Vive Move, HTC’s compact VR headset, is focused at vacationers and customers on the lookout for informal VR experiences and media consumption. Now the corporate has introduced it’s advertising and marketing a Enterprise Version of Vive Move alongside an optionally available controller which ought to make navigating in-headset a bit simpler for first-time customers.
Vive Move Enterprise Version is being pitched as a light-weight gadget for VR coaching, distance studying, bringing immersive experiences into the classroom, location-based leisure, and healthcare and rehabilitation. The headset, which sells for $499 (€550) on the corporate’s web site, features a two-year enterprise guarantee in addition to customary enterprise assist.
HTC says new software program options embody a ‘kiosk mode’ so content material may be queued up and remotely triggered, which is right for commerce reveals or working coaching classes, the corporate says.
Launched for customers final yr, Vive Move is a standalone VR headset that tethers to an Android smartphone for enter through Bluetooth, and bodily plugs into an exterior battery for energy. Okay, so not fully standalone, however the light-weight gadget does function onboard processing. Granted, that Android-only gadget spec could change right here quickly, as HTC says it’s engaged on iPhone assist for Vive Move too.
By default, Vive Move makes use of the smartphone as its solely enter gadget. Now the corporate is introducing an optionally available 3DOF controller for Vive Move (seen above) that may be paired with both the buyer or enterprise model of the headset.
Though we had been hoping to listen to extra about hand-tracking or controllers (emphasis on the plural), going again to the previous dependable controller type, which we’ve seen as early as 2016, makes a great deal of sense: blindly clicking on a smartphone when immersed in VR isn’t probably the most intuitive approach for newcomers.
You’ll be able to take a look at the total specs for Vive Move right here, together with decision, subject of view, processor, and all the ergonomic bits that assist it obtain its 189 gram weight, making it a number of instances lighter than any main VR headset available on the market immediately.