In addition to the HTC One M9, HTC announced another 2 products:
HTC GRIP
HTC grip, a collaboration with Under Armour is the company’s second connected product following the Re camera. HTC worked with Under Armour to integrate the product into UA Record, the fitness company’s digital health and fitness network.
The Grip has smartphone notifications, music controls capabilities and GPS. HTC and Under Armour want to target serious athletes.
HTC Re Vivie
HTC has jumped into the VR world with their announcement of the HTC Vive. The HTC Vive was created in partnership with video game developer Valve.
This is a long-term commitment, like mobile phones 10 years ago, said Claude Zellweger, who is in charge of coming up with new product concepts for HTC.
The device has a 1,200 by 1,800 pixel screen in front of each eye with refresh rates of 90 frames per second. The rotation of the head will be tracked by more than 70 sensors, including a gyrosensor, accelerometer, and laser position sensor which will allow the user to look around the virtual environment.
Vive is powered by Valve’s SteamVR, opening the door to a huge number of of games that take advantage of its capabilities. The Vive headset will also use a custom game controller. A user will hold an “Ergonomic VR game controller” in each hand to interact with the virtual world.
HTC is partnering with content companies like HBO, Lionsgate and Google to bring more video to the headset.
The Vive dev kit will be publicly available in April, and the headset will be commercially available by year end.
Unfortunately, HTC did not have the devices at the event for a quick hands on at the event.
