When HTC first unveiled their flash new Vive Cosmos headset again in January, we had been offered with a easy, baby-faced design that had a brilliant blue sheen and glow-in-the-dark controllers. Now, nonetheless, it could seem the Vive Cosmos has entered the pock-marked teenage part of its run as much as launch, as HTC posted a brand new video on Facebook this week exhibiting off its new, up to date face plate look. And man alive are there a variety of little triangles.
During the thirteen-odd minute video, we see a “fresh off the line” Cosmos spin spherical and spherical on a glass head, exhibiting what the headset appears to be like like within the flesh from all angles. Personally, I’m a bit unhappy they determined to ditch the sleek strains and curves seen within the unique reveal video, however a minimum of it does now look a bit extra like an HTC VR headset than one thing which may have been cooked up by the oldsters over at Oculus.
Still, it’s attainable we might but see a easy, fresh-faced Cosmos, as one among its huge new design options is modular face plates. As proven within the video across the 7-minute mark (albeit when the headset’s angled straight away from the digital camera so we are able to’t truly see it correctly), an enormous bushy hand pops off the triangle-grated face plate and leaves it sitting on the desk, permitting us to see what the Cosmos truly appears to be like like underneath the hood – which, if we’re persevering with with the fleshy theme of this publish, appears to be like a bit just like the robotic equal of a kind of big muscle monstrosities from Attack on Titan.
Interestingly, the little round vent from the unique reveal video continues to be seen beneath the brand new masks (proven above), which might recommend it’s actually simply the outside of the headset that’s modified on this new design reasonably than any of its precise {hardware} innards.
It’s not clear what type the Cosmos’ different potential face plates will take but – up to now, all HTC have stated on the matter is that they are going to permit the headset to be “updated for different VR needs in the future” – however HTC have promised to speak extra in regards to the Cosmos’ precise specs someday subsequent week, based on their Facebook video.
Otherwise, the remainder of the Cosmos appears to be like just about because it did within the unique reveal trailer. It nonetheless has six cameras that supply inside-out monitoring with out the necessity to arrange any pesky base stations, and it nonetheless has a flip-up halo design that permits you to elevate the display screen away out of your face with out truly eradicating the headset itself – a bit like Sony’s PSVR headset.
The new glow-in-the-dark controllers look just about the identical as nicely, as do the built-in headphones. The solely huge particulars we’re lacking are the headset’s display screen dimension, decision and refresh price, however we must always hopefully hear extra about all that subsequent week in HTC’s huge specs reveal.
