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MAY 10, 2021

In China, it will be sold as a consumer device for around $400 , with two SKUs, one with 128GB storage, and the other one with 256GB. China has never had a “Quest moment” and this new headset with good content and an affordable price can be the kickstart of the consumer market there. Image by HTC Vive). Other relevant news.

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JULY 2, 2018

HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg’s Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. HTC has been in financial difficulty for the past few years, with stock prices falling since their all-time high in 2011. controllers.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

HTC teased a new “small” Vive headset on Twitter, sharing only this image: Go small or go home. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022. HTC confirmed the teaser was for a new headset in an email to UploadVR, and in multiple Twitter replies. Vive Focus is HTC’s standalone headset line, sold to businesses.

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JULY 23, 2021

Where: Chengdu Marriott Hotel Financial Centre, Sichuan, China. One of the biggest international events dedicated to the augmented and virtual reality will take place at the beginning of September in Chengdu Financial City in Sichuan, China. When: September 2 – September 3. AWE USA 2021. When: November 9 – November 11.

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JULY 10, 2023

As for Meta, while he appreciated the efforts of the people working there, he said that doesn’t agree much with its strategy. Regarding the Quest line, he said that Meta pursued a low-price strategy too early, even before the device’s value could be perceived by people.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. Speaking with Upload VR, HTC VIVE EMEA General Manager Graham Wheeler has predicted for 2021 the rise of all-in-two devices, that is lightweight viewers that are connected to smartphones (or also PCs sometimes). But this news is interesting because it shows HTC’s views on the topic.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Things get serious in this week’s roundup for HTC Vive, featuring Serious Sam VR , the virtual release of The Golf Club with over 130,000 courses, and much more. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. Fine China, from Fine China Games.

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MARCH 19, 2017

HTC Hits Out At Rift Exclusives. It’s been a while since that topic has been in the headlines, but HTC’s Joel Breton brought it back into the spotlight when he called out the company, saying Rift exclusives were hurting developers. Vive Ecosystem Conference Hits China Soon. VR Isn’t Safe From Cats.

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JUNE 10, 2017

Especially in China, location-based virtual reality entertainment (LBVRE) is enjoying remarkable traction, where spending on out-of-home entertainment is high. Roughly 36% rated LBVRE as an ‘important’ distribution strategy. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HTC's New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories.

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JUNE 5, 2023

The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Part of this strategy is the collaboration with Starbreeze, a Swedish game development studio who are in the process of creating a high-end VR headset called StarVR; a device that will become a key element of IMAX VR’s experience.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

a panel discussion with leading XR ethicist Kent Bye, HTC VIVE China President Alvin Graylin, WXR Fund Managing Partner Amy LaMeyer, and Creative Artist Agency ’s Chief Metaverse Officer Joanna Popper. From there, one might head back to the Mission City Ballroom for “Intersection of AI and the Metaverse: What’s Next?”

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Is it really important? And… how is Nanchang?

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JUNE 3, 2022

The panelists were technologist and author Charlie Fink, futurist at Paramount Ted Schilowitz, HTC China President Alvin Graylin, and Media.Monks SVP of Growth and Metaverse Innovation Strategy Catherine D. Graylin said that an interoperable metaverse will likely be created first in China. Big thinkers indeed.

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DECEMBER 24, 2016

recently confirmed a $30 million funding round led by Quanta and HTC. recently announced a $30 million Series C round of funding led by Quanta Computer, the world’s largest notebook computer ODM company, along with HTC and other strategic investors. We are very committed to AR/VR,” says David Chang, COO of HTC.

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Inkang Song, the Vice President and Head of the Technology Strategy Team at Samsung Electronics noted: Samsung is thrilled to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies and Google in revolutionizing the mobile industry once more. However, Qualcomm’s smartphone sales have decreased by around 8.2% in the third quarter of the year.

