VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

HTC retains brand but lets part of their smartphone business go. billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. According to the announcement, HTC will receive $1.1 That comes out to roughly $500,000 per HTC staffer.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 29, 2018

The current layout features HTC Vive and Window Mixed Reality headsets tethered to ceiling-mounted PC’s; although VAR Live has already indicated plans to upgrade to 5GHz WiFi in the near future, along with support for multiplayer experiences and VR backpacks. VAR Live Malaysia is open to the public now at L2-015 of the MyTOWN Shopping Centre.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

Two weeks ago, I had a fantastic trip to Taiwan together with my Chinese assistant Miss S. I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? I loved both Kaohsiung and Taipei.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

While the spotlight is all on Oculus and its Quest, actually Pico and HTC are evolving their hardware and software offerings without almost no one talking about it. HTC is working on its own hand tracking solution since a while. With all those buttons and fields, you can simulate two hands inside Unity (Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2017

The Vive Deluxe Audio Strap is a more ergonomic strap with integrated headphones for the HTC Vive, and when it launched last month, it was only on sale for less than 48 hours until stocks ran dry in the EU and US. The strap is still available for purchase in Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Citing “industry sources,” DigiTimes reports that Taiwan’s ODMs Quanta Computer and Pegatron have been named as the assemblers behind Apple’s AR headset. Image courtesy HTC. SEE ALSO Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1. A lump sum payday?

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 25, 2019

Held in Cologne, Germany, the week-long show attracts developers, press, influencers and consumers alike, with the latest software and hardware on show. There was plenty of VR being demoed and with so many companies making immersive content there’s no shortage of industry jobs available. Slough, UK. Developer Relations Engineer.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2019

In this third and last article about my trip to Taiwan (here you are the links to my first and second one , if you missed them), I want to tell you about some other amazing XR stuff that I did there. iStaging is one of the companies that I loved the most in Taiwan. I have asked them how it is being a wo m an in XR in Taiwan.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Appearing this week on the stage of Oculus competitor HTC at the Tokyo Game Show , Oculus founder emeritus Palmer Luckey affirmed that he’s continuing to work on projects within the VR industry. Sony, HTC, other companies. I think HTC is doing the same thing, so of course I’m going to say good things about HTC.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2018

Now, we learn INT, a Taiwan-based display design firm, is developing a 2228 ppi AMOLED specifically designed for VR headsets. Because INT hasn’t detailed the size of the panel, it’s impossible to say where it fits on the spectrum of VR hardware.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 26, 2022

A booklet put together by Valve to mark Steam Deck’s availability in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong indicates VR headsets using Steam will “soon” have Steam Deck’s user interface. Valve is bringing the Steam Deck’s user interface to VR headsets.

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Upload VR

MAY 13, 2022

Innolux is Taiwan’s largest LCD producer. At Display Week I tried Innolux’s panel paired with pancake lenses that appear to be identical to HTC’s Vive Flow. Both new displays are roughly 2.27 inch diagonal, with a refresh rate of 90 Hz and resolution of 3240×3240 – equating to 2016 pixels per inch.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 15, 2020

The sale runs until this Sunday, 19th April, available in the following countries: US, Canada, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Spain, Russia, and South Korea. For further updates on Viveport Infinity and HTC Vive, keep reading VRFocus.

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Road to VR

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. A Tale of Two Headsets. With that, Vive also offered the most immersive VR experience. The Middle. And that’s just the start of it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 13, 2017

Instead of building and investing in headsets like Facebook of the US, Sony of Japan and HTC of Taiwan, the Chinese trio are becoming middlemen: creating platforms and content for when a dominant headset emerges. With 688 million Internet users in China alone, BAT already have a massive audience for VR content consumption.

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VRWorld

AUGUST 31, 2016

While the initial development of VR HMD’s (Head Mounted Devices i.e. headsets) is coming out of United States, Taiwan and Singapore, it is widely expected that the next generation of VR devices, and most progress will come out of China. While HTC Vive and Oculus Rift both feature paltry 2.5 million pixels (only 1.25

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2020

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. Hardware specs are still not entirely clear, however Mova is said to offer 5G, LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity built on the back of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset.

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VRWorld

JUNE 3, 2016

Back in October 2015, we had a conversation with an senior industry executive close to HTC. ” According to our source, HTC was used as a logistics and legal vehicle to jump-start the new company, which will go much further than a simple headset designer and manufacturer. HTC Vive – Virtual Reality Headset.

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VRWorld

MAY 31, 2016

At the Computex Taipei trade show in Taiwan, AMD officially introduced the first products based on Polaris GPU architecture. According to HTC and Oculus, relatively small number of installed user base is the reason why content producers are unsure of launching titles heavily optimized for VR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, HTC CEO Cher Wang took the stage to outline the company’s big picture approach to the future. VR and AR will no longer be constrained to local hardware and storage. Virtual and augmented reality are part of the ‘virtuality’ continuum.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The Mirage Solo is already currently available in the special economic and administrative zones of Hong Kong for HK $3,200 (~$400) and Taiwan for NT $15,000 (~$480). The 3C certification, as shown by Yivian , denotes the headset’s product marking VR-1541F , the same model number specified for both the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico. The device is exactly the same and there are no hardware differences, but I guess that they have different ROMs that should be flashed directly from Facebook , and this is pretty difficult to guarantee.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2017

Today at Computex 2017, the annual IT expo held in Taipei, Taiwan, Microsoft revealed more from their line-up of affordable Windows ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets, including Asus’ headset and an updated design from Dell. That means there’s no need for a high-end dedicated GPU like with the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2019

Part two of my resumée of my trip to Taiwan. Yesterday I told you about some cool companies like Brogent and some interesting hardware like zSpace. I have tried VAR Box by VAR Live : it is a little booth for Location Based VR experiences with all hardware and software already included. Me playing inside the Var Box booth.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

For instance, there are lots of new headsets being released by hardware companies: just in the last year, there have been the Oculus Quest & Rift S , HTC Vive Focus Plus , HP Reverb , Valve Index , Acer OJO 500, and HoloLens 2 … just to mention the most popular ones. Is it necessary to own all of them?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Speaking to Polygon , Microsoft HoloLens chief Alex Kipman revealed that these headsets will be further detailed at two WinHEC events , one of which runs from December 8th – 9th in Shenzhen, China, the other held from December 14th – 15th in Taipei, Taiwan. We’ve reached out to Microsoft to confirm that this is the case.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

One of the surprise hits from the IAAPA show — to go back to that — was a company called UNIS out of Taiwan, I think they’re based, they had a two player motorcycle VR simulator and it was a track racing motorcycle game. Alan: Well, speaking of cell phone guys, you’ve got HTC as a major player. Bob: Oh, by far.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

One of the surprise hits from the IAAPA show — to go back to that — was a company called UNIS out of Taiwan, I think they’re based, they had a two player motorcycle VR simulator and it was a track racing motorcycle game. Alan: Well, speaking of cell phone guys, you’ve got HTC as a major player. Bob: Oh, by far.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device. HTC had $210 million as the total revenue for 2020. Facebook may be losing at least $100 for every sold Quest 2.

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