Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2017

Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC leading all aspects of the Vive/VR business in the region. He has had over 22 years of business management experience in the tech industry, including 15 years operating in Greater China. Guest Article by Alvin Wang Graylin. VR can erase race and gender inequality gaps.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

It aims to strengthen initiatives to make the US more competitive with tech giant China. She stated that XR and immersive tech have great potential in healthcare , education , and workforce training. The landmark bill will fund US semiconductor manufacture and research. The law encompasses over $52 billion in subsidies.

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ARPost

JULY 9, 2020

China-based AR glasses manufacturer Rokid announced the second generation of their Rokid Glass model in January. Early this month, they announced in a press release shared with ARPost that the glasses had finished mass production and are preparing to ship. A Look at the Rokid Glass 2 AR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Now a new fascinating hypothesis comes from China about Tencent VR: Tencent may be in talks with Meta about becoming a distributor of Quest 2 in China. Meta could sell a lot of headsets in China , a market which it can’t enter because of the block of everything Meta-related carried on by the Chinese government.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! Robert thinks that Apple will have like 2-3 years of monopoly in the AR glasses sector , then the real competition will come, maybe also from China.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Popular Chinese search engine Baidu has announced it is expanding its augmented reality (AR) focus into areas such as travel, architecture and healthcare and moving away from online advertising.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Shanghai, China’s most populous city, is set to create five industrial regions valued at $70 billion USD up to 2030, with one boosting the nation’s emerging tech and extended reality (XR) capabilities, Yicai Global reported on Thursday. China’s 1.85 Huawei XR Efforts amid US-China Trade War.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

More info (The video showing Blink Energy’s CTO wearing the smart contact lens) More info (Blink Energy’s official website) News worth a mention (Image by Meta) Meta is reportedly not releasing Quest to China anymore A few months ago, a report informed us that Meta was partnering with Tencent to bring to China a Quest headset.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Enterprise Continues Growth Trajectory: For software, the main growth is in enterprise solutions and content creation tools across multiple sectors, including automotive, pharmaceutical, and healthcare, among others. The US Army’s $479M contract with Microsoft Hololens in late 2018 is the biggest validation of enterprise value of AR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2017

Baidu’s lab, which currently employs 55 people according Reuters , is intended to drive revenue through AR marketing as well as open up the potential to explore healthcare, education and tourism within the new medium.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Internet of Healthcare Things. Healthcare is a huge area of opportunity for IoT technology, and the value of the market for IoT-enabled health devices is set to hit $267 billion by 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Target sectors include remote work, collaboration, law, healthcare, tourism, education, manufacturing, and many others. Additional countries with similar plans to compete as a global tech hub include the United States , China , South Korea, Barbados, the European Union, and many others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For example, researchers in China continue to tap into 5G networks. Thanks to the new networks, regional healthcare partners use 5G-ready XR headsets to perform cancer operations. While the world has yet to see the full capabilities of 5G and XR. Both technologies will play vital roles in moulding the future of work.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

Vive X Demo Days is designed to give participants a place to showcase their innovations in enterprise tools and solutions, workforce training, healthcare, streaming technology, social applications, location-based entertainment, foundational technology, and more. ifGames is one of the first VR game studios in China.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

Morgan Asset Management and is said to accelerate “global expansion, particularly in Asia,” as the company opens an office in Shanghai, China. The round was led by J.P. ” The head of J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, Lawrence Unrein, is joining Leap’s board of directors.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

For instance, a clinic center in San Diego is experimenting with how to use it for healthcare. More info (VCs think about the enterprise uses of the Vision Pro) More info (Vision Pro for healthcare in San Diego) But there is not only good news for Apple. The expected price should be inferior to Apple’s one, around $2000.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 22, 2020

Will China’s coronavirus-related trends shape the future for American VCs? investors might have taken comfort from China’s rebound , we still find ourselves in the early innings of this period of uncertainty. More posts by this contributor. While some U.S. Image Credits: PitchBook.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Alvin Graylin, HTC China President, presented the Auggie for Best Head-Worn Device. Best Healthcare and Wellness Solution. The Auggie for Best Healthcare and Wellness Solution was presented by XR Association CEO, Elizabeth Hyman, to an XR project “making us more fit, more serene,” or “empowering doctors and nurses.”

