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I tried HTC Vive, insulted by a robot and loved it!

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Whether you are in the actual ocean or in a virtual world, when a 
mighty blue whale lazily swims over you and flicks its tail, you duck. 
There is no other way to react to it, even though when you are in the 
virtual world you know that you are the master of your universe. 
This
 is what I realised when I was standing on a virtual shipwreck at the 
bottom of the ocean, as a blue whale and stingrays swam around me. The 
scene is from one of the demos that HTC was giving with Vive, its 
virtual reality headgear, to select journalists and technology bloggers 
at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It also showcases the incredible 
potential that the virtual reality has and the opportunities that 
products like Vive have in the market in the coming months. 
For 
now Vive is in beta stage. In fact, the hardware is at such an early 
stage of the development that it is not yet available to even 
developers. But it is a promising - no, make it extremely promising - 
product. Built by HTC using the virtual reality technology of Valve, the
 influential gaming developer, the Vive is arguably one of the best 
implementation of virtual reality we have seen so far. In many cases it 
is better than the much praised virtual-reality headsets made by Oculus,
 a Facebook-owned company. Though in some cases, it also seems inferior. 
It is also a lot different from other virtual reality headsets. 
 
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Unlike
 the other virtual reality headsets, which hope to bring the richly 
detailed virtual world to consumers with the help of one headset, the 
Vive is built using a unique approach. It is not exactly a headset. It 
is a system, a system that involves using a small room, a few 
wall-mounted modules that throw laser beams, a powerful computer, a few 
wireless game controllers, a headphone, a virtual-reality headsets and 
lots of sensors. 
The resulting product is something that offers incredible virtual reality experience. 
 
At
 MWC, HTC showed five demos with Vive, with the last one being a totally
 mind-blowing experience involving a smartass robot. Once a user has put
 on the headset, headphone and has grabbed the controllers, the Vive 
system creates a virtual room. In this room physical walls are 
represented with a wired fence. Then, the virtual environment is created
 around your vision. 
In the first demo I found myself standing on a
 ship that probably went under the water a long long time ago. The ship 
railings had rust and mold on them, fish came out of nooks and corners 
and stingrays were floating above me. I moved around the ship - actually
 room - to explore it. It was all nice and beautiful, with sharp enough 
textures and good colours. It was like being inside a movie, or 
exploring the depth of ocean in an air bubble. The wow moment came when 
the blue whale appeared on my left. Just a little beyond my reach, it 
swam. It went around the old ship, from left to right, moved a little up
 in the water and then flicked its tail. Wow! Gorgeous animal and one 
mind-blowing moment. 
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 the second demo, I was placed in a virtual kitchen. A lot of items were
 on the kitchen shelf and I could manipulate them. During my brief stay 
in this kitchen, a voice whispered in my ear that I could try to make 
soup. Unfortunately, omelette is all that I can cook so no (but nice try
 kitchen AI). But I played with the kitchen items and by the time demo 
ended, I had to managed to put tomatoes in a pot that was on the gas 
burner, break a knife, topple a few books on culinary, heat up something
 in the oven and throw a few utensils here and there. 
The third 
demo was something where I was just a spectator. But that doesn't mean 
it was boring. There was a war going on between two armies - it was like
 a strategy game with miniature soldiers and tiny planes - on a tablet 
and I was standing in middle of the tablet. The warring armies were 
oblivious to my presence and they continued unabated while I saw the 
tiny planes crash after being hit by rockets and small soldiers vanish 
in a puff of smoke when the bullets pierced them. 
In the fourth 
demo I was given a virtual brush. The task was simple: Use the brush and
 draw stuff in the air. By the time this demo finished there were a 
number of brush strokes floating in front of me, all their full virtual 
3D brilliance.  
But it was the fifth demo that really showed 
the full potential of the Vive. For this demo, I was placed in a robot 
repair facility. Now, those of you who are familiar with Valve will 
realise that the the company has a special affinity to virtual robots. 
Yes, I am talking about the Portal video game where robots are friends 
as well as foes. The Portal is set around the fictional lab managed by 
fictional company Aperture Science. The lab is largely controlled by 
GLaDOS, an artificial intelligence (AI), entity with a wry humour and a 
tendency to play pranks. 
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 the demo, I was supped to fix a broken robot. First, AI, probably 
working under GLaDOS, spewed out some commands a a rapid pace. i felt 
like a new employee who had no skills and was all at sea in the new 
office. As I completed the tasks, the AI said I was slow learner and 
this robot repair thing was not going to work out. Still, I was given a 
chance to repair the robot. A hatch opened, and a robot - P-Body from 
Portal game - which was nursing some broken parts stood up and walked 
towards me to enter the repair chamber. Next, the repairman had to open 
the front portion of the robot and look for a button that would fix the 
poor thing. But as soon as the front portion opened, I was told by the 
smartass UI that I had three minutes to fix it all or else Mr P-body 
would self-destruct. 
Of course, that's how the simulation was 
designed. Soon, three minutes were up and the poor robot saw its parts 
falling on the ground. It tried to stand up and keep the posture but 
soon it was down on the floor, which then disappeared. 
This is 
when GLaDOS appeared. She then chided me for the destruction of the 
robot repair chamber. Ordered it to be fixed and then rambled about how 
humans were fit for nothing. She said that when she heard of the plan to
 allow humans to repair robots, she was concerned because she had doubts
 about their abilities. But now she is not. In fact, she thought it was a
 nice idea because it was hilarious to watch a human try to repair a 
robot. 
"You are probably overqualified to do this," she mocked! 
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 was the end of the demo and I had my jaw on the floor. around a year 
ago, I had tried Oculus's virtual reality headset. Since then Oculus has
 improved its product. But compare to that experience one year ago, I 
feel the Vive is in a different league. It is so much better. First of 
all, it is a full body virtual reality environment. Second, the 
atmosphere it can create is so much more detailed and rich. There are no
 poor frame rates and the virtual scenes feel as real as the gang 
environment created on powerful computers nowadays. 
Of course, we 
still don't know so many things about the Vive. The technology is still 
new, is likely expensive. There are no clear datelines about the 
availability of the product as well as content for it. But after 
spending some 15 odd minutes with it, we can say that it has great 
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Hands-on: HTC One M9 keeps the metal body

