HTC Inexplicably Cancels Standalone Daydream Headset

[kcarbotte]

Yesterday HTC revealed the Vive Focus standalone VR HMD for China. We expected that HTC would soon reveal its HMD for Google’s Daydream platform, but instead, the company cancelled the headset altogether.

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[linford585]

Why are there random words missing from this article? Makes it a bit hard to read... See:

"HTC is still on track to release the first standalone “world-scale” headset with ,"
with who/what?

"The Vive Focus headset is basically the ."
The what???

 

[John Nemesh]

"Inexplicable"? No, it's far from it. They already have a Vive standalone headset. Why would they bother with another platform?

 

[derekullo]

Why are there random words missing from this article? Makes it a bit hard to read... See:

"HTC is still on track to release the first standalone “world-scale” headset with ,"
with who/what?

"The Vive Focus headset is basically the ."
The what???

HTC inexplicably cancels random words in the "HTC Inexplicably Cancels Standalone Daydream Headset" article.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Why are there random words missing from this article? Makes it a bit hard to read... See:

"HTC is still on track to release the first standalone “world-scale” headset with ,"
with who/what?

"The Vive Focus headset is basically the ."
The what???

The words are hyperlinked and show up perfectly fine in both IE and Firefox. Might check into why your browser isn't showing all or some the hyperlinks in the article.

 

[bit_user]

Disappointing, for sure. I wonder if it might have to do with business strategy - they don't want to help establish Google's Daydream platform. Or, the fact that they're doing a China-only launch of Vive Focus might suggest they're worried about liability issues associated with the US market, and maybe there's a lot less domestic (i.e. Chinese) interest in the Daydream platform.

 

[jossrik]

It's as simple as material costs to fit peoples heads in North America. Same item, half the BoM.