HTC HP join forces to launch Vive customized PC host

According to foreign media, HTC recently reached a further cooperation with Hewlett-Packard. It will launch a VR Ready computer that is customized for Vive and meets the requirements of virtual reality. The price of the VR Ready computer will be 1,500 US dollars. HTC has expanded its hardware product line again by cooperating with Hewlett-Packard to develop hardware devices that support VR.

Currently, HTC's product line faces various problems. Therefore, the development of new products will be one of the solutions to this problem. Now HTC and game company Valve are developing the next-generation HTC Vive VR head display. This device carries the countless expectations of consumers and hopes to increase the screen resolution, further reduce the screen effect, and increase the refresh rate to increase the frame rate. When VR Ready computers are upgraded, they will provide some support for solving these problems to a certain extent.

According to statistics, less than 1% of computers worldwide guarantee smooth operation of VR devices. HP took the lead in cooperating with HTC to develop the high-performance Envy Phoenix game desktop to take advantage of the opportunities and enable VR devices to have better virtual reality gaming effects. Envy Phoenix uses the Intel Core i7 K series processor with 2TB hard drive and the graphics card can choose AMD Radeon R9 390x or NVIDIA GTX980Ti. The display resolution of VR devices has also been a bottleneck in its development, and HP's new technology allows virtual screens to be displayed with the correct resolution.

Later in May of this year, HP claimed that they were developing backpack PCs for HTC Vive virtual reality helmets, enabling HTC Vive users to get a more mobile VR experience. The VR backpack PC is less than 10 pounds, with a replaceable battery, battery life is one hour, the battery can be stored in the belt. The backpack also has a built-in battery to ensure that the battery can still be operated when the battery is replaced. No shutdown is required. HP opened this product for independent software developers and developers, received more feedback and opinions from them, and worked with HP to improve the project.

Based on the previous two cooperations, the two parties have reached a mutually beneficial cooperation model. HP can use HTC's advantages to push its PC products into VR, and HTC can use HP's advantages in PC host performance to provide good players. Game experience.

The two companies further collaborated to jointly launch a gaming PC product specifically designed for Vive to meet the requirements of virtual reality. This will allow users to more easily and directly select hardware devices that support Vive. At the same time, for HTC, it is also available. Improve its product ecological closed-loop in the VR field.

Although the two sides have not revealed the details of cooperation, but the outside world said that in the future we are likely to buy a combination of bundled HTC Vive and HP game PC combination equipment at a more favorable price. This year, HTC Vive expects sales of 500,000 to 700,000 units, while sales of Sony PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift are expected to be 6 million and 1 million, respectively. In the face of the first two mountains, HTC has a long way to go.