HTC Vive has included MLB’s Home Run Derby VR game as a lead development partner of the tech company’s new eye-tracking technology. HTC’s Vive Pro Eye, which will debut in the second quarter of 2019, will allow Derby players to better navigate within the game environment. The news was announced at CES on Monday.
“This advances the whole immersion opportunity we have,” said Jamie Leece, MLB’s SVP of games and VR. “You can start to take away some of the traditional controls we’ve been using from old-style video games.”
Leece emphasized that allowing the user to “navigate and play in a very natural way” enables the headset wearer to remain more fully immersed within the virtual environment.