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

HTC and the Shenzhen Municipal Government announced plans to set up a joint China VR Research Institute, creating a 10 billion RMB (~$1.45 billion USD) Shenzhen VR Investment Fund to accelerate the development of the VR industry in China. HTC has been instrumental in spreading VR across China | Photo courtesy Alvin Wang Graylin.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

I heard a rumor about this device coming during my latest trip to China, and it’s cool to see that it is finally happening. … but it sounds very good for fitness and healthcare applications. Oppo MR headset Picture of the just announced Oppo MR dev kit The first one is a new mixed-reality headset by Oppo.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Revolutionizing Healthcare Maybe some Worlds are so central to some stories that you wouldn’t want to go anywhere else, but sometimes several places drive the story line. And where the British Navy pounded mainland China with an artillery assault it had never felt before. Drug dealing.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2017

One of those was developed by three Biomedical Engineering students from Xidian University in China, who came up with the idea after meeting at their school’s Innovation Lab.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Vive Studios is actively creating and funding content for not just games, but other key VR categories such as education, cinematic, design, social, real estate, and sports along with tools and applications that will help traditional industries like media, retail, healthcare, and location-based entertainment centers and arcades.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Just the time to eat some homemade pasta and I got a cold, which mixed with the jet lag of the trip from China, means that I’m truly having some great days But nothing can stop me from writing the roundup of the best AR/VR news of the week for you, my lovely readers! I’m back in Italy!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Finally after China and United States, also India has entered the AR race with the launch of the Jio AR glasses. Learn more (VR in healthcare event) Learn more (Oculus Quest giveaway). So, thanks Pico for what you are still doing. Jio launches its AR glasses. There are 5 available .

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 23, 2023

trillion – more than the combined economic output of China and India combined. A Norwegian Salmon-farming business has implemented what is effectively facial recognition for fish to automate the feeding and healthcare of its stocks. AI, on the other hand, could generate up to $15.7

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

This is something we’ve been working on for a long time,” HTC China President Alvin Graylin said in accepting the award. Best in Healthcare and Wellness XR Association President Elizabeth Hyman called the field of healthcare and wellness “a great way to change the world” in presenting the Auggie Award for this category.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

VRWaibao offers a multiplayer collaboration platform in VR, while also creating a wide range of enterprise VR applications for customers in banking, manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, military and more. Future Tech is a Chengdu, China- based studio that creates quality games and VR content for users around the world.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2017

With the new cash, Leap Motion says its primary goal will be a global expansion into Asia, with a new office opening in Shanghai, China. ” The post Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 1, 2016

The group is headed by HTC’s China Regional President of VR, Alvin Wang Graylin. HTC says the first group of companies to join the Vive X accelerator will be announced in July after having received some 1,200 applications to the program, more than 50% of which came from China.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Among other things, I have written a fantastic post about the VR concerts worth millions of dollars that Pico is doing in China ; I have been interviewed in a podcast by Moonbase ; and this Saturday I will be close to Turin (Italy) speaking at a science and technology festival about my work in immersive concerts. Kura is still alive.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Future Tech is a Chengdu, China- based studio that creates quality games and VR content for users around the world. The company has selected more than 300 top-quality VR contents from 50+ partners in 15 countries, introduced them to China, and created world’s first professional VR cinema.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

GE Healthcare handles the process for manufacturing most of its complicated medical equipment in China. The XR Garage even built a visualisation solution where students in the healthcare environment can view holograms of a patient’s spine during surgery. Microsoft HoloLens and GE.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

This is very interesting, but of course it is not for consumer use , but more for research or healthcare centers. In fact, the glasses cost £20,000. And they are not even covered in gold.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 20, 2022

The initiative will also target national tourism, remote work and collaboration, healthcare, legal, education, retail, and other key sectors, and also aims to collaborate on setting global metaverse standards for infrastructure and regulations.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Enterprise should not be confused with Pico 4 Pro, which is sold in China as a prosumer device. This is incredibly relevant for companies that work with sensitive information, like the ones in the healthcare sector. In 2023, it is going to be certified with ISO 27001/27701 which are standards about information security.

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Cats and VR

JULY 17, 2017

As part of the funding round, Lawrence Unrein, Global Head of J.P.

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