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HTC Vive

The HTC Vive is a VR headset from HTC and Valve.

It was the first consumer headset to have room scale tracking. It works with the lighthouse tracking system.

It has a 90 hertz screen refresh rate.^[1]

It is the headset with which Valve launched SteamVR.

The controllers have circular touch pads from Cirque.

Hardware

The HTC Vive uses fresnel lenses.

Versions

HTC Vive Developer Editions

HTC Vive DK1 or VDK1 is SteamVR's first development kit. The HDM was a partnership between Valve and HTC. It was announced on March 1, 2015 and showcased during the GDC 2015 between March 2 - 6. When paired with 2 SteamVR Base Stations and 2 SteamVR Controllers, HTC Vive can accurately track the position and movements of your head and hands within the 15 by 15 feet space.

HTC Vive Pre or VDK2 is SteamVR's second development kit. It improved upon VDK1 in many areas, including the implementation of a pass-through camera on the HMD. 7,000 units were shipped to select developers in January and February 2016.

Internals

4K HDMI to MIPI Dual-DSI Converter chip.^[1]

References

↑ ^{Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 "HTC Vive Teardown". 2016-04-26. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+Vive+Teardown/62213.

[h557-1] {Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 "HTC Vive Teardown". 2016-04-26. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+Vive+Teardown/62213.

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 ==Internals==
 * 4K HDMI to MIPI Dual-DSI Converter chip.<ref name="h557">{{cite web | title=HTC Vive Teardown | website=iFixit | date=2016-04-26 | url=https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+Vive+Teardown/62213 | archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160509131740/https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC+Vive+Teardown/62213 | archive-date=2016-05-09 | url-status=live | access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref>
-==History with SteamVR==
-SteamVR and HTC Vive were officially announced on March 1, 2015 in World Mobile Conference.
-SteamVR and HTC Vive were showcased first time to the public. '''March 2 - 6, 2015'''
-Sign-ups for the Developer Edition of HTC Vive began. '''April 21, 2015'''
-[[OpenVR]] SDK was released. '''April 30, 2015'''
-HTC Vive Developer Editions (HTC Vive DK1) began shipping to developers selected by Valve. '''June 5, 2015'''
-[[HTC Vive Pre]] (HTC Vive DK2) was announced. 7000 of the HMD will ship to select developers in Q1 2016. '''January 5, 2016'''
-HTC Vive CV1 pre-orders begin. '''February 29, 2016'''
-'''April 5, 2016''' - HTC Vive CV1 is officially released.
-'''June 17 2016''' - SteamVR supports [[Oculus Touch]] [[controllers]], dual [[Constellation sensors]] and [[Room-scale VR]] with [[Oculus Rift]].
 ==See also==