VALVe's "HTC Vive" Free for Developers

VALVe has Plans to Offer "Qualified" Developers the HTC Vive Developer Edition for Free ("at Least Initially") to Help Jumpstart the Fledgling VR Game Market, Reports Ars Technica. They Say Some Vive Developer Editions Have already Gone Out and VALVe's Doug Lombardi Tells them, they will Provide an Online Application for "all interested developers, big or small", which they Hope to Have Online by Next Week. This is a Stark Contrast to How Oculus Rift is Charging around $350.00 for Rift Development Kits, which May be More than the Price of the Eventual Consumer Units.




VALVe's SteamVR Page has a Description of the Developer Edition:


"Built to deliver high-end VR, the HTC Vive Developer Edition is the first look at SteamVR. The dev kit comes with a headset, two controllers and two base stations — everything you need to dive in and start creating new interactive VR experiences. It will be available this spring, followed by consumer edition hardware later in 2015."




Info Sources:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/valve-to-offer-htc-vive-developer-edition-for-free

http://store.steampowered.com/universe/vr