HTC’s VR headset, Vive, wins Best Hardware Award at Gamescom 2015

HTC’s VR headset, Vive, wins Best Hardware Award at Gamescom 2015
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HTC Vive, the VR headset developed in collaboration with Valve has won the best hardware award at Gamescom 2015

HTC’s VR headset, the HTC Vive, which was made in collaboration with Valve, has won the “Best hardware (incl. Peripheral category)” award at Gamescom 2015. The HTC Vive was launched earlier this year alongside the HTC One M9 at Mobile World Congress. The VR headset might get a release date in November of this year. Valve has already released an OpenVR SDK (Software Development Kit) to help developers  develope games and content for the VR. Game developer, Epic Games, has already shown interest and announced its support for the technology.

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HTC Vive has been awarded the winner of the ‘Best Hardware (incl. Peripheral)’ category at Gamescom 2015 which took place in Cologne, Germany between 5th to 9th August 2015. HTC Vive combines Valve’s Steam VR tracking and input technologies with HTC’s recognised design and engineering talent.

Vive offers a truly immersive VR experience, plunging people into other worlds at a moment’s notice. HTC has a history of breaking down barriers and creating industry firsts, a reputation which has made us synonymous with innovation, engineering breakthroughs, and designing the future of human communications.

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