HTC’s wireless Vive VR headset will replace cumbersome cables with WiGig - carteropinight

martyn_williams@idg.com Intel showed first at Computex in Capital of Taiwan a prototype radio HTC Vive practical realness headset

HTC leave launch a wireless adaptation of the Vive virtual reality headset in early 2018.

A prototype of the new headset was unveiled and incontestible at Computex in Taipeh on Tuesday during a keynote away Intel, which said information technology's working closely with HTC to realize the organization.

The radiocommunication HTC Vive looked similar to today's cabled model with the addition of a box of electronics eared on the head of the user. Intel didn't allow any details around the system, just that's presumptively where the electronics and radios are fitted to make wireless VR possible.

170530 vivevr demo — Intel's Craig Raymond demonstrates a wireless HTC Vive headset during a keynote at Computex in Taipei on May 30, 2017.

The system was running over a wireless gigabit (WiGig) link and used the DisplayLink XR codec to provide what Intel said was a "low latency" wireless experience.

Latency is the lag between when the user does something, like turn their head, and when the system and display reacts. Wireless can often usher in limited delays that aren't present along cables, so keeping this dispirited is key in VR, where any stuttering or unnatural movements can potentially cause nausea.

Running an HTC Vive over wireless International Relations and Security Network't an easy job. First-generation headsets like the Vive require a 6Gbps information stream, according to DisplayLink, and engineers have to guarantee this data doesn't lag or run out as the user jumps and turns around.

Wireless VR will free users from the messy and potentially dangerous cables that fence in them when using virtual reality, but the price of all this hurrying receiving set is yet to be disclosed.

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Martyn Williams produces applied science news and cartesian product reviews in text and video for Microcomputer World, Macworld, and TechHive from his abode outside Washington D.C.. He previously worked for IDG News Service as a correspondent in San Francisco and Tokyo and has reported on technology news from across Asia and European Economic Community.