“We have a good plan in terms of combining mobility with VR,” said Chia-lin Chang, HTC’s chief financial officer at a HTC U series launch event in Singapore. “Vive is very top end, and in the coming months you’ll see our plans in terms of mobility and VR, and it’s not a phone slapped onto a headset.

Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corp. , which is keen to diversify its product line by exploring the virtual reality business, has launched a “VR for Impact” program to fund the development of VR content and technologies. In a statement, HTC said it will invest US$10 million in the VR program, which is expected to create a positive impact and change, in a bid to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

HTC’s VR app store responds to growing VR marketplace with first-ever monthly app subscription service for consumers; also announces dedicated B2B storefronts /PRNewswire/ — Viveport, the HTC global app store, today announced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show that it is introducing the first-ever app subscription service for virtual reality content. Viveport will launch a monthly subscription service in early 2017.