{"id":9532,"date":"2019-09-13T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T01:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2019-09-13T09:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:09:23","slug":"htc-are-still-making-vr-headsets-vive-cosmos-lands-oct-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/htc-are-still-making-vr-headsets-vive-cosmos-lands-oct-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC are still making VR headsets \u2013 Vive Cosmos lands Oct 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27124309\/cosmos-meta.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All-new powerful PC VR with 88% higher resolution. Simplified setup with inside-out tracking. Customization via forward-thinking mods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who knew HTC were still making VR headsets? Apparently the still tightly linked Valve partner has maintained their relationship after the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/valve-index-it-was-the-best-of-vr-it-was-the-worst-of-vr\/\">Valve Index<\/a> and has a new model to add to their Vive range.<\/p>\n<p>The Vive Cosmos adds six inside-out tracking cameras meaning you no longer need external sensors, which brings it inline with Oculus and ahead of the &#8220;industry leader&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/valve-index-it-was-the-best-of-vr-it-was-the-worst-of-vr\/\">Index<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cosmos&#8217; resolution builds on its predecessor by 88% with a combined coverage of 2880 x 1700 with a 110 degree FoV and a 90Hz refresh rate. It also comes with new controls that mimmic Oculus&#8217; making it much more attractive competitor at that high-end consumer range.<\/p>\n<p>One big advantage of the Cosmos maintains is the ability to use the Vive Wireless adaptor, effectively making the unit cordless whilst running off your PC.<\/p>\n<p>Available to pre-order now the Vive Cosmos is A$1,299 and scheduled to ship this coming October.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing VIVE Cosmos - the most versatile premium PC VR system\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RmI8mLskRXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vive.com\/au\/product\/cosmos\/\">VIVE Cosmos &#8211; A new way of PC VR | VIVE\u2122<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All-new powerful PC VR with 88% higher resolution. Simplified setup with inside-out tracking. Customization via forward-thinking mods. Who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[193,482,749],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532"}],"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=9532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9534,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions\/9534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}