{"id":631922,"date":"2026-06-10T21:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631922\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:58:17","slug":"htc-vive-pre-side-by-side-shows-significant-size-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631922\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC Vive Pre Side-by-side Shows Significant Size Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the original HTC Vive development kit has impressed many with its\u00a0\u2018room-scale\u2019 VR capability, the unit was a full step behind its competitors in the ergonomics department. The Vive Pre, the second development kit of the VR headset, looks to have taken a significant stab at bringing ergonomics up to par.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the likes of the Oculus Rift CV1 and PlayStation VR, the HTC Vive development kit is quite bulky and heavy.\u00a0We\u2019ve been looking forward to seeing the design of the device evolve as it gets closer to a consumer-ready state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/htc-vive-pre-dk2-development-kit-ces-2016\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Revealed today in detail at CES 2016<\/a>, the second \u2018Vive Pre\u2019 dev kit brings the overall size of the headset down quite significantly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roadtovr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vive-pre.jpg?quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-modal-image td-post-image-full aligncenter wp-image-40260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vive-pre-680x454.jpg\" alt=\"vive-pre\" width=\"681\" height=\"454\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comparison photos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oculus\/comments\/3zmbnw\/side_by_side_vive_dev_kit_and_vive_pre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot by Reddit user \u2018GalacticInquisitor\u2019<\/a>, a member of developer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stresslevelzero.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">StressLevelZero<\/a>, show the first and second Vive dev kits side by side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roadtovr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vive-pre-size-comparison.jpg?quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vive-pre-size-comparison-680x425.jpg\" alt=\"vive-pre-size-comparison\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the front of the device is cleaner and definitely smaller, it\u2019s the depth of the Vive Pre that sees the biggest improvements. With the Vive Pre sitting closer to the face, perceived weight will be reduced even if actual weight isn\u2019t (so far we don\u2019t have hard weight measurements to compare the two).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.roadtovr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/htc-vive-pre.jpg?quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-modal-image td-post-image-right wp-image-40183 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/htc-vive-pre-325x203.jpg\" alt=\"htc-vive-pre\" width=\"325\" height=\"203\"\/><\/a>HTC Vive Pre with improved design across headset, controllers, and \u2018Lighthouse\u2019 trackers.<\/p>\n<p>Also helpful in improving ergonomics is an improved strap system which forgoes the rear \u2018T\u2019 connection in favor of a triangular shape which hugs the back of the head, similar to the Oculus Rift CV1.<\/p>\n<p>While these improvements are welcome, the consumer version of the Vive, now set to launch in April, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/consumer-htc-vive-headset-modular-headphones-new-mounting-system-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">further evolve before hitting consumers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the original HTC Vive development kit has impressed many with its\u00a0\u2018room-scale\u2019 VR capability, the unit was a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[213935,34998,73205,213936,213937,213938,213939,213940,213941,213942,86,56,54,55,4297,4298,4299],"class_list":["post-631922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-ces-2016","tag-htc","tag-htc-vive","tag-htc-vive-comparison","tag-htc-vive-pre","tag-htc-vive-pre-comparison","tag-htc-vive-pre-size","tag-htc-vive-pre-weight","tag-htc-vive-size","tag-htc-vive-weigt","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}