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Thursday 22 September 2016
Oculus reportedly in talks with MSI for VR cooperation
Oculus reportedly is also interested in virtual reality (VR) backpack PC products developed by Micro-Star International (MSI), and the two companies are currently in talks for cooperation,...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Acer to release VR backpack for 2017, targeting B2B market
Acer is planning to launch a virtual reality (VR) backpack for 2017, but instead of the consumer sector, the product will mainly focus on the business to business (B2B) market. The...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
MSI partners with HTC to release VR One backpack PC
Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched the VR One, a virtual reality (VR) backpack PC, in partnership with HTC's Vive team, featuring high-end specifications, specially designed...
Thursday 8 September 2016
Commentary: Business outlook for HMD VR devices still unclear
With HTC, Samsung Electronics, Oculus and Google keenly developing hardware devices and related software solutions, the virtual reality (VR) industry looks promising. But not all...
Thursday 8 September 2016
Chaintech to push VR applications with China channel retailer Pason
Taiwan-based motherboard/graphics card player Chaintech recently signed letter of intent with China-based IT channel retailer Pason to provide product planning assistance and capacity...
Thursday 1 September 2016
Acer begins shipping StarVR devices
Acer has begun small volume shipments of its first head-mounted display (HMD) VR device, the StarVR, and will ramp up shipments in 2017, according to company CEO Jason Chen. Acer...
Thursday 1 September 2016
IFA 2016: Acer unveils VR devices and new notebooks
Acer has unveiled a number of new products, including ultrathin notebooks, Chromebooks, VR devices, 2-in-1 models, tablets and smartphones, at a product presentation prior to the...
Thursday 1 September 2016
HTC invests in medicare VR software developer Surgical Theater
HTC has invested a total of US$11 million in medicare VR software developer Surgical Theater, accounting for a 21.09% stake in the software company, according to the company.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
HTC speeding up development of Viveport app store
HTC has said that it will continue to strengthen the development of its virtual reality app store, Viveport, as a means to foster the HTC Vive ecosystem and to ramp up sales of the...
Friday 12 August 2016
Himax looks to 5-10% revenue growth in 3Q16
LCD driver IC specialist Himax Technologies expects to post revenue growth of 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016.
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Aliyun forms strategic cooperation with HTC to develop VR solutions based on cloud computing technology
Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), a cloud service provider belonging to the Alibaba Group, on August 9 announced a strategic cooperation agreement with HTC to develop VR (virtual reality) solutions...
Thursday 4 August 2016
Inventec expects 2H16 growth, but exchange rate fluctuations may hurt results, says chairman
Inventec chairman Richard Lee said the company's shipments, gross margins and net operating profits in the second half of 2016 are all expected to see better performances than in...
Tuesday 2 August 2016
HTC raises Vive price in the UK; invests in more developers in VR alliance, says paper
High Tech Computer (HTC) on August 1 raised the price for the Vive in the UK, up from GBP700 (US$927) to GBP759 due to the depreciation of pound. In addition, HTC also invested in...
Monday 1 August 2016
HTC picks 33 Vive X VR Accelerator start-ups in first batch
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC, in order to set up a VR (virtual reality) ecosystem, in April 2016 began to implement its Vive X VR Accelerator program with an initial supporting...
Tuesday 26 July 2016
HTC to face increasing competition in VR market in 2H16
HTC is expected to face increasing competition from other brand vendors in the VR (virtual reality) market in the second half of 2016 as VR or AR (augmented reality) devices appear...