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There's been a lot of debate over whether the first round of virtual reality headsets is priced too high for consumers, but Shacknews CEO Asif Khan is taking today to make the case for why the HTC Vive might be in just the right place, while Oculus Rift is slightly off.
HTC announced its Vive VR headset will be selling for $799 and will release in early April 2016.
You're going to be doing some serious measuring in order to get the most out of the HTC Vive.
Whether or not it'll be priced competitively to the Oculus Rift is yet to be seen, although we doubt it.
HTC has been fine tuning its Vive VR headset, and at CES, it's revealing various improvements its made to the device.
Virtual reality in consumer hands will not happen in 2015, with HTC announcing a delay on its Vive headsets.
HTC and Valve have joined forces to blast into the virtual reality market with the new HTC Vive, which is going a step further by removing the need for a controller.
