The smartphone manufacturer is looking forward to what it sees as the future of wearable tech, the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, with pre-orders going live at the end of February. The February 29 pre-order date is also expected to be the day that HTC announces a price for the kit, whose latest version was on display at the Consumer Electronics Show early January. Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift went live on January 6, pegging the headset at $599, which was more than expected and nearly double the $349 of its prior prototype, Development Kit 2, an increase attributable to the introduction of custom-made parts more suitable for a retail product, said Oculus VR.



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