Man, why don’t all vr headsets come with some sort of adjustable lens things for glasses wearers? That’s pretty cool!

Mike said it perfectly: Who is this marketed towards? Not the casual market, that $499 price tag will not at all be appealing. For VR enthusiasts, the Quest 2 is a much better option for almost half the price. We'll have to wait for the full review to see if it has any redeeming qualities....

And the world let out a collective "Oof"...

For a VR device designed purely for media consumption and potentially social interactions, the price tag is far too high in my opinion for this to become a commercially successful VR headset. Happy to be surprised if it does become successful but for what this headset is designed for and the price - I doubt this will succeed to be honest.

I love how his always super quick with these reviews and first looks. Keep it up mike!

This reminds me of the Zip Drive, which was a piece of transitory technology bridging the gap between Floppy Disks and CDs. I read this as a personal TV and headset meant to be paired with your phone for consumer use. I don't expect this device will be around for very long, but I expect it will lead the way for the flood of VR/XR glasses that are coming in the next few years.

My initial reaction: well, you could at least watch movies in it, so why not. Mike goes"it requires an external power source". Me: "what a waste of money! "

I agree with if it had virtual desktop it would be a great headset. I would love to use something like this as a computer monitor replacement at some point.

I love the idea that the Flow is designed for mindfulness. VR is amazing at that. But have they just created a very good lightweight device and then thought ‘right, who can we aim this at?’. Because the £499 price doesn’t seem to gel with the market they are aiming it at…or are they trying to aim it like an expensive smart watch aims at physical health enthusiasts

congrats on half a million subs - its been crazy watching you blow up!

HTC makes yet another product I have no interest in buying lol

So a modernized HTC version of Oculus Go with no games for 499.......Cool. 🤨 I'm sorry but I dunno how I feel about this. Havent these sort of "Big Cinema Screen In A Pair Of Glasses" been around for decades? I reeeeally want this to get SOME kinda audience, but I dunno if it'll have any longevity :/

So somehow this does less than the Quest 2 and costs more. I'd understand if Apple tried to pull that off, but HTC...

Cool concept! Can’t wait for your review on it

Good to see you back!!

500K!! Congrats

Love the design - love the weight - love the feature for glass wearers - doesn’t matter though I have an iPhone - but hopefully this will be a shot in the arm for oculus to release something similar purely for streaming - but with option for using virtual desktop

As a guy that has travelled a lot, for long periods of time, I would actually love something like this. Cinematic experience anywhere? Hell yeah. Imagine they added hdmi support so you could connect a nintendo switch or pc? 500$ may seem a lot, and Im not rich, but I could honestly see myself buying it.

This would be perfect for long flights where you would rather be sitting in a movie theater instead of a scrunched economy seat.

Congratulations on 500K

CONGRATS ON 500K MIKE

Dope video! Thanks mate

Just bought myself on vr optician some lenses, this completely change my immersion :)

definitely a interesting little device! Might have a big impact

I’ll look into supporting the Flow in the future. I haven’t tried it or had access to one yet so it will take a bit of time before it can be supported. Cheers!

congrats on 500000!

Thanks for the VR! HTC is trying to carve out a new use case for the industry, as it believes VR can help with mental well-being. If you think about it, HTC was the first to launch in the serious VR gaming space, taking all the risks. Then it was the first to launch in the VR for business space, taking all the risk and carving out a new market. Now it is launching in the mental well-being space, again taking all the risks, with all the previous customers upset at them. That’s the risk you take while innovating

Sweet, a headset with minor comfort improvements over the quest 2 for a few hundred more, and with less functionality. Just what the market needed. Honestly I never like taking shots at something new in VR but damn.... HTC really don't know what to do right now do they?

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Well, I took a chance and did the pre-order. I do not really play many VR games, as I much more enjoy experiences, scenery, meditation, etc. I'm hoping that this will be awesome to use while on my hammock in the woods behind my home. We'll see. Luckily I stull have the HP Reverb G2 when needed.

Haven’t finished watching the entirety of the adverts and I already know this video will be the best on the internet

Seeing that adjustable prescription lens feature after paying $135 for Quest 2 prescriptions is such a welcome idea for other headsets

As a vet VR users, this seems like a solid start attempt at the future of usable VR for casual users. This feels more like a step to pay for R&D to try to continue development into the future of more casual u sable VR.

Wowe. Looks cool and super futuristic

500.000 subs let's go Mike

I'm glad you are doing better.

Holy crap I need a Vive sensor for my drink. You're brilliant. Someone please take my money.

