HTC Vive Virtual Reality Gear Gets Cleared By FCC

Next year is going to see virtual reality gain more popularity and HTC has already stepped into the game along with Steam to showcase HTC Vive in January. The device has already been cleared by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) in the US and should be ready to ship next year. Apart from the headset, other accessories like the Vive Controller, Base Station and Link Box were cleared by the agency.

HTC’s former executive director of marketing Jeff Gattis wearing the HTC Re Vive. Image credit: Maurizio Pesce / Flickr

Initially, HTC Vive was planned to be released this year but it appears the company ran into some issues and the launch had to be postponed. Cher Wang, HTC CEO, explained about two days ago that there were certain technical issues with the first version of the headset. This led the company to come up with a much better version of the gear. He said:

We shouldn’t make our users swap their systems later just so we could meet the December shipping date.

He added that they have made “a very, very big technological breakthrough” with the Vive and it’s going to be unveiled at the next Consumer Electronic Show (CES) later in January.

The developer edition will be premiered at CES in January but the consumer edition release date has been slated for April 2016.