive Pro 2 looks the same as the original design-wise, but according to HTC there wasn’t much that needed to change. The Vive Pro is still one of the most comfortable headsets around, after all. Instead, HTC focused on useful internal upgrades, like that new 5K screen, which runs at a smooth 120Hz refresh rate. The company was also able to increase its field-of-view by introducing a stacked dual-lens system. That means VR worlds will take up even more of your vision. (Cheaper headsets with lower FOVs sometimes feel like you’re looking through a pair of binoculars).
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Pre-orders for the Vive Pro 2 standalone model ($749) kick off today — the full VR kit will be available on June 4th for $1,399. The $1,300 Vive Focus 3, meanwhile, will arrive on June 27th.
Source: More at Engadget
