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Friday 1 July 2016
Huawei to launch VR device in July
Huawei Technologies will launch a head-mounted VR (virtual reality) device in mid-July 2016. In order to encourage content development, Huawei has set up a platform and SDK to tout...
Thursday 30 June 2016
HTC, investment firms to form VR venture capital alliance
HTC has announced that it has teamed up with a total of 28 venture investment companies, including Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners, to form the Virtual Reality Venture Capital...
Tuesday 28 June 2016
China market: Subor Electronics teams up with AMD to develop VR gaming chip, says report
China-based educational electronics device provider Subor Electronics Technology has signed a contract with AMD to develop a VR gaming-enabled chip in order to enter the educational...
Tuesday 28 June 2016
HTC to start marketing Vive via retail shops in Japan
HTC has announced that it will hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 7 to promote sales of its HTC Vive through physical retail shops in Japan.
Monday 27 June 2016
Sony to ship 9 million PS VR headsets in 2016, says paper
Sony is expected to ship up to six million units of PlayStation VR (PS VR) headsets in 2016, accounting for 67% of the global VR HMD market, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Monday 27 June 2016
Quanta to launch 360-degree VR add-on camera
Quanta Computer has developed a 360-degree live VR (virtual reality) streaming add-on camera through cooperation with ImmerVision, a Canada-based developer of immersive optical and...
Monday 27 June 2016
HTC seeks to spin off VR business
The establishment of an independent VR (virtual reality) subsidiary will help HTC build alliances with, or solicit equity investment from, potential strategic partners, HTC president...
Friday 24 June 2016
Acer achieves breakthroughs in non-PC businesses, says chairman
Acer chairman George Huang has said the company's new business development is heading to the right direction and has achieved breakthroughs in areas including virtual reality (VR),...
Monday 20 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Arcade-type VR gaming business model workable
Suppliers in the PC supply chain are looking to the VR (virtual reality) gaming market for future growth as digital gaming appears to have become one of the main applications of VR...
Thursday 16 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Growing VR ecosystem to accelerate development of VR video market
Video and gaming applications for virtual reality (VR) devices were the highlights of the recently concluded Computex 2016 as demonstrated by the number of related products and exhibitors...
Tuesday 14 June 2016
HTC launches new mid-range smartphone, ties up with Bethesda Softworks
HTC has unveiled a new mid-range smartphone, the HTC One S9, which will be available at its exclusive shops in the Taiwan market on June 17 priced at NT$9,990 (US$309) unlocked. The...
Tuesday 7 June 2016
Pegatron lays claims to VR backpack idea
Pegatron Technology has claimed it started developing virtual reality (VR) backpacks much earlier than its competitors Micro-Star International (MSI) and Zotac, both of which showcased...
Friday 3 June 2016
Pegatron to announce non-notebook products on June 7
Pegatron Technology will host a press conference on June 7 to announce its entry into the virtual reality, smart home, pre-school education and drone markets and will demonstrate...
Friday 3 June 2016
Acer to provide hardware for IMAX VR theaters, says CEO
IMAX will set up six virtual reality (VR) theaters around the world and will partner with Sweden-based games developer Starbreeze. Acer will provide VR headsets, high-end PCs for...
Friday 3 June 2016
Asustek expected to focus on development of IoT, robots, AR/VR
Asustek Computer is expected to shift its development focus to Internet of Things (IoT), robot and virtual /argument reality (VR/AR) products, seeing the motherboard/graphics card...