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Tuesday 26 August 2025
Taiwan's optical makers bet on AI wearables, but profits remain out of sight
A wave of AI-powered products—particularly smart glasses—is sweeping across the tech landscape, and Taiwan's optical component makers are rushing to stake their claim...
Monday 18 August 2025
Chipmakers bet on agentic AI to spark consumer demand for smart glasses after Ray-Ban success
Meta's success with its smart Ray-Ban glasses has ignited a wave of development in smart and AI-powered eyewear, offering fresh optimism for chipmakers who once banked on the metaverse...
Friday 15 August 2025
Smart glasses market heats up as optics players vie for early leadership
The smart glasses market is set to enter a critical year in 2025, with competition escalating among European, American, Chinese, and now Taiwanese companies. Taiwan's HTC Corporation...
Thursday 7 August 2025
HTC to launch first smart glasses as it bets on AI wearables to regain edge beyond phones and VR
HTC Corp. is expected to debut its next-generation VIVE device on August 14, following a teaser titled "SEE WHAT'S IN" released via the company's official VIVE social media channels...
Monday 23 June 2025
GSEO pivots to AI and optical sensing as smartphone growth stalls
Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO), a leading Taiwanese optical component manufacturer and a key supplier of camera lenses for Apple's iPhones, has long been looking beyond smartphones...
Monday 9 June 2025
Genius Electronic Optical sees 19.56% May revenue drop amid VR order slowdown
Genius Electronic Optical Co. reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.251 billion (US$41.75 million) for May 2025, marking a 32.55% decline from April's NT$1.854 billion and a 19.56%...
Monday 9 June 2025
HTC banks on AR/VR, trims assets for future bets
HTC Corp. announced its operational results for May 2025 on June 6, revealing a positive revenue growth trajectory supported by recent strategic asset restructuring and collaborations...
Monday 26 May 2025
Virtual reality and online poker: Creating immersive gaming experiences
VR is totally shaking up online poker, pulling players into virtual casinos where they can actually interact with others and feel like they're sitting at a real poker table VR's come...
Friday 25 April 2025
Technologies that dominate the online casino space
In the world of online casinos, technology plays a pivotal role in shaping the experiences of players across the globe. This article will delve into the technologies that dominate...
Wednesday 9 April 2025
How technology is revolutionizing the way consumers shop online
In recent years, technology has dramatically transformed the way consumers buy goods and services online. The rapid evolution of e-commerce, coupled with advancements in artificial...
Monday 31 March 2025
Rise and fall of the metaverse: How AI and AR are shaping the future
The metaverse trend briefly surged after Facebook rebranded to Meta Platforms in October 2021, fueling industry-wide interest in virtual reality (VR) and its integration with augmented...
Monday 3 March 2025
Meta propels smart glasses surge, but market differentiation wanes
Smart glasses took center stage at CES 2025. Counterpoint Research projects a 210% surge in global shipments this year, fueled by strong demand for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Chinese...
Monday 10 February 2025
Goeroptics adopts micro-LED in latest full-color AR etching waveguide module
On February 6, 2025, Goertek announced through its official Weibo account that its subsidiary, Goertek Optics (Goeroptics), has introduced the new Star G-E1 full-color augmented reality...
Friday 24 January 2025
From titans to transitions, what's left for HTC and VIA?
Before the Lunar New Year, HTC disclosed that a portion of its extended reality (XR) research and development team would be incorporated into Google during the first quarter of 2025...
Friday 24 January 2025
Google Taiwan undergoes small-scale restructuring following acquisition of HTC Vive teams
Google invested US$ 250 million in the acquisition of HTC Vive's R&D team, highlighting its ambitions in the headsets and smart glasses sectors. Regarding this acquisition, Google...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Samsung 256GB UFS card
Samsung Electronics has unveiled removable memory cards based on the JEDEC Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension Standard for use in high-resolution mobile shooting devices such as DSLRs, 3D VR cameras, action cams and drones. Samsung's UFS cards come in storage capacities of 256, 128, 64 and 32 GB. The new 256GB UFS removable memory card provides more than five times faster sequential read performance compared to that of a typical microSD card, reading sequentially at 530MB/s which is similar to the sequential read speed of the most widely used SATA SSDs. With this UFS card, consumers have the ability to read a 5GB, Full-HD movie in approximately 10 seconds, compared to a typical UHS-1 microSD card, which would take over 50 seconds with 95MB/s of sequential reading speed. Also, at a random read rate of 40,000 IOPS, the 256GB card delivers more than 20 times higher random read performance compared to a typical microSD, which offers approximately 1,800 IOPS. When it comes to writing, the new 256GB UFS card processes 35,000 random IOPS, which is 350 times higher than the 100 IOPs of a typical microSD card, and attains a 170MB/s sequential write speed, almost doubling the top-end microSD card speed. To shoot 24 large/extra fine JPEG photographs (1,120MB-equivalent) continuously with a high-end DSLR camera, the 256GB UFS card takes less than seven seconds, compared to a UHS-1 microSD card which typically takes about 32 seconds, at 35MB/s.