Taiwanese tech company HTC launched its new Vive XR Elite mixed reality headset at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, pitching it as a “gateway” to the metaverse.

The Vive XR Elite will act as “the ideal physical gateway into the universe of experiences offered by Viverse, our version of the metaverse,” he said. cher wangco-founder and chairwoman of HTC, in a statement accompanying the launch.

Priced at $1,099, the device doubles as a virtual reality headset with a wide FOV of 110, 4K resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate, plus directional audio, four wide FOV cameras, and a depth sensor for 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) spatial accuracy.

Like rival firm Meta’s Quest Pro headset, the Vive XR Elite can also be used as a mixed reality headset and includes a full-color RGB pass-through camera and…