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Tuesday 24 October 2017
Acer steps up financing of StarVR joint venture
Starbreeze AB and Acer have announced that a new capitalization plan has been agreed for the StarVR - the joint venture for marketing and sales of the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR)...
Monday 2 October 2017
VR headsets to drive near-term growth, but AR headsets to gain momentum by 2020, says IDC
IDC is forecasting the combined augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset market to reach 13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Headset maker Merry to set up new JV in China
Headset maker Merry Electronics is teaming with China-based connector maker Luxshare Precision Industry to set up a CNY200 million (US$30.566 million) joint venture in Dongguan to...
Monday 11 September 2017
Global AR/VR headset shipments maintain solid growth in 2Q17, says IDC
Global shipments of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset shipments, excluding Google Cardboard and other Cardboard-like devices, grew 25.5% on year to 2.1 million...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Headset maker Merry sees revenues up sharply in August
Headset maker Merry Electronics has reported revenues of NT$2.392 billion (US$79.51 million) for August, a sharp increase of 52.2% from the previous month and 42.24% from a year ea...
Thursday 31 August 2017
IFA 2017: Asustek unveils Windows MR headset, new Zenbook products
Asustek Computer has unveiled its Asus Windows MR (mixed reality) headset at The Edge of Beyond press event held in Berlin prior to the official opening of IFA 2017.
Monday 28 August 2017
China market: DPVR unseats HTC as VR headset leader in 2Q17, says Canalys
China-based DPVR (previously known as Deepoon) overtook HTC as the top VR headset vendor in China in the second quarter of 2017 with shipments totaling 18,000 units, up 30% sequentially,...
Friday 25 August 2017
Worldwide wearable device sales to grow 17% in 2017, says Gartner
Gartner forecasts that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, an increase of 16.7% from 2016. Sales of wearable devices will generate revenues of US$30.5 billion...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
HTC announces US$200 cut for Vive
In a move to make its VR devices more accessible to the mass market, HTC has announced a US$200 price reduction for its Vive virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Friday 28 July 2017
China market: HTC to roll out standalone VR headsets
HTC plans to launch a standalone Vive VR headset, built using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 VR mobile platform, in China initially, according to a company announcement.
Monday 10 July 2017
Headset maker Merry reports strong sales for 1H17
Headset maker Merry Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1,895 billion (US$61.93 million) in June, up 2.37% on month and 34.47% on year.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Worldwide shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality headsets expected to grow at 58% CAGR in next 5 years, says IDC
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) continue to gain momentum in the mainstream tech media. According to recent forecast data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Augmented...
Monday 5 June 2017
Global AR/VR headset shipments gain momentum in 1Q17, says IDC
Global shipments of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets continued to soar with a total of 2.3 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2017, according to...
Monday 5 June 2017
Headset maker Merry reports strong sales for May
Headset maker Merry Electronics saw its consolidated revenues rise 14.5% on month and 63.64% on year to NT$1.851 billion (US$61.48 million) in May, buoyed by increased shipments of...
Thursday 25 May 2017
Realtek and Waves bring virtual reality audio capabilities to any headphone and headset
At Computex 2017, Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2379.TW) and Waves will unveil the co-developed WNX7000, a high performance audio DSP with Waves Nx virtual reality...
Next-Gen Retail Revolution: The Power of Edge AI and Cloud Surveillance
Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research