and review VR games and experiences regularly as part of my day job. In this latest update, we've removed the tricky-to-find HTC Vive Cosmos Elite and HP Reverb G2, and replaced them with the Meta ...

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If the HTC Vive Pro 2, or indeed the Valve Index looks a little pricey, the Vive Cosmos Elite system might be the best VR headset for those looking for something mid-range.

Unfortunately, this definition implies that all headsets are roughly equivalent — that a $30 Google Cardboard will do the same thing as an $800 HTC Vive. But as VR headsets start appearing on ...

Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets. Google says this handover of engineers is "subject to customary ...

At $999, how could it be? Instead, it's another stab at the high-end VR market for HTC Vive, an audience it's cultivated since the launch of the first Vive headset in 2016. While Meta has leaned ...

The HTC Vive is up against the Oculus Rift and Sony's PlayStation VR in the race to be the best and most successful virtual reality headset. I'll say right here and now that as a piece of ...

Google loves keeping HTC afloat spending money on the talented folks behind HTC products. Instead of buying their smartphone engineers this time, Google is now buying their HTC VIVE engineers.

The best VR headset in 2025 will depend on what you want one for, and what your budget is. The market has sky-rocketed in the last few years, so you've got plenty to choose from, but it's not ...

I really wanted to love the HTC Vive Focus Vision — everything was going so well in my first few tests with Half-Life: Alyx and VR sim racing. But after a few weeks with the headset, the ...

Also called "VR goggles," VR headsets may be entirely self-contained such as the Meta Quest or HTC Vive. They are costly and must be tethered to a very robust computer to handle the animation.