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Company profile
Company profile
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Since announcing HTC Vive, HTC and Valve have worked with thousands of developers and partners to create VR
content across a wide spectrum of sectors, from gaming and entertainment to health, automotive, retail and education.
Vive partners are showcasing VR applications around the world, demonstrating the potential of a world without limits
on the imagination.
StrategicB2Bpartner,DassaultSystèmes,the3DEXPERIENCEcompany,showcasesthefutureof3Dproductdesign,
marketing, manufacturing and even urban planning applications in VR, helping to drive Vive into the enterprise space,
whileleadingautomotivemanufacturerslikeAudiandBMWhavecreatedapremiumretailexperiencewithVive,
whereconsumerscanexploretheirdreamcar,andhavejoinedcompaniesinseveralindustriesthatareexploring
global collaboration opportunities using virtual reality.
Vivehasbeenamajorhighlightatallthekeyeventsontheconsumertechcalendar,includingtheConsumerElectronics
Show,MobileWorldCongressandGameDevelopersConference.Amultitudeofpartnersanddevelopersshowoff
their unique experiences on the Vive alongside our presence, demonstrating the content breadth and support for Vive.
Over the past year, HTC has been widely recognized as the clear leader in innovation across its whole portfolio, and
hasearnedover85awardssofarin2016foritssmartphones,theUAHealthBox™andtheVivevirtualrealitysystem,
building on a growing swell of acclaim in 2015. Critics are calling the HTC 10 the best Android phone on the market,
praising HTC’s innovative approach to fitness and performance with the UA Healthbox, and been bowled over by the
total immersion in virtual reality with Vive. This outstanding product performance has set HTC a new standard to
achieveover2016,throughourpursuitofbrillianceinallaspectsofourapproachtoproductdesign,functionalityand
engineering.
HTCVive™’s360-degreevirtualrealityexperienceischangingthevirtualrealityworld.Now,theexperiencematches
expectation, allowing users to immerse themselves in new environments and feel completely boundless. This
boundless philosophy asserts Vive as a platform for content of all kinds and scales. From education to medicine, Vive
will re-shape how we interact with our world.
In2015,welaunchedthedevelopereditionofViveatMobileWorldCongresstogreatacclaim.Thisyearwebegan
shipping Vive to consumers in 25 countries. With Vive now commercially available, HTC is fulfilling the promise of
creating fully immersive experiences that change how we communicate, how we are entertained, and how we learn
and train. Each and every component has been redesigned from the ground up to provide better comfort, ergonomics,
and performance. With milestone improvements in both visuals and versatility, Vive creates a world without limits.
The final commercial design of the Vive headset was refined to offer greater comfort to the wearer, increasing the
sense of immersion in the virtual worlds it creates. The headset is now more compact and features an updated strap
design that provides greater stability and balance. An improved visual system with brighter displays and image
refinements leads to increased clarity, and an even deeper sense of presence.
Vive also brings elements of the real world into the virtual realm, with a newly developed front facing camera that
integrates a Chaperone mode to allow users to move more safely inside their virtual world by blending physical
elementsintothevirtualspace.VivePhoneServicesenableuserstoreceiveandrespondtomessageswhileintheir
virtual world, ensuring that they stay connected when they need to be.
Completing the experience, the Vive controllers have been overhauled and enhanced with updated ergonomics and
softer edges, greater balance, new textured buttons, and grip pads for a more comfortable feel in the hand. The new
dualstagetriggermakesinteractionwithobjectssmoother,andhapticfeedbackdeliversvitalfeedbackaboutyour
interactions with the virtual world. For power, the controllers now feature integrated rechargeable lithium polymer
batterieswithmicro-USBchargingthatprovideover4hoursofruntimeonasinglecharge.TheVivebasestations
have also been redesigned to be more compact, quieter, and provide improved tracking.
The Vive is the first VR hardware system to natively support Steam VR. Created by Valve®, Steam VR tracking and the
ChaperonesystemareoptimizedforusewithSteam™,thelargestonlinegameplatformforPC,LinuxandMacgames.
Through Valve’s Steam platform, HTC is able to leverages Steam’s enormous, passionately loyal community with over
125 million active gamers and close to 9 million concurrent users, ensuring Vive becomes the gold standard for the VR
gaming experience.