Regardless of how well it does, I'm really intrigued by the new design it introduces, and I could certainly see myself using it in bed to watch videos. I think the price is a problem though, as you can get things like an original Vive or Vive Pro second hand for less than that price. That said, I think this'll do best with VR enthusiasts for its rather cool and unusual design. My personal favourite is the Valve Index, but I enjoy seeing any headset being released. The more VR the better! :D

I'd love this for elite Dangerous. Nice and easy to take on off etc

if this can be used as a monitor replacement for things like a raspberry pi, besides a phone, I can see this being something to bring around for travel, considering that raspberri can run on 5 watts. The price of the Flow is a little tough to digest considering that for something like the Oculus Quest 2 at half the price, is an all in one headset, to me its only big drawback being its weight. I am interested to see more about what's the Flow about. That lens setup is a solid design choice. I would like to try it.

I applaude the attempt to try something different but the product design and price make me think this is DOA

It's inevitable that Virtual Desktop will get ported to this thing, in which case I'd be interested in this headset.

It's the first real 6DOF content machine, which is really dope, but it doesn't have a headphone jack? And the Quest 2 lite is like right around the corner too... This with the price makes it a tough sell for most people I think. Good first step, though, I would love to see an AR version of this replace phones in the future

That active cooling feature needs to be on all vr headsets

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This is a step in the right direction to evolving the form factor and bring in the super casuals to broaden the VR market

You could've unironically said "The only thing you need to know is that this is yet another HTC disappointment with no real target audience or sound price, nothing to see here." and ended the video

Everything You NEED To Know Almost but, are the cameras color or B/W? If color AR can most certainly be done. If B/W like the quest & quest2 then it's just intended for tracking and standard pass through.

I love the idea of VR glasses. HTC deserves applaud for pushing towards that. The need for external power is a bummer, and the design is kinda goofy.. none the less, it's a step towards the future. Very cool :)

I have an iPhone and I use VR for gaming, I don't seem my self getting this for media. I also have a very large IPD at 75mm, so I doubt it will cater for that. Fantastic concept and I like the adjustable lenes.

How do I connect with be controller. I didn’t get one when I bought it 😢

The thumbnail mouseover animation for this video is probably the best accidental aesthetic I've ever seen.

Good evening Mike I think the vive flow has a place in the market for past content. My question is can big screen be run on if the test this that would be great. Have a good evening Mike. I cannot wait for this week's episode of the F reality podcast.

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I like the glasses head strap idea but not much of the other stuff

if this device has constant updates and new features coming all the time like the Quest 2, then yes, it is really cool. Guess time will tell

Superb

There's no KZfaq VR in Focus 3 so I'm not sure if it's available or not.. I mean you can cast but casting won't let you play VR180 format

Hello, thank you for the presentation. One point I didn't understand is: Is it possible to watch content that I will create myself with a 360° camera with this VR glasses?

I could see virtual desktop with a htc dulxe strap could making this the lightest wireless pc vr headset. would still need base station for controllers

Do you think that the vr industry could work with certain prosthetic companies in order to create wrist mounted devices for hand tracking or inputs for vr???

Can you do a woojer vest edge vs tactsuit x video, I’m trying to figure out which one I should get but I just can’t figure it out (I will use a oculus quest 2 and a high grade pc with the suit and most likely not use it to listen to music as I have a subwoofer)

i would 100% use it DAILY, i have always wanted a light vr for non gaming uses + virtual desktop might actually support this device in the future

How do I connect it to my phone? It's not finding the headset?

what kind of premium sports apps are available in VR?

I would love to give this a try if they can give samples for trying in various venues. The light weight is very attractive and would make it more appealing in some ways than Oculus Quest 2. For now though, I will have to wait before I make an assessment. I think it's very unfortunate that they won't launch it with hand tracking, it feels something that would really help things along in launch. I'll say this, I'd much rather wear this in bed before I go to sleep than the Oculus Quest 2. Unfortunately I'm broke.

Thanks.

I'm very curious about the development enviornment and costs...and whether it supports any open standards...whether it might be used in conjunction with the smart phone cameras to act as an ar device and thence to a mixed reality device ...and can i get if for half price (i'm blind in one eye).

IMO HTC seems to be trying to get more main stream consumers in VR. It's nice to see them make headset smaller but its not "VR 2.0" more of a "VR lite edition". A problem from my experience is that main stream consumers wont settle for anything lower that almost full fov, close to human eye resolution and some form of AR passthrough.. GL

This is nice, I don't play many games on my quest 2, I use it more for media, virtual tours and events. The price isn't too high and I think I'll pre order just to check it out.

Man if it could hook into a laptop to give me infinite monitors, and had a better resolution, it would be amazing. I dont know what use I would have for this as it is right now.

