HTC Vive Focus Plus standalone VR headset unveiled with two motion controllers

22 February 2019
The original Focus had just one, as do most standalone headsets. Porting PC games will be easier (as most PC headsets have two controllers).

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I'll be watching this product closely as I love the idea of wire-free VR, but would not give Facebook (owner of Oculus) my money if my life depended on it and the other PC VR headsets still only support Microsoft Windows-based PCs (as opposed to supporting Apple macOS and Linux-based PCs)...

Of course, I'd much rather Sony did a wire-free version of my PlayStation VR headset - PlayStation VR has LOADS of high-quality content!

On a side note, I found it to discover that the support pages for the existing Vive Focus (i.e. not the Vive Focus Plus) seem to suggest that this runs Android...

    Anonymous, 22 Feb 2019Doesn't play anything other than demos though. Too weak. In... moreAccording to HTC's support site for the existing Vive Focus, one can download games and applications via their "Viveport" content store, which seems to be subscription-based... The same support pages also state that games/applications can also be side-loaded onto removable storage, though it implies that this is in reference to custom content in-house (the existing Vive Focus is aimed at commercial and industrial customers, at least in Australia anyway).

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      Miscellaneous, 22 Feb 2019Been looking at getting a standalone vr set, this looks gre... moreDoesn't play anything other than demos though. Too weak. In fact full fledge consoles/PCs are too weak for true VR too (5k @ 120 FPS)

        Been looking at getting a standalone vr set, this looks great but definitely doing some more research before I decide.