HTC is a pioneer in the Android mobile phone market, launching classic models such as HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Desire, and HTC One in the early days. But in 2017, HTC gradually withdrew from the smartphone market and sold its mobile phone business to Google.

After exiting the mobile phone business, HTC has largely bet its future on VR headsets and the Metaverse. In January this year, HTC launched the Vive XR Elite headset, a lightweight XR all-in-one machine focused on gaming, fitness and productivity, priced at US$1,099.

CCS Insight believes that HTC may eventually withdraw from the VR field due to reduced revenue and intensified competition from Meta, Sony and Apple.

Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, said that HTC is one of the pioneers in the field of VR. The company has done a lot of work in related fields, but HTC still lacks bargaining power compared to companies such as Meta. Meta is now ready to take “very aggressive measures”. “Pricing”, selling the Quest headset at a price that is only slightly above cost.

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It is found that Ben Wood also believes that as Apple enters the relevant market with the Vision Pro headset, people may rekindle interest in the field of virtual reality, which will also help HTC’s sales increase slightly, but in the end, HTC may be “difficult to maintain”.

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Ben Wood predicts that HTC will exit the VR field by 2026 and “sell the results of its previous exploration to other players in the field.”

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For the first 2 months of this year, HTC’s cumulative revenue was NT$466 million (currently about RMB 105 million), down 31.34% year-over-year.

In addition, at MWC 2023 last week, HTC showcased its latest all-in-one VIVE XR Elite, and also announced VIVERSE for Business, VIVE XR Elite for Business, the new 5G mobile network solution REIGN CORE S2, and the Mars CamTrack virtual production technology for VR filmmakers and content shooters. Mars CamTrack virtual production technology for VR film and content shooters.

For comparison, HTC’s January 2023 revenue of NT$215 million (currently approximately RMB 48.59 million) was 58.74% lower sequentially and 40.2% lower year-over-year.

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The HTC VIVE XR Elite headset is equipped with 4 wide-field-of-view tracking cameras, and is also equipped with an RGB color camera and a depth sensor for color passthrough of mixed reality.

The machine is equipped with two screens with a 1920 x 1920 resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate, supporting a 110° field of view.

One of the highlights of the HTC VIVE XR Elite headset is the use of a rear removable battery that supports hot-swapping and lasts up to 2 hours.

In addition, the all-in-one supports wired/wireless streaming PC, and hand tracking comes with a 6DoF handle, is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 processor, and has 128GB of storage.

The HTC VIVE XR Elite headset has a starting price of 9888 CNY and is now on pre-sale.

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According to the latest revelations, the headset is named HTC VIVE XR Elite, is priced at 1.79 million won (currently about 9,738 CNY, about $1,400), which is $100 cheaper than the listing price of competitor Meta Quest Pro.

In addition, the renderings and configuration of the headset have been exposed, with a battery life of up to 2 hours, the battery is located at the back of the head, and the headset is connected to the headset through the USB interface, which supports hand tracking and is expected to be connected to a computer.

The news also said that the headset is equipped with two 1920 x 1920 resolution 120Hz refresh rate screens, equipped with four black and white tracking cameras and a color camera, which can achieve color passthrough of mixed reality. A depth sensor for better color see-through.

HTC previously said that the new headset is lightweight, compact, powerful, has a higher dynamic range, and color penetration allows users to read the display or smartphone without taking off the headset.

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