While the long road to mass consumer adoption of virtual reality technology is still being built, HTC remains hard at work on the vehicles that will take users on the… Read More
It’s much worse to let Darth Vader go free than to keep Luke Skywalker incarcerated. That is the philosophical argument underpinning risk assessment tools such as COMPAS (Correctional Offender Management… Read More
Smartphone and virtual reality headset maker HTC posted its biggest monthly sales decline in two years Friday morning, signaling flagging interest in its devices and ongoing trouble for its business.… Read More
Google’s Nest is taking its smart home tech to a whole new level. The company has been pretty quiet over the past few years, but this week they announced what… Read More
Google announced Wednesday evening that it has signed a $1.1 billion “cooperation agreement” with HTC, the Taiwan-based consumer electronics company, as it looks to amp up its smartphone business. Rumors… Read More
HTC plans to halt trading of its stock tomorrow to make a “material announcement,” the Taiwan Stock Exchange announced this morning, adding new fuel to the speculation that the smartphone and virtual… Read More
HTC, the smartphone maker and burgeoning virtual reality player, appears to be in the middle of a round of layoffs in the Seattle area. Two sources told GeekWire that the… Read More
HTC Friday morning announced the global launch of Viveport, a virtual reality app store for the HTC Vive, after months of beta testing. The VR store first opened in China in April, and… Read More
Virtual reality has officially arrived, if the convention floor at PAX West is any indication. VR experiences are seemingly around every corner at the gaming extravaganza, which began today in Seattle. Game… Read More
A quick visit to Valve’s epic Dota 2 tournament this week in Seattle shows the company’s commitment to virtual reality technology. The championship, held for the sixth-straight year with a record-breaking… Read More
For a careful reader, the spec sheet for any gadget can be a fascinating read. Comparing processor speeds, camera lenses and pixels per inch can give you valuable insight into… Read More
If virtual reality fails, it won’t be for lack of funding. HTC announced a $100 million fund and accelerator program to back VR startups. Dubbed Vive X, the program is launching… Read More
HTC unveiled its latest flagship smartphone today. The HTC 10 brings improvements to everything from battery life to camera, and comes with a closer-to-stock version of Android than HTC’s earlier devices.… Read More
The cost of experiencing virtual reality is going to be high, not just because VR headsets cost upwards of $600, but also because the computers needed to power those headsets are monster… Read More
HTC today announced that its Vive virtual reality headset will be available for $799 this April. The consumer version of HTC’s device, developed in partnership with Bellevue-based Valve, will include wireless… Read More
The HTC Vive is coming to consumers soon, but some members of the media got to try out a handful of games being built for the virtual reality headset at… Read More
You’ll be able to pre-order HTC’s virtual reality headset next month. HTC CEO Cher Wang told The Telegraph that her company will take pre-orders for the Vive starting on Feb. 29.… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we hear about the top technology at the Consumer Electronics Show with John Cook, straight from the show floor at the… Read More
LAS VEGAS — When I tried out Oculus’ virtual reality technology this past summer, it was the most fun I’ve ever had playing video games. My time with the newest HTC… Read More
HTC announced a new phone today that might look a little familiar. While past HTC One phones have had curved backs and large stereo grills on the front, the HTC… Read More
Consumers will have to wait to get their hands on the Vive. HTC and Valve announced Thursday that they will delay the commercial rollout of the Vive virtual reality headset,… Read More
HTC, the Taiwanese phone maker with a U.S. headquarters in Bellevue, announced massive job cuts on Thursday as the company plans to trim its headcount by 15 percent and operating… Read More
HTC said it is not interested in being acquired by PC maker Asus, which hinted at the possibility on Friday that it would make sense to acquire the Android smartphone maker. “We strongly deny… Read More
Jonah Becker, HTC’s associate vice president of industrial design, announced on Twitter that he will be departing the electronics manufacturer after just 11 months on the job. He hasn’t said what’s… Read More
HTC has a new leader. The phone maker today named chairman and co-founder Cher Wang as its new CEO. Peter Chou, who co-founded HTC with Wang in 1997 and was… Read More
HTC revealed today that it will be releasing its new One M9 Android smartphone on April 10, and people who buy one in the U.S. will get a single free replacement… Read More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTITJSSRUso HTC announced a surprise partnership with Valve this morning, unveiling a new virtual reality headset called Vive during an event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The HTC… Read More
HTC, the Taiwan smartphone maker with U.S. headquarters in Bellevue, WA, stayed profitable in the last quarter of 2014, but just barely, showing a net profit of NT$0.5 billion (approximately US$15.8… Read More
HTC is finding out just how hard it can be to keep an Android operating system promise. It’s revealed it won’t meet its own deadline to update the carrier versions… Read More
HTC is getting ready to launch its latest hardware, with a new camera phone and smartwatch reportedly in the works. Last week, the Taiwanese handset maker sent out press invitations… Read More