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There are two true flagship that have been launched at MWC this year,
 at least the two have been much awaited by the Android users. One is 
the Samsung Galaxy S6 and its Edge variant. We covered both in a lot of 
detail on Monday. The second is HTC One M9, the new flagship phone from 
Taiwanese manufacturer. 
HTC One M9 replaces the HTC One M8 in the 
company's lineup. But it is a very incremental update, at least as far 
as smartphones go. The design of the M9 and M8 is exactly the same. In 
fact, you put both of them together most users will find it hard to tell
 the differences in the looks between the two. 
This is both a good
 thing and bad. It is good because the HTC One M8 has a fantastic 
design. And so does the M9. It uses a well-crafted and polished metal 
body with rounded edges. It is also fairly compact and fits well in 
hands. But as much as we like the design of the M9 (and the M8) we can't
 help feel that it is also stale. HTC is using this design for almost 
three years now. The HTC One (which launched in 2013) had a similar 
design. Then it was tweaked for the M8 and now with M9 the design 
changes - like squarish camera lens unlike round one on the M8- are so 
subtle that most people won't notice them. 
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 fact that HTC uses the same design for the M8 Eye and may use it again 
for the rumoured slower variant of the M8 also adds to the feeling that 
there is not much unique about the M9. 
HTC also doesn't help much 
here. The new phone comes with hardware upgrades but they too are 
modest. The performance was never an issue for the HTC One M8 and it is 
not an issue for the HTC One M9. When we tried the device we found it 
fast and extremely responsive. With Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, which is 
the latest and greatest processor from the chip company, inside the M9, 
it deals with apps and games with ease and without showing any lag. 
Scrolling is smooth and so is switching between tasks. 
Sense, the 
user interface that runs on top of the Android Lollipop in HTC Phones, 
continues to be a joy to use. Although here too, you won't much 
differences between the Sense running on the M8 and the user interface 
on the M9 
But there is one area where we did not find any 
improvement and that is screen. The M9 comes with a 5-inch screen with 
1080p resolution. The screen is sharp and vibrant but it is not the 
league of what is available on phones like the Galaxy S6. 
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 too has been changed. Unlike the ultrapixel camera in the M8 the M9 
comes with a regular camera on the rear. It is a 20MP camera and while 
we will have more to say about it when the devices launch in India, from
 some of the photos we clicked with it in the dimly-lit demo zone we get
 the impression that it is a very capable camera. Although it may not 
turn out to be as good as the one in the iPhone 6 or the Galaxy S6. 
However, HTC has said that currently camera software on the M9 is not 
final and performance will be better with updated software. 
 
