After numerous teasers for the announcement – including one less than a month ago – HTC has unveiled its all-new VR headset at CES 2023: the Vive XR Elite. However, to call the Vive XR Elite simply a VR headset would be underselling this device’s capabilities, because just like the Meta Quest Pro (and the long-rumored Apple XR headset) this device is able to provide users with virtual reality and mixed reality experiences – XR is short for ‘extended reality’, a term that encompasses VR, AR (augmented reality) and MR. That’s because it’s not only equipped with a 4K display that offers a 110-degree field of view and runs at a 90Hz refresh rate (the minimum rate required for comfortable VR experiences); it’s also outfitted with an RGB camera that will enable full-color passthrough (meaning you can see the real world in color while you’re wearing the headset).
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