HTC Announces the Vive Pro and Vive Wireless Adapter [CES2018]

[Joe88]

Resolution increased to 2880x1600 (from 2160x1200) 78% increase
New redesigned headstrap with built in headphones
Uses SteamVR tracking 2.0 (new lighthouses)
Two front facing camera's
Price and when it will be available havnt been announced yet.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/8/16863304/htc-vive-wireless-adapter-features-ces-2018

The vive wireless adapter will work on both the vive and vive pro
Pricing has not been released yet, but expect a summer release.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Consider my jeans creamed

 

[Kioku]

Oh. Hm... Enticing.. Gotta be a fair bit more expensive than the current setup..

 

[Anfroid]

Already have a vive but this is tempting. Might pick one up next year once I finish my next build.

 

[KingVamp]

Glad too see VR still going and advancing. That said, not sure how I feel about the built-in headphones.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Glad too see VR still going and advancing. That said, not sure how I feel about the built-in headphones.

Oculus made it Cool(tm)

 

[Anfroid]

Oculus made it Cool(tm)

But why though?
Hopefully they're removable.

 

[CallmeBerto]

VR is something that I may play around with this year.

The first thing I need to do though is upgrade my pc

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Still waiting for that 4K VR, though 3K is nice too and much easier to run.

Glad too see VR still going and advancing. That said, not sure how I feel about the built-in headphones.

Me either. I would much rather use my own 7.1 headset for longer play sessions. Unless the quality of the built in headphones is close to that of my headset, which I doubt.
But for short sessions I could see myself not bothering with my headset and just using the integrated one.

But why though?
Hopefully they're removable.

I imagine it's because it's kind of a hassle to use separate headphones with a VR headset. You have to put on the VR headset first, and by habit I always want to pull off the VR headset first, but that doesn't really work since it tries to rip my headphones off with it. It's not a big deal, but just having one device to put on and take off makes it more accessible and makes it easier to pick up and play anytime.