HTC Vive Gets A $200 Price Cut

HTC has announced they are slashing the price on the Vive headset by $200. The price for the Vive is now set at $599, which includes the VR headset, 2 motion-controllers, the motion trackers, and a trial subscription to Viveport, a service that curates VR titles and allows you to select and download five VR titles per month.

HTC Launches An App Store For The Vive Called Viveport

HTC has announced Viveport, a new app store for its Vive headset. Steam will remain the place to go for Vive VR games and Viveport will serve as a one-stop shop for everything VR for things like education, travel, news and some much more. It'll be available on the web, mobile, Windows and from within the Vive. HTC is launching a developer beta for Viveport soon (You can sign up for access here) and it plans to release later this fall. "We strongly believe VR is going to change the world for the better, for both consumers and businesses alike," said Rikard Steiber, HTC's senior VP of virtual reality. "We believe it'll democratize access to experiences, now anyone can travel anywhere and learn anything in any way."