Looks like something I could use to introduce my wife to VR... baby steps 🤣 sucks about the whole iPhone thing, luckily I'm android, but seams like a big opportunity missed really as I'm guessing around half the world I'd iphone.... Still love the idea of VR becoming portable... watch this space 😁 Cheers Mike

This feels like Vive wants to fill a gap left behind in the casual, entry-level VR gadget market when Oculus Go and Google Daydream bowed out, and try to miniaturize it into a more appealing form factor for non-enthusiasts. Hopefully that price comes down quickly once the new tech in this headset has time to trickle into the rest of the market.

If the developer of Virtual Desktop made a version with SteamVR for the flow the sales for the flow would be through the roof

cool, so like the oculus go tried to do in 2018?

If it is good for watching media content like moves and so on, I would definitely consider this product. By good I mean the image quality have to good, it should be easy to use, and I do not want to have to pay extra fees just to be able to use the Flow.

if it can be used as monitor replacement, that would be a instant buy.

I like the idea of a smaller, lighter, and much easier headset to jump into VR for content, and to just chill out and be mindful but I am afraid this headset is about 5-10 years too early.

can i plug these into the steam deck for a virtual display?

Interesting concept, but I'm also iPhone user and lack of pc streaming are big minuses for me. If the resolution is good enough, it's very comfortable and light, and it can serve as pc monitor - it could be very useful for productivity and media consumption.

nice hp reverb cable sticking out the back

can you plug the usb-c into your computer and get both power and data?

It would be great of the Vive flow could help us relax. However, can you really relax while staring at 2 lightbulbs. My Flow experience started yesterday, and it wasn't all that great neither. I've been stuck in the configuration process for roughly 2 hours, because I just couldn't configure my phone as a controller. I finally decided to use the controller device (one that I had as a bonus with my order, but didn't want to use at first). That surprisingly worked straightaway. While, that's like an extension of the actual product. By default you only have your phone as a controller. After going through the setup, all looked well, then found out that half of the video websites don't actually work with this device. Searched for hours, even installed a different webbrowser, just to learn that some website offer 360° content, but for some reason their video plugin doesnt work with the vive device. (Even though they explicitly claim that they support the vive flow). And then, 2nd day, some kind of error while launhing, been trying for 2 hours now to boot it, but it appears to be stuck while booting. Hmm ... maybe I need a different power source. I thought it was fully charged, but well perhaps it drained for some reason. It does seem to be very sensitive in regards to power sources, and that makes me wonder, why not just ship a charger along with the product to start with. Surprisingly my phone is connected with the headset even when the headset is turned off. However, it's kind of strange the the vive android app can't just show the battery level of the vive flow. That seems like the most basic feature you can imagine. As for software: yes very limited amount of apps, however, I am considering to buy a 360° camera, so that I'll be able to film while I'm on holiday, and then rewatch it on vive flow. I mean, at 450eur, you have to admit that this device isn't very expensive. It's not cheap neither, but it's acceptable.

Putting a fan in between was a nice choice

Does it run Android? The glasses look ideal for business applications e.g. virtual meetings or virtual tours. I am a little disappointed though I expected this to support AR and compete with the HoloLens 2

can we just talk about the handshake!!! @ 6:51

They say it wasn't meant to compete with the quest 2 but I feel like it could have almost killed or compered with it if it had controllers and virtual desktop support

Kinda disappointed they didn't go for some AR stuff, seems like it'd be perfect for it... Also, why not build the battery into the carrying case? That way they'd keep the lighter weight, but you wouldn't need an extra battery to attach to it all the time.

Cool

I'm not trying to be a fanboy or hate on HTC, but why would somebody ever buy this over a quest 2?..

If this headset excelled at providing a nice theater like experience, HTC could be tapping into something here. Even when things get back to normal, alot of people have begun to prefer watching new releases at home. If a headset concentrated on doing REALLY good theater experiences, they could easily tie that in with a subscription service set up by studios. The future I'd say.

but IS it possible to ALSO use controllers on it?

I thought the website said there was pass-through cameras for spatial awareness?

Is the graphic better than G2 or as good?

Flow vs Quest 2, which is more immersive and has a better visual for non gaming apps?

why no IPD adjustments? That sweet spot must be HUGE.

This looked like it’d be a good upgrade from my Oculus Go, but no controller, no headphone jack, no battery and Android only control?? I think I’d rather buy an Nreal Air (please do a video on those if you can get any info!!).

So, it's a slightly better version of the Oculus Go?

Was really excited about the form factor until I heard about the external battery requirement.

What’s the benefit of this vs a Quest 2? Most of the meditation apps are on Quest 2 and is far cheaper and can do more. The only cool thing about this the form factor but once Oculus makes a similar form factor that’s it, it’s done.