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Friday 29 December 2017
Power Logic looks to increasing GPU cooling fan shipments in 2018
With Nvidia and AMD both expected to unveil their next-generation GPUs in 2018, Taiwan-based cooling fan maker Power Logic chairman Wen-Fang Hsu expects the company's shipments of...
Monday 25 December 2017
StarVR forays into Japan VR market
StarVR, a joint venture between Acer and Sweden-based Starbreeze, will foray into Japan's VR market by bringing StarVR experiences into the gaming centers of Sega Entertainment.
Wednesday 20 December 2017
IoT platform operator PTC to set up reality lab
US-based IoT platform operator PTC has announced a plan to set up a Reality Lab to develop related AR, VR and MR applications in line with the Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing development...
Friday 15 December 2017
China market: HTC enjoys strong pre-orders for Vive Focus
HTC has seen higher-than-expected pre-orders for its standalone VR head-mounted display (HMD), the Vive Focus, in China, with the device's high popularity to benefit HTC's December...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
Cooling fan maker Power Logic scheduled for listing on December 28
Taiwan-based cooling fan maker Power Logic is scheduled to be listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 28, according to company chairman Hsu Wen-fang.
Friday 8 December 2017
China market: HTC Vive Focus aims for Janaury-2018 release
HTC on December 7 hosted a Vive experiencing event in Beijing and also announced that it will begin to accept pre-orders for its standalone head-mounted display (HMD) Vive Focus,...
Thursday 7 December 2017
AI, IoT to greatly benefit Taiwan ICT sector, says TCA chair
Taiwan information and communication technology (ICT) industry has no reason to show pessimism about its future prospect, as such new tech applications as AI (artificial intelligence),...
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Backend IC service provider Sigurd sees bright prospect in 2018
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics is expected to enjoy strong revenue performance in 2018 due to more orders from Amazon for its smart speaker chips,...
Monday 4 December 2017
Brogent expects Q-Ride VR systems to be growth driver in 2018
Taiwan leading motion-sensing equipment supplier Brogent Technologies has launched Q-Ride gaming device in the second half of 2017, which is paired with Acer's MR (mixed-reality)...
Friday 1 December 2017
HTC picks up 26 startups to join Vive X incubation project
HTC has announced that it has selected a total of 26 technology startups as target investment partners under its Vive X incubation project for further expansion of its virtual reality...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Toshiba Memory unveils 2TB NVMe SSD
Toshiba Memory has enhanced its line-up of client SSDs with the launch of premium models in its XG5-P series. The new NVM Express (NVMe) client SSDs improve on the performance of...
Monday 20 November 2017
More China entry-level VR, smartphone vendors to exit markets
Almost half of China's brand vendors of entry-level to mid-range VR (virtual reality) devices and smartphones have been forced to quit the markets, as the price gaps of their products...
Friday 17 November 2017
Standalone VR HMDs to enjoy growing popularity in China
With the ecosystem of standalone virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMDs) and PC-bundled VR HMDs gradually becoming more complete, demand for the two types of devices are...
Friday 17 November 2017
HTC prepares Ultra HD VR HMD for 2018
HTC is reportedly planning to release a new head-mounted display (HMD) supporting Ultra HD resolution in 2018 at the earliest, and together with the newly released standalone Vive...
Thursday 16 November 2017
Over 1,100 VR applications available at Viveport, says HTC
The number of VR (virtual reality) applications available at HTC's VR App store, Viveport, has reached over 1,100, including 800 supporting VR gaming arcades and over 300 supporting...