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MARCH 27, 2017

At the Vive Ecosystem Conference in China today HTC announced Vive Group Edition, a set of 10 Business Edition headsets and two lighthouse base stations, available for 49,999 RMB, which converts to $7,271. Tagged with: htc , htc vive , Vive Business Edition , Vive Group Edition.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019. The surprisingly sleek and powerful consumer glasses with a $500 price tag was a welcome announcement, but a release date wasn’t included. They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market.

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JUNE 6, 2018

The Mi VR Standalone is priced at ¥1,500 ($235) and ¥1,800 ($280) for the 32GB and 64GB versions respectively, a slight increase over Oculus Go’s $200/$250 price tag in the US, which can be accounted for by the Chinese value added tax of 17%. Both capacities of the headset remain sold out at Xiaomi and JD.com.

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JULY 14, 2017

Since the bombshell price drop earlier this week by Facebook’s Oculus, a number of theories have emerged regarding the Rift’s temporary $400 price tag. Is Oculus preparing a second generation and hoping to clear stock? Is Oculus struggling so much that Facebook is dropping the price of the Rift in a last ditch effort to save it?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019. The surprisingly sleek and powerful consumer glasses with a $500 price tag was a welcome announcement, but a release date wasn’t included. They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Beijing police have started fitting their dogs with 360 degree cameras, China News is reporting. Tagged with: 360 degree media , Beijing , china , Police Dogs. Police dog’s trained noses means that no smells slip past them. Now, with the help of VR, they can be the force’s all-seeing eyes too.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

HTC revealed the devices exciting tracking capabilities during their time at last weeks 2018 World Conference on VR Industry in Nanchang, China. Hopefully this marks a new beginning for the powerful VR headset, which received a lukewarm response from the public due to an expensive price tag and limited launch bundles.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The deal first reported on by Bloomberg last week was confirmed by the company on Monday, though ByteDance didn’t disclose a price tag for the deal. Unlike Oculus, they have a substantial presence in China. Pico had raised some $62 million in venture funding from Chinese firms including a $37 million Series B in March.

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MAY 10, 2017

TPCast’s wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive is expected to make its way to the west very soon, but it’s already shipping in China. Tagged with: TPCAST Facebook Twitter Reddit More. This new trailer to accompany the platform’s launch is very excited to tell you why that’s a big deal.

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JULY 13, 2017

With 688 million Internet users in China alone, BAT already have a massive audience for VR content consumption. China’s fast growing VR market is expected to reach 55 billion yuan in value by 2020, up from 1.5 China seems to be a promising market for VR video content.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Availability in mainland China is marked as “coming soon” The news was first reported by Mixed Reality TV’s Sebastian Ang. Pricing is still unclear, although we wouldn’t expect it to stray too far from its originally quoted $3,200 price tag when it was first offered through the developer program in November 2018.

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MARCH 22, 2017

These games are all being created under Sony’s China Hero Project, which supports developers in the country. Tagged with: china , Pervader VR , PlayStation VR , PSVR , The X Animal , Walker. A total of nine new PlayStation 4 games have been announced, many of which will be supporting the VR headset.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Earlier this year, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook , confirmed that the recently released Apple Vision Pro would land in China in 2024. This news comes from Tim Cook’s visit to China due to declining iPhone sales. According to reports, this is the third time Cook has visited China to address declining device sales.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Will the Apple Vision Pro Debut in China Apple’s CEO and spatial computing champion, Tim Cook , confirmed that the recently released Apple Vision Pro would land in China in 2024. The CEO is visiting China due to a decline in iPhone sales. Cook said: I am very confident in it (China).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A preview version of the kit was shown off today at Alibaba’s “11/11” global shopping festival in Shenzhen, China. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC. Tagged with: htc vive , TPCAST , untethered , wireless vr. This is not the wireless prototype device in the works at Quark VR.

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MARCH 17, 2017

HTC might not have a big western developers conference like Oculus does with Connect, but it’s planning a big show for China in just over a weeks’ time. The Vive Ecosystem Conference 2017 is set to take place from March 27th – 28th in Shenzhen, China. Tagged with: htc vive , Vive Ecosystem Conference.

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MARCH 3, 2017

Reducing prices is a critical part of Hypereal’s plan to increase the rate of VR adoption in China. Hypereal’s head of developer relations, John Gu explained the monetary situation in China further in a statement: “Tier 1 cities in China, like Beijing and Shanghai have per capita disposable incomes of less than $700 USD per month.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Speaking to UploadVR at MWC, Alvin Graylin, President of Vive in China, said that HTC had been working on a “similar system” for full body tracking in its China research lab, and would be open sourcing it for all developers to implement it into their experiences for free. HTC says it will.

