Images of an upcoming fitness-focused digital actuality headset from HTC, dubbed the Vive Air, have leaked on-line. Details concerning the product had been printed by the World Design Guide (which we noticed via Engadget) as a part of its annual awards. It appears doubtless the product shall be unveiled formally at HTC’s upcoming ViveCon 2021 on May eleventh and twelfth.
The Vive Air is “specifically designed for digital health” and “optimized for prime depth with lengthy use,” says the copy on the World Design Guide’s web site. The headset is constructed from fast-drying knitted materials impressed by sports activities sneakers, that are alleged to be light-weight and breathable. A fast-release design permits these “ergonomic mushy elements” to be eliminated for laundry. The web site says the Vive Air will launch someday in 2021.
It actually looks as if a well-positioned product as VR is changing into more and more in style for health actions throughout international lockdown. Just this month, The Verge interviewed the creator of in style VR exercise app Supernatural who claimed that “health is the killer use case for VR” and that exercise software program “would be the first driving pressure of mass adoption [of virtual reality] by means of a standard shopper viewers.” Creating a cushty, light-weight headset that doesn’t stink of sweat after every week or two looks as if a no brainer.
Can a sports-focused VR headset show successful for HTC, although? The firm’s unique Vive headset helped create the latest iteration of the VR market when it launched in 2016, however the agency’s {hardware} has since been overtaken by rivals like Oculus. Narrowing down on a particular (and rising) use case may very well be a wise approach ahead for the corporate.
