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HTC Vive
The original room-scale VR headset developed by HTC and Valve, pioneering consumer VR with Lighthouse tracking.
Overview
Basic Information
- Manufacturer
- HTC
- Announced
- March 1, 2015
- Release Date
- April 5, 2016
- Device Type
- PC VR
- Platform
- SteamVR
Pricing
- Base Price
- $799 (full kit at launch)
Discontinued
Display & Optics
Display
- Type
- 2 x OLED
- Resolution
- 1080x1200 per-eye
- Refresh Rate
- 90 Hz
- Subpixel Layout
- PenTile
Optics
- Lens Type
- Fresnel lenses
- IPD Range
- Hardware adjustable
- Passthrough
- Mono (single front camera)
Hardware
System
- Chipset
- N/A (PC powered)
- Memory
- N/A (PC powered)
- OS
- SteamVR (Windows)
- CPU
- N/A (PC powered)
- GPU
- N/A (PC powered)
Physical
- Weight
- 555 g with headstrap
- Material
- Plastic
- Color
- Black
Features
Controllers
- Type
- 2 x Vive Wands 6 DoF
- Input Methods
- Trackpad
- Trigger
- Grip button
- Menu button
- Batteries
- Rechargeable
Connectivity
- Ports
- HDMI 1.4
- USB 3.0
- WiFi
- N/A
- Bluetooth
- N/A
Field of View
Visible FOV
- Horizontal
- 110°
- Vertical
- 100°