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Valve Shipping HTC Vive VR Headset to Developers, Movie Studios

Valve Shipping HTC Vive VR Headset to Developers, Movie Studios 5b3q6b

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 8 June 2015 18:41 IST

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With Facebook-owned Oculus and Sony ramping up their virtual reality (VR) plans for the launch of their respective VR headsets early next year, Valve isn't one to be left behind. The company behind Half-Life and Steam has announced that the HTC-built Vive VR headset has started shipping to its "first wave" of developers. 1321b

According to a post on the company's site, the HTC Vive will hit consumers towards the end of the year, though no concrete date was mentioned. Each developer edition kit includes a headset, two Lighthouse base stations, two wireless Steam VR controllers, various cables, instructions, and everything else necessary to get started on developing games.

"This week, we have started shipping the Vive Developer Editions. This first wave includes a wide range of developers from major movie studios, triple A developers, to small indie teams working on their first title. We will continue to ship to additional developers through the spring and summer," the post reads.

At the Mobile World Conference 2015, we checked out the HTC Vive and were suitably Steam Machines were to ship in 2014 but was pushed to 2015), we won't be surprised if the HTC Vive's consumer release slips to next year.

Nonetheless, it comes with SDK from Unity and Unreal as well as Valve's own Source Engine ensuring a wide range of in of game engines.

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