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TechRadar talked with J.B. McRee, Senior Manager of Product Marketing for virtual reality at HTC about stuff and before you read further I want to point out that TechRadar really really really wants to suggest it's about HL3 or L4D3, lol
http://www.techradar.com/news/gamin...y-regarding-the-vive-s-launch-games-1309114/1
more at the link.
What's still left is to actually start making the announcements. December is near and still nothing. In a recent interview a HTC rep from Poland was talking about a Dec 8 event with Dec 15 launch, saying it'll launch in US, UK, Germany.., but nothing confirmed yet.
edit: so, here's the part where Valve Time say Chet said Valve will have one thing alongside the Vive this holiday: https://youtu.be/0qGj2elGw4k?t=381 Vid's from August.
http://www.techradar.com/news/gamin...y-regarding-the-vive-s-launch-games-1309114/1
A limited number of Vives will go out next month, with a wide release to take place before March 2016. But no matter how much spit and polish you put on it, Vive will be nothing without great experiences.
Valve hasn't just spent the last three years working on Vive and SteamOS - so what is it preparing in terms of software? "Thats one of the things we're holding back to reveal more information about but there's going to be a big story and we're excited to share it," says J.B. McRee, Senior Manager of Product Marketing for virtual reality at HTC.
Could it finally be Half-Life 3's time to shine? Maybe a new Left 4 Dead? It's hardly a surprise that nobody is saying more than that despite being so close to launch - HTC wants everything about the Vive to be a surprise.
"When we made the original announcement it was a surprise to probably mostly everyone," says McRee. "For us it was really exciting because, coming from smartphones, it's always been very challenging for us to bring a product to an announcement with people not knowing about it.
"It's difficult for everyone these days. So we know the excitement that we gained from that so we're trying to make sure we can try to do those types of things again so as we start to have these announcements and things we want to talk about we want to make a big bang.
"We're exciting to tell you, believe me."
"I think it's important for the industry for people not to be too terribly competitive right now, because in order for VR to be successful everybody needs to be successful - at least in the beginning.
"So we're not going out the door with much of a competitive aspect. We're obviously thinking about those things, but it's important for the industry for everyone to be successful, for the first products that roll out to deliver on a very good VR experience. That's a big weight on our shoulders, and we're taking that very seriously."
"Even though we're designing the hardware, Valve has say in what that looks and from a performance perspective how that works," says McRee - and it works both ways.
"We're very involved. Very, very involved. And there are things we haven't really talked about from a software perspective that we're excited to share as well, that I think people will be excited to hear."
HTC still won't comment on price, but we'll tell you now that it's not going to be cheap. "We're focused on quality of experience more so than accessibility and so it's important to us we get a very good experience," says McRee.
"Whether that means the price is impacted or whether that means the minimum spec is impacted, its not going to be a decision we take lightly. That's not to say if we release the minimum spec of one thing it won't work on lesser graphics cards, but that's what we consider comfortable. It may not be accessible for everybody. Nothing is ever accessible for everybody."
more at the link.
What's still left is to actually start making the announcements. December is near and still nothing. In a recent interview a HTC rep from Poland was talking about a Dec 8 event with Dec 15 launch, saying it'll launch in US, UK, Germany.., but nothing confirmed yet.
edit: so, here's the part where Valve Time say Chet said Valve will have one thing alongside the Vive this holiday: https://youtu.be/0qGj2elGw4k?t=381 Vid's from August.