HTC officially denies Vive 2 reports: No wireless and 4K VR headset to be revealed at CES 2017

Bad news, Vive fans. HTC has debunked the report about the company launching a so-called Vive 2 VR headset at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017). The made-up second generation Vive made fans drool over its supposedly new features.

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The rumour originated from HTC’s home country of Taiwan and alleged that the company was planning to free its new virtual reality device from USB and HDMI cables, and only use a wireless transmitter instead. It further made fans salivate that the supposed HTC Vive 2 was to equip two 4K displays with astonishing refresh rates of 120Hz, a huge leap from the 2160 x 1200 pixel resolution (1080 x 1200 per eye) and 90Hz refresh rate of the current Vive.

Unfortunately, all of the chitchat turns out to be untrue as HTC has officially denied it will be launching a Vive 2 device anytime soon.

“There is no truth to the rumour of launching Vive 2 at CES 2017,” HTC’s official statement read. “At Vive, we are laser focused on building out a strong and growing ecosystem for current and future Vive owners so they can experience the best room-scale VR with the most compelling content available.”

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The HTC Vive 2 would have been a technological marvel if only it was real. Imagine a device like that being backed by the company’s own and recently launched VR-developing unit Vive Studios. The possibilities would have been endless as Vive Studios’ scope is said to be much more extensive than rival Oculus Studios’.