Of
 course, there is a lot more to HTC M9 than what we can cover in first 
impressions. But for that we will need to spend more time with the 
device, something we will possibly do when it launches in India. 
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 now, we can say that it seems to be a rather incremental - but solid - 
update to the M8. It doesn't dazzle (anymore) because of its rather old -
 but still awesome - design. But it seems that when it comes to 
providing good smartphone experience, the One M9 is going to be as 
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Hands-on: HTC One M9 keeps the metal body

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Design  
 
Design
 has been HTC's strongest suit in the last few years. Universally, its 
M7 and M9 have proven to be the prettiest Android phones around. 
Samsung's offerings, unfortunately, haven't been loved on the flipside. 
This year, things could change as the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge bring
 impressive industrial design stories to the table. Both phones have a 
sturdy metal frame backed up with Gorilla Glass on both sides. And they 
look impressive. 
HTC decided to stick with its tried and tested 
metal design, which it heralded in the M7 back in 2013 and refined it in
 the M8 in 2014. The M9 looks very similar to the M8, and that is not a 
bad thing. It looks handsome, no doubt, but it no longer is a no-brainer
 if you are a stickler for aesthetics. Samsung's offering is equally 
compelling and it will be a subjective choice at the end of the day. 
Samsung
 also does some things better than HTC's flagship. Its S6 and S6 Edge 
are significantly slimmer at 6.8mm and 7mm respectively. The M9, by 
modern standards, is rather chubby at 9.6mm. It is also heavier than the
 two Galaxy S6 models at 157 grams. The Galaxy S6 weighs 138 grams while
 the Galaxy S6 edge is lighter at 132 grams. 
If you'd be 
critical, then as the M9 looks similar to its predecessor, it can be 
argued it brings nothing new to the table in terms of design. It perhaps
 lacks an X-factor, which Samsung nails with the curved screen on the 
Galaxy S6 edge. 
Display  
 
While Samsung's phones have
 always possessed beautiful eye catching Super AMOLED screens, they 
often don't have colours that appear true to life. HTC's screens often 
do well in this regard with the use of LCD technology. The M9 continues 
to use a 5-inch 1080p LCD screen, which should be good going by history.
 However, on paper, it is no match for Samsung's Super AMOLED quad-HD 
panel on the Galaxy S6. The M9 is super sharp at 441 pixels per inch, 
but the Galaxy S6 has an almost absurd 577 ppi density. The Galaxy S6 
Edge even adds curves on the sides of the screen, which makes it the 
more innovative one of the lot. HTC's LCD screen will probably fare 
better under direct sunlight, but Samsung's screen will likely have 
deeper blacks and will be more battery efficient. 
Camera  
 
For
 the last few years, HTC has attempted to innovate on the camera front. 
However, it has failed to provide its users with a dependable camera. 
Compared to phones from Sony, Samsung and Apple, HTC's One line of 
phones have had inferior cameras. Its UltraPixel technology has also 
copped a lot of flak and this has resulted in HTC adopting a traditional
 20.7-megapixel camera on the back. This is a good move of course, but 
the 16-megapixel camera on the Galaxy S6 according to Samsung is better 
than even the iPhone 6 Plus. Even in our hands-on we found that the 
camera on the Galaxy S6 was very impressive. So, beating the Galaxy S6 
camera will be a hard act. 
The rear camera also misses out on 
optical image stabilisation something which the Galaxy S6 has, so it is 
likely its low-light performance will be inferior. 
On the front, 
however, things could be very tight between the Galaxy S6 and the One 
(M9). HTC has not completely abandoned its UltraPixel technology as now 
it makes an appearance on the front. UltraPixel technology basically 
allows the camera sensor to absorb more light as the pixel size is 
significantly larger. This improves performance in low-light but it 
sacrifices resolution, which results in softness and less detail. This 
results in inferior image quality for a rear camera, but as people 
mostly take selfies from the front camera, it can turn out to be a boon.
 HTC has also thrown in a flash for the front camera.  Samsung has also 
added a 5-megapixel camera on the front, which has a wide f/1.9 
aperture, however, it missed out on a flash. 
Overall, things should be close when it comes down to the front camera. 
Performance  
 
