HTC now selling Vive Cosmos Elite headset only for $549, includes Half-Life

HTC is adding another spoke to its Vive Cosmos bicycle, and this time it's aimed straight at existing HTC Vive owners who are just looking for a headset upgrade. The HTC Vive Cosmos Elite, HTC'due south highest-end SKU of the Vive Cosmos family, tin now be purchased as a headset-only option for $549 and will be shipping in early April. As a bonus, HTC will be including a complimentary code of One-half-Life: Alyx, which you can redeem directly through Steam, too as half-dozen months of HTC'due south Viveport Infinity service, which is widely considered to exist the Netflix of VR.

The HTC Vive Creation Elite differs from other HTC Vive Creation SKUs because it supports SteamVR tracking, which means it works perfectly with every other SteamVR product on the market. This gives current HTC Vive owners an first-class upgrade path considering they'll be able to employ accessories like the HTC Vive Wireless Adapter, and it also gives the freedom to upgrade the controllers separately to something like Valve Alphabetize Knuckles, for example.

This headset-only SKU comes earlier HTC will brainstorm selling the Cosmos Aristocracy faceplate separately, which will retail for $199 and will give existing Valve Cosmos owners a way to integrate their Vive Creation into the SteamVR tracking family. You tin can observe the release schedule in the image above. HTC says its going to effort its hardest to run across these expected dates just there'southward always a potential for filibuster given the global supply chain issues at this time.

Regardless of how you become a Vive Cosmos Elite, every Cosmos Elite supports both SteamVR 1.0 and 2.0 tracking stations, so folks with extra-large play spaces (or VR arcades) tin utilize those SteamVR two.0 tracking stations to create an unbelievably large roomscale tracking infinite. Each Vive Cosmos Elite ships with the aforementioned loftier-resolution 2880 x 1700 resolution RGB-stripe display for ultra-crisp visuals in VR, as well as the unique flip-up pattern that can assist players switch between virtual reality and actual reality without taking the headset off. It also makes cleaning the headset off during those heavy Beat Saber sessions significantly easier.

Which HTC Vive Creation should yous buy?

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HTC Vive Wireless Adapter

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The HTC Vive Wireless Adapter works with every unmarried HTC Vive on the market place, whether it'due south the original HTC Vive, the HTC Vive Pro, or the new HTC Vive Cosmos. It's wireless VR with the power of a PC.

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