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APRIL 12, 2021

As if there was any doubt about HTC teasing a new VR headset late last week, the company also reconfirmed that it’s definitely on the way with an image of the device sitting under a veil. The only text to go along with the image was: “VR Headset – Confirmed” Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. Standalone?

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 So the strategies for VR companies remain to be mindful of the opportunity as well as the delays in getting revenue. The platforms are putting a lot of money to work, and there’s a lot of money coming from China,” Kraus said.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is a perfect strategy, that makes NVIDIA able to offer very comprehensive end-to-end solutions (e.g. Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments. Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. And the fact that it was not on sale was frustrating.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

I think this new pricing strategy is very important: $299 has historically been considered as the golden price to start getting mainstream adoption , and Facebook proposing this in the months that lead to the Christmas Holidays may cause a big spike in sales of virtual reality headsets. HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns. I’ll miss ya, boi.

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MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Gaming is not just popular in China, it’s more widespread than mainstream sports. For example, there are over 540 million registered gamers in China. revenues from mobile, PC and console games in China exceeded $26 billion. United States has 325.5 million, while European Union has 510.1 million people.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

And then, some days later, I’ve seen also my name quoted on Forbes… so I felt like a rich rock star that has a bath in a Jacuzzi filled with champagne; I have traveled to China , where I got in touch with various Virtual Reality startups. My new (second-hand) HTC Vive, got from the great VR man Nicolas Esposito.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

China is launching real name identification in games. While the community protests against Facebook in the West, it seems that in China the government is working for a real name policy in gaming. You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

While the same consumer-facing headsets that you’ll find on a shelf at Best Buy are popping up in VR arcades across China and elsewhere, Sensics is aiming to build a VR headset that’s optimized for the Out-of-Home market, consisting of businesses like theme parks, entertainment venues and arcades.

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JULY 17, 2018

He has more than three years of experience in market research and analysis and has delivered custom consultancy and presentations for global companies covering ideation, roadmap validation, market sizing, disruptive strategy, and competitor analysis, among other areas. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Future of Go & Standalones.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The VR market is very compact, featuring a few prominent players: Meta (with its family of Quest headsets), Valve Index, HTC Vive, Pico (popular in China) and PlayStationVR (quite challenging to get access to). Still, it later became a habit and a strategy that was well-received by players.

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APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Not much, honestly.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Third large content announcement came from Hollywood (yes, once more), with several veteran executives leaving the yet unannounced DreamWorks Pictures VR strategy with several titles in the pipeline – to form Spaces, a join venture with the Chinese Songchen Performance Development. shipped to mainland China is quite impressive.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Old Enemies – HTC. While both Oculus’ Rift and HTC’s Vive hit the market right around the same time in 2016, the Vive was the first system with motion controllers and room-scale. SEE ALSO How Google's Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus' Mobile Strategy. A Tale of Two Headsets.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Road to VR ‘s Michael Glombicki caught up with two VR/AR investors to get their insight into the opportunities available in the immersive technology space and the strategies they’re employing to capitalise on them. SEE ALSO Madrona Venture Group on Why Seattle is a Hotbed for VR and AR. Patrick Eggen, Madrona Venture Group.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Without any major VR hardware releases on the radar for this year, 2018 is shaping up to be a time for content to shine. Ace Combat 7. Platform : PSVR (2018).

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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. Image by HTC Vive).

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MARCH 30, 2017

In the following weeks and months HTC raised the price of its Vive VR headset , from £689 to £759, and that price remains today. With Brexit plunging Britain into uncertain times, are those business strategies at risk? Oculus, too, quietly raised the price of its Rift from £499 to £549 when it launched at domestic retailers. .

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MARCH 16, 2020

A bizarre strategy, that doesn’t surprise me anymore, though. The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE. In the meantime, when asked about these rumors, Rony Abovitz answered his typical way, just saying “42”. I hope for him that this won’t lead the company to the disaster.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. Be careful that I haven’t tried the Quest myself and in any case, the Quest has still not released and the Focus has only been released in China, so both devices could see future impredictable updates. The never-ending story.

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