The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2019

I’m super happy to announce you that next week I am going to travel to Asia again, this time to go to Taiwan :O. I already know a bit the AR and VR ecosystem that there is in Mainland China , and I think that it will be fantastic to see how it works in the isle of Taiwan. After having been in Kaohsiung, I will head to Taipei to tour the most important city of Taiwan! If you will be in Taiwan in the same timeframe, let me know… maybe we will be able to meet!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

One week after opening their first Vive branded VR cafe in Shenzhen China, HTC has now unveiled a VR theme park in Taiwan, touting over 20 different VR experiences. The VR theme park, being dubbed VIVELAND , spans over 3,500 square feet in a Taipei technology shopping center in the capital city of Taiwan. Ticket prices for Vive experiences are shown below in New Taiwan Dollars: Closed Booth: NT$400 ($12) per 30-minute session. News HTC HTC Vive Taiwan Theme Parks VR Arcades

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Or at least it is in Taiwan. HTC provided New Taiwan Dollar ticket costs, which we’ve listed below along with what they work out to in USD. htc VR Industry News htc vive Taiwan VivelandStart saving up quarters and practicing your best lap times in Project CARS ; HTC is making a big push to bring back arcades with VR. Last weekend the company launched Viveland, a new arcade featuring its HTC Vive headset, in the country’s capital of Taipei.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

Oculus Education continues its ongoing streak of generosity with the expansion of its educational pilot programs to Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The post Oculus Education Launches Pilot Programs In Taiwan, Japan, Seattle appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

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.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

The company today announced Oculus Education pilot programmes for Taiwan, Seattle and Japan, all with different objectives. In Taiwan, for example, Oculus is donating Rift and Go headsets to the Taiwan Internet and E-Commerce Association (TiEA), who will then send them out to libraries and museums across the country.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2018

Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 31, 2017

Sony Is Selling Standalone PSVR Aim Controllers In Taiwan via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 31, 2017. virtual reality augmented reality vr ar

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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 tried its software in my office before going to Taiwan and then also had a live demo of some of its features in iStaging’s beautiful office. I have asked them how it is being a wo m an in XR in Taiwan.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2019

Part two of my resumée of my trip to Taiwan. augmented reality reviews virtual reality AR China cinema hado review taiwan viveland vrYesterday I told you about some cool companies like Brogent and some interesting hardware like zSpace. Today, I want to continue with other amazing stuff: do you know that I tried the Japanese LBVR game HADO , for instance? VAR Live.

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UploadVR

AUGUST 1, 2017

Researchers from National Taiwan University and Tamkang University are presenting a project at SIGGRAPH this week that shows potential for VR arcades as it recreates realistic weather effects that could enhance immersion. Tagged with: Doctor Strange , Taiwan Facebook Twitter Reddit More. Haptics Hardware Doctor Strange Taiwan

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NVidia VR

MAY 29, 2018

The on-stage demonstration Wednesday was a rousing finale to Huang’s keynote at our GPU Technology Conference in Taiwan. The post Man Teleports Into Miniature Vehicle in Stunning On-Stage Demo at GTC Taiwan appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang just used VR to shrink one of our colleagues and teleport him into a miniature car, which he then drove around a miniature city.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Lead by National Taiwan University PhD student Po-Chen Wu during his internship at Oculus Research, the work presents a low-cost tracking and input solution with many potential applications in virtual and augmented reality. Motion Capture News VR Input VR Research VR Tracking 3d-printed tracker dodecahedron dodecapen low cost tracking system lumitrack motion capture National Taiwan University oculus research optitrack passive stylus for VR Po-Chen Wu

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 18, 2019

Taiwan’s high-speed rail, for instance, suffered heavy losses due to depreciation charges, interest burdens and lower-than-expected demand. Cyrus Radfar. Contributor. Cyrus Radfar is the founding partner at V1 Worldwide. More posts by this contributor. Will tech companies change the way we manage our health? Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive. Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2020

EVAair planned a special #HelloKitty flight this past Saturday, August 8, 2020 as a fun way for passengers to celebrate Taiwan’s Father’s Day. Satisfy your traveling bug with this bizarre VR traveling experience.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 10, 2018

HTC News Oculus Smartphones Virtual Reality (VR) HTC Vive oculus revenue smartphones TaiwanSmartphone and VR headset manufacturer HTC ended the year with a steep decline in revenue, according to a news release issued by the company last week. The company announced unaudited consolidated revenue for December 2017 of $4.02 billion TWD (approximately $136 million USD), and total unaudited consolidated revenue from January to December 2017 of $62.12 billion TWD (approximately $2.1

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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. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? We all participants of the VR Visionaries tour in Taiwan (Image by Digiblock). Taiwan. When I tell people that I have been in Taiwan, the first questions that I get are “How is Taiwan?” Let me try to answer you these common questions… How is Taiwan? To answer the first question: Taiwan is wonderful.

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UploadVR

APRIL 14, 2020

Canada, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Spain, Russia, and South Korea. Starting today until Sunday, April 19th, all new and renewing subscribers can get 75% off an annual Viveport Infinity subscription. This brings the price down to just $2.25/month, or $27/year.