The
 HTC One (M9) is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core 
processor, which also has support for 64-bit apps. This is probably 
going to be the processor that is used in most Android flagships in the 
first half of the year. Already, LG has announced the G-Flex 2, which 
uses the same chip. It is a fast chip and performance should be very 
very good. 
However, if Samsung is believed then the Galaxy S6 
could one-up the One (M9). Unlike most manufacturers, Samsung even makes
 its own Exynos line of processors. In previous years, its Exynos 
variants were reserved for markets like India where there was no 4G 
connectivity. It used Qualcomm's silicon for developed markets like the 
US as its own processors lacked 4G support. With the new Exynos 7420, 
that limitation no longer exists. 
Moreover, in terms of pure 
performance too, Samsung believes it has a better SoC as it is based on a
 14nm process, which is an industry first. It claims that the Exynos 
7420 octa-core processor is 35 per cent faster than the Qualcomm 
Snapdragon 805, which used in the Galaxy Note 4 and is more frugal. 
This
 could be the case as Qualcomm's chips normally have an advantage over 
rivals like Samsung and MediaTek because of their custom Krait cores. 
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 uses standard ARM Cortex A53 and A57 cores, 
just like the Exynos 7420, but is manufactured on an inferior 20nm 
process.  While both phones have 3GB RAM, the Galaxy S6 also uses faster
 DDR4 RAM. 
In recent weeks, leaked benchmarks of the Galaxy S6 
have also revealed that the phone benchmarks higher than any Android 
smartphone we have seen to-date. 
Software  
 
Both the 
phones run on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Samsung has vastly improved its much
 maligned TouchWiz UI by adopting a less intrusive UI and Google's 
material design principles. It also is the one that is heavier on 
feature with cool multitasking functions like multi-window. That said, 
we expect the HTC One (M9) to provide the better UI as it has the 
cleaner and prettier Sense UI. HTC also allows the user to theme the 
interface, a feature the Galaxy S6 lacks. 
One area, where the Galaxy S6 could have an edge is in terms of professional use as it incorporates the Knox security package. 
Battery  
 
The
 HTC One (M9) has the bigger 2,880mAh battery. The Galaxy S6 has a 
smaller 2,550mAh battery, while the 'edge' model has a 2,600mAh battery.
 However, things are little more complicated. As the Galaxy S6 uses the 
more frugal display technology, things could even out. That said, things
 could also get reversed as Samsung's phones have incredible quad-HD 
screens as opposed to a  standard 1080p resolution on the M9. 
Samsung's
 phones also have more tricks. The South Korean company claims that its 
phone can offer 4 hours of battery life with just 10 minutes of 
charging, and goes on to say that its batteries are the fastest charging
 modules currently on a phone. HTC does not make any such claims, 
however, it leverages Qualcomm's Quick Charge technology, which too 
ensures faster charging. 
Memory

Samsung's new 
Galaxy smartphones uncharacteristically eschew a microSD card slot. To 
make up for that, Samsung offers generous SKUs which start at 32GB and 
go up to 128GB. HTC's One (M9) is only offered in one model. A 32GB 
model, but it also has a microSD card slot that supports up to 128GB of 
expansion. 
Miscellaneous  
 
In typical Samsung 
fashion, the Galaxy S6 comes with a bag full of tricks. It has an iPhone
 like fingerprint scanner, and also has a heart rate monitor on the 
back. These are certainly nice additions. HTC's One M9 provides neither,
 however, it does come with new BoomSound speakers, which in the past 
have proven to be the best speakers on a smartphone. They also use 
Dolby's audio technology, which is always a good thing. Considering the 
single speaker and slim design of the S6, it is likely that the One (M9)
 will have an edge in terms of audio and loudspeaker quality. 
Wrap Up 
 
The
 Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge seem like a drastic overhaul of Samsung's 
flagship smartphone, while the HTC One (M9) feels more like an 
evolutionary step. Both offer a lot in their own right, but purely based
 on the specs, the Galaxy S6 could have a slight edge in core 
functionality and certainly packs an X-factor with its 'edge' model that
 adds the innovative curved display. The One (M9) is expected earlier in
 March, while the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge will be launched in April. </div>
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