HTC sold 15,000 Vive VR headsets in less than 10 minutes

The HTC Vive virtual reality headset is off to a very, very good start

Pre-orders for the $800 Vive opened on Monday and within the first 10 minutes HTC sold 15,000 units, according to Shen Ye, a VR product specialist at the company.

The first Vive headsets and controllers will ship on April 5. If you pre-order in the U.S. now, Vive headsets won't ship until May:

Doing the math based on the $800 U.S. price (the Vive will cost £689 in the UK and €899 in Europe), HTC made $12 million off those 15,000 headsets. HTC may be struggling to sell smartphones, but it already looks like its gamble on virtual reality may have been worth it. Read more...