HTC May Take on Meta Quest with New Mixed Reality Headset

HTC’s blended actuality headset has been in information for fairly a while now. The brand new headset with digital actuality (VR) and augmented actuality (AR) help is reportedly scheduled to debut throughout the Shopper Electronics Present (CES) 2023 on January 5. The launch is reportedly teased by an HTC govt who didn’t reveal a lot about it. It’s teased to return with a goggles-like design with front- and side-facing cameras. The upcoming system will compete with fashions from Oculus Rift and Quest merchandise from Meta.

A report by The Verge, quoting Shen Ye, HTC’s international head of product, says that the corporate plans to unveil a brand new flagship all-in-one AR and VR headset at CES on January 5. The headset may have a brand new design. “It is about taking all of those advances that we made in not solely the design features, but additionally the expertise features, and constructing it into one thing that is significant and that is interesting for customers,” the report quotes Ye as saying.

The report additionally consists of a picture of the headset that implies a goggles-like design. It appears to have front- and side-facing cameras that may allow blended actuality. Ye says that the headset can be utilized for gaming, leisure, train and “even a number of the extra highly effective use circumstances,” together with productiveness and enterprise instruments. It’s stated to supply two hours of battery life and help controllers with six levels of freedom with hand monitoring.

With outward-facing cameras, HTC’s new blended actuality system appears to be like to have an analogous design language as Meta’s Quest Pro. The Quest Professional digital and blended actuality headset was unveiled in October at a worth of $1,500 (roughly Rs. 1,23,400).

HTC’s new headset is anticipated to supply upgrades to final 12 months’s HTC Vive Flow. It was unveiled in October with a price ticket of $499 (roughly Rs. 37,400). The foldable VR headset options twin cameras and is appropriate with the Vive app. It packs 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard reminiscence.