TPCast enables 4-person wireless VR with Business Edition Adapter for HTC Vive

Until now, going truly wireless with a single HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset was fairly easy — assuming you were willing to buy a TPCast Wireless Adapter. Today, TPCast is shipping the Business Edition (BE) Wireless Adapter, capable of simultaneously supporting up to four players with the same sub-2-millisecond latency of the original model. It is billed as the first multi-user tetherless VR solution in the U.S. market.

The BE Wireless Adapter has changed a little since it was first announced last year. It still consists of a wireless receiver module that goes atop your head with a battery pack that mounts behind your head. There’s also a PC transmitter module to connect to your computer, and a “business class” router to handle the VR data traffic. But TPCast has cut the originally promised six-player compatibility down to four, and initially will only offer HTC Vive support. An Oculus-compatible version will follow in Q3 of 2018.