187 news items tagged virtual reality
Low yield rates for 3D sensing modules to blame for smartphone shipment delays
Thursday 5 October 2017Low yield rates during production for 3D sensing modules to be incorporated into Apple's iPhone X and other Android-based smartphone brands have forced major global vendors to postpone...
VR headsets to drive near-term growth, but AR headsets to gain momentum by 2020, says IDC
Monday 2 October 2017IDC 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...
Digitimes Research: Apple outraces Google for on-device AI development
Tuesday 26 September 2017Google has been regarded as the leading force for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology thanks to its AlphaGo AI computer program. While Google still holds the...
Globalfoundries to roll out 12nm FinFET technology for high-performance devices
Friday 22 September 2017Globalfoundries has announced plans to introduce a new 12nm leading-performance (12LP) FinFET semiconductor manufacturing process. The technology is expected to deliver better density...
Global AR/VR headset shipments maintain solid growth in 2Q17, says IDC
Monday 11 September 2017Global 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...
Acer seeking niche consumer groups in gaming market
Tuesday 5 September 2017Acer's president of IT products business Jerry Kao, commenting on the gaming product business, has pointed out that the competition in the market is extremely fierce and it will be...
Acer pushing multi-brand business model, says chairman
Friday 1 September 2017Acer has been pushing for business transformation and is looking to expand into emerging markets including those for gaming PC, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI),...
Acer to supply VR equipment for Dubai theme park
Friday 1 September 2017Acer has recently formed a partnership with a virtual reality (VR) theme park in Dubai, the UAE with the construction to be completed by the end of 2017 or in early 2018, according...
Advantest obtains ramp-up of orders for memory production
Thursday 31 August 2017Semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest has landed a ramp-up of orders from Korea- and Taiwan-based memory chipmakers, according to CH Wu, chairman of Advantest Taiwan.
Taiwan market: JPW to open 8 VR arcades in September
Thursday 31 August 2017JPW International Technology, a VR motion and arcade solution provider, will open a total of eight JoyLand VR arcades in five cities around Taiwan in September, according to company...
Qualcomm, Himax jointly develop 3D depth sensing solution
Wednesday 30 August 2017Qualcomm and Himax Technologies have jointly announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization of a high-resolution, low-power active 3D depth sensing...
Intel unveils neural compute engine in Movidius Myriad X VPU for AI
Tuesday 29 August 2017Intel has introduced its new Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), advancing Intel's end-to-end portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deliver more autonomous...
Worldwide wearable device sales to grow 17% in 2017, says Gartner
Friday 25 August 2017Gartner 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...
Digitimes Research: AR players shift focus to platform products
Wednesday 23 August 2017Major players in the augmented reality (AR) industry have slowed down the development of consumer-end products, and instead have shifted their strategies to focus on developing AR...
HTC announces US$200 cut for Vive
Tuesday 22 August 2017In 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.
Qualcomm developing 3D depth sensing technology
Tuesday 22 August 2017Qualcomm is partnering with its ecosystem partners to develop 3D depth sensing technology, which will be applied to Andriod smartphones powered the Snapdragon mobile chips, according...
Dell stresses importance of digital transformation at technology forum
Wednesday 16 August 2017Dell on August 15 hosted Dell Technology Forum 2017 in Taipei, discussing the trend of digital transformation through explaining software-defined or cloud-like modern datacenters.
VR arcades to accelerate VR industry development, says firm
Wednesday 12 July 2017The establishment of VR arcades will enable VR content and hardware developers to provide facilities for consumers to try out immersive VR experiences and thereby to accelerate development...
Intel Purley expected to trigger replacement demand in enterprise market
Tuesday 11 July 2017Intel is ready to announce its next-generation Purley server platform soon and related upstream supply chain players have already prepared to unveil their new cloud computing and...
China market: VR sales to grow at CAGR of 80% in 2018-2021, says firm
Wednesday 5 July 2017Sales of VR devices, content and related services in the China market are expected to grow by a CAGR of over 80% from CNY10 billion (US$1.47 billion) in 2018 to CNY79.02 billion in...
Episil planning to raise epi-wafer prices
Monday 26 June 2017Taiwan-based Episil, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, plans to revise upward its epi-wafer prices to reflect...
Acer faring well in high-margin PC segments
Thursday 22 June 2017Acer’s PC business has been focusing on high-margin segments, including gaming notebooks, ultra-thin models and 2-in-1s, with each segment faring well in the first five months...
IOC and Intel announce worldwide TOP partnership through 2024
Thursday 22 June 2017The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Intel have announced a long-term technology partnership at an official signing ceremony in New York with IOC President Thomas Bach and...
Cooling module maker CCI starts production at new factory in China
Wednesday 21 June 2017Thermal module maker Chaung Choung Technology (CCI) is moving manufacturing equipment from a factory on lease in Chongqing, western China, to a newly constructed factory nearby. So...
Worldwide shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality headsets expected to grow at 58% CAGR in next 5 years, says IDC
Tuesday 20 June 2017Augmented 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...