VIVE Pro 2 and VIVE Focus 3

HTC's new hardware appears to be fully targeted at businesses and professional users, such as entertainment venues and developers.

HTC plans to announce two new products at the Vivecon-evenement (11 and 12 May): the HTC VIVE Pro 2 and the HTC VIVE Focus 3 (Business Edition). Both products are fully aimed at enterprises and can therefore be purchased with a business warranty. We expect the VIVE Focus 3 to come with this business warranty as standard, and the VIVE Pro 2 to offer it as an option. Both new headsets are expected to be available in May 2021.

For some time now, photos have been circulating in which HTC teases the new products. By showing small parts of the headset, a real hype has arisen around the new headsets. While many enthusiasts were still hoping for a strong competitor to the Oculus Quest 2 (Oculus is part of Facebook, which for many users... a dealbreaker is a dealbreaker), the new headsets, unfortunately, do not seem to be aimed at the consumer market. HTC itself seems to indicate that the headsets will be particularly suitable for "working in virtual reality". Whether this is also the case with the new VIVE Pro 2 remains to be seen. We hope, in any case, that the headset will be a good successor to the original HTC VIVE and VIVE Pro, making the headset still well usable in VR.

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However, HTC has often indicated that it is also working on a separate standalone product that can directly compete with the Oculus Quest 2. Just a few weeks ago, HTC won the coveted iF Design Award for a (yet) unnamed standalone product: the VIVE Air. HTC later stated that it was only a concept headset, but that "the design language and elements are an inspiration for upcoming products".

HTC seems to be focusing on businesses and professional users in the near future, such as entertainment venues and developers. This seems a logical choice, as Oculus currently appears to dominate the consumer market. Whether HTC will focus on consumers at a later stage remains to be seen. For now, we will have to wait for the Vivecon-evenement to get more information about the new headsets and the future of HTC VIVE.

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