VR in China
Meta Reportedly in Talks With Tencent to Bring Quest to China
Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with...
China’s Largest Telecom Forms Metaverse Industry Alliance, Including Xiaomi, Huawei, HTC & Unity
China Mobile, that country's largest wireless carier with over 940 million subscribers, has formed a metaverse industry alliance including some of the biggest names...
Tencent Reportedly in Talks with Meta to Bring Quest 2 to China
Chinese tech giant Tencent is reportedly shuttering its XR development team, ostensibly putting a hold on its home-grown VR ambitions. That may not mean...
HTC is Hosting Its Next Developer Conference in VR Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has stymied many of the industry's most important conferences and expos this year. To avoid this, HTC today announced...
China’s Jiangxi Province Promises to Invest $460 Million in AR/VR
Aiming to become a hub for AR and VR development, the government of China's Jiangxi province says it plans to raise funds totalling $460...
HTC Says Watching ‘Ready Player One’ Boosts VR Purchase Intent in China
HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin tweeted recently that Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) is projected to have a "significantly positive impact" on VR adoption...
Vive Focus’ Western Launch Hinges on Success in China
Having initially announced that their Vive Focus standalone VR headset would operate as part of Google's Daydream VR platform in 2017, HTC later scrapped...
Xiaomi Mi VR to Support Oculus Mobile SDK, 100% Rev Share in 2018 for...
Back at CES, Oculus announced that Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi would exclusively bring its own branded version of the standalone Oculus Go headset to China....
Vive Focus Standalone VR Headset Launches in China
Vive Focus, HTC's first standalone VR headset, has officially launched in China. Based on HTC's new mobile VR platform, which includes a mobile version...
Pimax Completes $15M Series A Funding Round
Pimax, the Shanghai-based VR headset manufacturer known for their upcoming wide field of view headset Pimax '8K', have raised nearly $15 million in their...
HTC to Roll Out Hundreds of Official ‘Vive VR Cafes’ in China Next Year
HTC opened their third officially branded 'Vive VR Cafe' last week, this time in Shenzhen, China, the country's Silicon Valley of hardware. In an...
Inside the Burgeoning World of Chinese VR Headsets and HMDs
Over the last three years, the rise of VR in public discourse has been impossible to ignore. During this time, most mainstream discussions have...
