Yeah... good luck with that.
From UploadVR:
HTC today announced a tether-less VR upgrade kit for its SteamVR device, made by TPCAST, one of the first of 33 companies to join the Vive X Accelerator. A preview version of the kit was shown off today at Alibaba’s “11/11” global shopping festival in Shenzhen, China. This is not the wireless prototype device in the works at Quark VR.
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Speaking to UploadVR in a phone interview, Graylin said that the experience would “greatly improve” the overall Vive experience, with no “noticeable difference” for factors like latency. The product will be available to pre-order with a standard battery, though Graylin said that a bigger battery will be sold eventually. We’re told the standard battery can deliver around one and a half hours of power. The bigger battery would rest in a user’s pocket.
Oh, that's right! I forgot all about the battery life problem! Although I suppose it may be less of a problem that the cable thing, since the average user won't be able to spend all that much time in VR at stretch, anyway.
I guess I shouldn't snark too much, though, especially since I'd identified the tethers as one of the many issues that VR needs to solve. I don't know that this counts as fully solving it, and it makes the Vive look even more like a half-baked dev kit rather than a finished product, but it's a start, anyway.
Still, though... $220, on top of the Vive's already premium cost, for this?
That looks to me like a tough sell, especially since it doesn't actually make the Vive any more useful. It makes it easier to use, yes, but not more useful, because VR still isn't any more useful than it was before this dingus, which means that the HTC Vive is now a $1000 spend for something that's going to spend most of its time gathering dust next to users' PCs. And looking ugly. I'm with Jim Sterling on this one, that's some ugly design.