How alien does this thing look? The Vive virtual reality headset is easily the biggest surprise of this year’s Mobile World Congress. Built by smartphone manufacturer HTC and powered by Valve’s Steam VR platform, the Vive has been surrounded by a whirlwind of hype, promising to transform every aspect of our lives, from entertainment and learning to travelling and communicating.
What’s unique about this new piece of headgear is that it promises to create an experience that spans the scale of a full room, allowing you to walk around a simulated 3D environment and interact naturally with the objects within it. HTC is conducting demos of the Vive behind closed doors here at MWC and Valve is doing the same over at the Game Developers…
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