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JULY 25, 2023

Additional country kits are available in the Bitmoji Fan Gear section for China, Denmark, Ireland, Haiti, Morocco, Panama, South Africa, Switzerland, Vietnam, and Zambia. SoccerWatchParty (August 17-21) – Show off your IRL watch party with a location tag.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Having tried the original commercial Omni several times myself over the years, and also its main China-based competitor Kat Walk VR , it’s safe to say that using these type of low friction VR locomotion devices can definitely be awkward at first. SEE ALSO Kat VR Secures $1.6M in Kickstarter Funding for Its Consumer-grade VR Treadmill.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Investors included iDreamSky, a China-based app developer, along with Hargreave Hale and You & Mr Jones, an investor in Pokemon Go developer Niantic. With iDreamSky’s help, China should be one of those regions. Tagged with: Zappar , ZapWorks. Today, it’s raised a significant amount of funding to help it do so.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka ‘ Skarred Ghost ‘) got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn’t answer the question on everyone’s mind—”how much is Vive Pro going to cost?”—we Base Stations.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

User creation is going to be an important aspect of its growth and China Daily reports that Chinese company Protruly has taken a major step forward in that regard with their new cell phone that has 360-degree recording capability. Tagged with: 360 degree , china , media , Protruly , Smart Phone.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Earlier this month the China-based smartphone maker revealed its latest handsets, the Mate 9 and enhanced Mate 9 Pro. Tagged with: Daydream , Daydream View , google , Huawei , Mate 9 Pro. It looks like Huawei could be the next to do so. CES takes place in January while Mobile World Congress gets underway at the end of February.

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JULY 26, 2017

“China is the leading mobile market in the world today, and has the momentum to lead the global VR. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC, in a prepared statement. ” Tagged with: Vive Facebook Twitter Reddit More. This makes the markets unclear for these initial Vive-branded standalones.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

I’m still writing from China, and this week I spent the Chinese New Year here… it was an interesting experience, and if you lost my funny story about it, you can still have a look at it in my dedicated post. Welcome to another roundup of AR/VR news of the week! This is fun. This is the exception, instead. Let’s not forget it.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

This rumor mentions a thing we already heard from other sources, which is that Meta is working on a new cheap device for 2024, aiming at a price tag of $199. But this article goes a bit more in detail about this topic. I truly hope this rumor is true. More info — Use Google Translate!

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Lenovo has for instance just announced in China the Legion VR 700, a device that looks inspired by the Pico Neo 3, which was already a copy of the Meta Quest 2. It should launch on August, 18th and it is not clear if the launch will be only in China or worldwide. Other news. Learn more. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Other Asian firms such as China Mobile, Agora, and Sony reach the list. According to JPMorgan, China’s metaverse market would reach $27 billion USD for business services with an additional $4 trillion USD in digitised goods and services. China’s Metaverse Ambitions.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC, told UploadVR that the kit had completely sold out of its initial stock, set to ship in Q1 2017, in 18 minutes. Tagged with: htc , thetherless , TPCAST , wireless vr. Clearly, a lot of you wanted one. Pre-orders went live just over an hour ago at 7 a.m.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

China-based Winking Entertainment is turning into a VR developer to watch. Tagged with: adventure , Unearthing Mars , Winking Entertainment. Its Vive game, Project Tres , is very promising, but its PlayStation VR debut, Unearthing Mars , is starting to look a lot more interesting, too.

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MAY 5, 2018

Vive Focus dev kits are headed outside of China today to international developers looking to create for the company’s standalone VR headset, which was first arrived to Chinese consumers back in January.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

With the heavy hitting virtual reality devices carrying fairly stout price tags, many point toward mobile VR as the consumer friendly entry point for those that have yet to try VR. The Gear VR and the upcoming Google Daydream are the primary devices in that market, carrying a price between $79-$99.

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JULY 8, 2017

Proving to be popular despite the $100/£100/€120 price tag, many territories ran out of stock in only a few days. The strap is still available for purchase in Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. HTC Vive Pre, photo courtesy HTC.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal Light debuted in 2019 with an estimated $500 price tag. Unfortunately, the company is based in China and the actual availability of the glasses has been limited to foreign markets. The Last We Heard From Nreal. Since then, the company has announced a major update or partnership every few months or so.

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JUNE 15, 2022

According to Chengwei Capital, the group is partnering with Raythink to reach its long-term goals of boosting China’s optical and AR display technology market. Raythink is trialling the solution and plans to deploy the AR HUD solution across China’s high-speed train infrastructure in the near future.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The deal first reported on by Bloomberg last week was confirmed by the company on Monday, though ByteDance didn’t disclose a price tag for the deal. Unlike Oculus, they have a substantial presence in China. Pico had raised some $62 million in venture funding from Chinese firms, including a $37 million Series B in March.

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