HTC and Valve are being pretty aggressive with their VR headset timing — the recently announced Vive headset is supposed to be available to consumers by the end of the year. But Ars Technica reports that there's some good news and some not-so-good news for developers who wanted to play with it beforehand. Good news: it's going to be free, "at least initially." Bad (or at least worse) news: prospective developers can only get them by applying online, and we don't know how many will make the cut.
Valve's SteamVR page currently says that a developer edition of the Vive will be available this spring
開發者版本的Vive將於春季開始提供
This strategy is a direct contrast to its competitor Oculus. Oculus sent its very first units to Kickstarter backers, and anyone can pay $350 for a development kit on its site, although non-developers are discouraged from doing so
HTC的這個策略跟競爭者Oculus完全相反；Oculus是以每個$350提供一個發展虛擬實境套件