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VRWorld

APRIL 11, 2017

CyberLink is one of first software companies coming out of Taiwan that succeeded in becoming a major international player. Audio/Video Breaking Entertainment News Software Programs Virtual Reality (VR) 360 video 3D 360 CyberLink HDR HDR Video HTC Vive Jau Huang Music Master oculus rift PowerDVD Taiwan TrueTheader HDR TrueTheater TV mode VR mode

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JULY 2, 2018

According to a tweet from Bloomberg journalist Samson Ellis, HTC is cutting 1,500 people from its Taiwan workforce. July 2: @htc says it will cut its Taiwan workforce by 1,500 people (about 22% of total employees). HTC’s leadership is laying off around one fifth of its workforce in an attempt to put the company on a path to sustainability. That’s roughly 22 percent of employees. June 26: @htc says it will return to profitability this year.

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2020

StarVR is now available in Japan and Taiwan through a handful of companies , including ELSA Japan Inc., in Taiwan. StarVR One, the ultra-wide field of view (FOV) VR headset, has traveled a long and winding path on its way to launch since it was first announced in late 2018 that developers and enterprise would be able to apply for hardware.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2020

Taiwan and Japan are especially lucky to have full stock of 64GB and 128GB versions of Quest, and Rift S. Taiwan. ×. ×. ×. With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. However in a perfect storm of high demand, low supply, and on-going supply chain disruptions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), both headsets have been largely unavailable for purchase.

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UploadVR

JUNE 1, 2016

During this week’s Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan the company revealed its latest graphics chip, the Radeon RX480. Making VR Ready PCs affordable is pivotal to the tech’s adoption, and AMD just made a big leap forward in this regard. The post AMD’s Newest VR Ready GPU is Just $199 appeared first on UploadVR. AMD hardware amd gpu graphics graphics card nvidia

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Slashgear

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The machine is available right now in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, China, and Taiwan. MSI has announced that its cool backpack PC for VR gaming has now hit the market for gamers to purchase. The PC is called the MSI VR One and it is the most powerful backpack gaming PC on the market today according to MSI. It … Continue reading. Archive Computing Gaming MSI virtual reality

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2020

Together with Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturer behind many of Apple’s mobile devices, the company is said to have entered the trial production on the AR lens portion of the device. According to a report by The Information , Apple is gearing up to enter a new phase in production on its fabled AR headset.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2020

“So, Taiwan Public Television took this as an opportunity to finance our project that has such a satirical twist about such a monumental event, and together with the Kaohsiung Film Archive as financiers, we collaborated on the artwork and programming with 3DAR, an Argentine animation company.” Great Hoax: The Moon Landing arrives on Viveport this September as part of the Venice Film Festival.

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UploadVR

JUNE 1, 2016

During its Computex 2016 keynote in Taipei, Taiwan today, the company announced that it would be allowing other companies to work with Windows Holographic in order to bring the OS to other devices. Microsoft’s new OS, Windows Holographic, powers its impressive HoloLens headset, but it’s just opened itself up to other devices, including VR kits.

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Slashgear

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

HTC has launched a flagship arcade in Taiwan called Viveland, giving the public a destination to play high-end VR games at consumer-friendly rates. Many have lamented the loss of arcades, but that may change in the future. Viveland just recently opened in Taipei, where HTC’s Vive VR system is the center focus. The arcade facility includes all the trimmings, among … Continue reading. Archive HTC HTC VIVE virtual reality vr

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2020

The celebrated American artist and designer expands his “Companion” project with a series of floating AR artwork. Brian Donnelly, better as KAWS, has spent the last 20 years developing and expanding upon his lineup of vinyl “Companion” collectables, which have since garnered a sizable following thanks to an impressive number of high-profile collectors, such as Pharrel Williams, Swizz Beats, members of the kpop group BTS, and Pewdiepie, just to name a few. .

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DECEMBER 29, 2018

VAR Live features several other locations throughout Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, China, and Pakistan, with plans for expansion throughout other cities in Malaysia, including Kota Kinabalu and Johor. The 14-room facility features vibrating floors, haptic peripherals, and artificial wind. Location-based VR made serious headway in Malaysia this month as immersive entertainment specialists VAR Live launched what is now the largest VR-based theme park in the entire country.

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JUNE 3, 2020

The news was first reported by Taiwan’s English language China News Agency , stating that HTC was set to “strategically adjust” its staff and continue optimizing its organizational structure to reduce operational costs. Despite having captured essentially half of the VR market share opposite Oculus, in 2018 HTC laid off 1,500 of their Taiwan-based employees in the company’s manufacturing division.

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UploadVR

JANUARY 13, 2020

Now that CES is in the books, it leads us to wonder what’s next for the Taiwan-based tech company.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium; plans for launch in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan are on the horizon. MelodyVR enlists the former boy band member for their first live VR concert. Liam Payne, former member of English-Irish boy band One Direction, is hosting a secret concert for a small handful of lucky fans somewhere in London, U.K.

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Anand Tech

JULY 7, 2020

It is on a sad note that we are learning that MSI’s President and CEO, Charles Chiang, has passed away.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

For me,” said Rosenthal, “because it’s grim- I’ve been in a basement in London- what’s been exciting is being in virtual worlds, the beauty of meeting my friends from Taiwan to LA.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

GM of HTC smartphone Taiwan, is now GM of HTC Taiwan. Chialin Chang, HTC’s President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, has made his resignation official, reportedly bringing with it a melding of the company’s smartphone and VR divisions—a move that possibly points to the HTC putting greater focus on VR in the face of the company’s waning smartphone business. Update (12:25 ET) : We’ve reached out to HTC and are waiting on further confirmation.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Facebook’s first party Oculus Link cable is now available to purchase for $79 in the following countries: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan.

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