HTC Vive is $799, ships from April 1st

mobby_6kl writes: The HTC Vive VR headset, developed in a partnership with Valve, has been announced ahead of schedule today to cost $799, with pre-orders opening on December 29th and shipping form April 1st. The Vive will ship with two games that take advantage of the system's two motion controllers and "room-scale" capabilities, Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption. Currently, the release appears to be limited to a number of countries in North America, Europe and Asia.

This makes the headset $200 more expensive than the main competitor Oculus Rift, but does include the two motion controllers as well as Bluetooth for smartphone connectivity. However, detailed specifications for either system are not yet known.