HTC and Valve are planning to disclose on Monday that the consumer edition of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset will be available for preorder on February 29, GamesBeat has learned.
The system will be available in early April.
The two companies — which will make the announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — are creating a headset for VR, which many believe has the potential to become the next great computing platform.
And the HTC Vive is in a race against Oculus VR’s Oculus Rift headset to be the standard bearer.
HTC anticipates the Vive will be used far beyond games, and it wants to work with developers to foster the creation of content that spans multiple sectors including entertainment, retail, education, design, healthcare and automotive