HTC hasn’t exactly made friends with anyone’s wallets recently. Earlier this year the company launched its enhanced HTC Vive Pro headset as a standalone package at a staggering $799, and just recently launched the full bundle for a total of $1,399. But the spending doesn’t stop there; if you’re a Vive Pro owner that’s planning to pick up HTC’s official wireless adapter set to release later this year, it looks like you’ll have to lay down yet more cash to actually fit it to your headset.
This weekend, HTC published the setup guide for the adapter, which cuts the chords between your headset and PC for a tetherless VR experience. The guide appears to have been taken down, but you can still see a cached version. At one point, the guide asks you to select the type of Vive you have, including the original, one fitted with the Deluxe Audio Strap and the Pro. As the above imagines shows, though, selecting the Pro presents you with a warning that users need to buy an additional Attach Kit for Wireless Adapter to use the kit.
That’s right, if you own the more expensive headset, it looks like you’ll need to buy another peripheral to make sure you can use another peripheral.
Clicking on the link for the Attach Kit leads to another dead end right now. We don’t know how much the adapter itself is going to cost, nor this add-on, so we can’t tell you how much it’ll add on to your already-expensive purchase. We’ve reached out to HTC to confirm that Pro users do indeed need to buy this add-on to use the adapter, and ask why it couldn’t just be included with that comes in the box already.
Are you a Vive Pro owner? Would you be willing to shell out yet more money to go wireless? Let us know in the comments below.
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