Valve and HTC will let developers apply for a free Vive VR headset 'soon'
HTC and Valve are being pretty aggressive with their VR headset timing — the recently announced Vive headset is supposed to be available to consumers by the end of the year. But Ars Technica reports that there’s some good news and some not-so-good news for developers who wanted to play with it beforehand. Good news: it’s going to be free, “at least initially.” Bad (or at least worse) news: prospective developers can only get them by applying online, and we don’t know how many will make the cut.
Valve’s SteamVR page currently says that a developer edition of the Vive will be available this spring. As with just about any VR headset, some developers have either been approved or gotten kits early. But spokesperson Doug Lombardi now tells A…
Source:: The Verge
