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HTC Vive consumer VR headsets delayed to April

Virtual reality in consumer hands will not happen in 2015, with HTC announcing a delay on its Vive headsets.

Ozzie Mejia

December 8, 2015 3:11 PM

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Virtual reality is going to take just a little bit longer to get into consumer hands. The HTC Vive had originally aimed for a 2015 release, but it now appears that the VR headset will not be ready until April.

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— Robert McGregor (@ID_R_McGregor) December 8, 2015

"We will be starting the new year by making an additional 7,000 units available to developers, followed by commercial availability in April 2016," states the HTC Vive blog. "We are incredibly excited about the future and look forward to sharing more information as we move forward towards launch.

HTC had originally hoped to offer a limited number of commercial units before the end of 2015 to help prepare to go head-to-head with the eventual commercial release of the Oculus Rift VR headset.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?