{"id":6886,"date":"2018-01-09T07:54:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2018-01-09T07:54:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:54:34","slug":"htc-vive-goes-wireless-and-announces-the-new-vive-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/htc-vive-goes-wireless-and-announces-the-new-vive-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC Vive goes wireless and announces the new Vive Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27130139\/VIVE-Pro_KV-A_FA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vive Pro is a new HMD upgrade from Vive, built for VR enthusiasts and enterprise users who want the best display and audio for their VR experiences. Vive Pro includes dual-OLED displays for a crisp picture resolution of 2880 x 1600 combined, a 78% increase in resolution over the current Vive HMD.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Announced today at HTC Vive&#8217;s CES Day 0 presentation the new headset (despite having a very unusual purple\/black colour scheme) is a major improvement to the system&#8217;s resolution, taking the Vive well beyond any other commercially available unit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HTC VIVE Announces the VIVE Pro - CES 2018\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPMJDXmYwiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The new unit also has updated sound components as well as a new more adjustable fitting system to allow for longer, more comfortable gaming sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing and availability of the new headset are unknown but expected to arrive shortly at a similar price point to the Vive&#8217;s original RRP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vive.com\/us\/2018\/01\/08\/htc-vive-raises-bar-premium-vr-new-vive-pro-upgrade-wireless-vive-adaptor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27130139\/Vive-Wireless-Adaptor1-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new Wireless adaptor for both the new Vive Pro and existing Vive headsets was also announced. The new adaptor, scheduled for release in Q3, uses Intel&#8217;s\u00a0WiGig technology operating in the interference free 60GHz spectrum. Designed specifically to enable lag-free and truly wireless VR the new system could be a game changer if the same high quality graphics can be delivered wirelessly, unlike demo systems of wireless solutions from Oculus already seen.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vive.com\/us\/2018\/01\/08\/htc-vive-raises-bar-premium-vr-new-vive-pro-upgrade-wireless-vive-adaptor\/\">HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR With New VIVE PRO Upgrade And Wireless VIVE Adaptor &#8211; VIVE Blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vive Pro is a new HMD upgrade from Vive, built for VR enthusiasts and enterprise users who want&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[193,482],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}