Cher Wang (Cher Wang), CEO of HTC, told the Telegraph publication details of the release of the upcoming virtual reality helmet HTC Vive. Interestingly, she emphasized that the company had decided to focus their attention on virtuality, and the smartphone will now not a major priority for HTC.
So, taking pre-orders for the HTC Vive will start from February 29, 2016. Recall that a virtual reality helmet helmet HTC Vive, the company introduced in March 2015 at MWC 2015. It was created in collaboration with Valve and is designed to compete with Oculus Rift, and its commercial release is scheduled for April 2016. At CES 2016, which runs from 6 to 9 January in Las Vegas, the company HTC has presented a virtual reality helmet Vive Pre. He is, in fact, is an improved version of the helmet HTC Vive Developer Edition for developers.
Note that Oculus has already begun accepting pre-orders for the first consumer version of virtual reality helmet Oculus Rift for $599 in the US and €699 in Europe. Deliveries are scheduled to begin March 28, 2016.