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Tech companies are actively pursuing developments in virtual reality - which involves creating an interactive virtual world using body motion tracking and headsets - and its sister technology, augmented reality, which combines real world and virtual data into the experience. Find out the latest developments in these industries right here.
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- The app was rolled out last Friday for use on Apple’s US$3,499 mixed-reality headset, which is currently only available in the United States
- Some mainland Vision Pro users, who were able to buy the headset in the US, shared their positive feedback of the Taobao app on Chinese social media
Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile robot that can follow users around their homes, sources told Bloomberg, as the tech giant searches for new revenue.
The increased bonus programme shows the lengths taken by TikTok owner ByteDance to retain and attract talent, even as the company continues to restructure its operations this year.
Impressionism is 150 years old and to celebrate, the Orsay Museum in Paris invites visitors to travel back to the year the art movement began by putting on virtual-reality headsets.
ByteDance’s latest semiconductor-related investment shows the lengths being taken by the company to overcome the impact of tighter US tech sanctions on mainland China.
From Xiaomi to Xpeng, leading Chinese electric vehicle makers have expressed disbelief that Apple is ending its decade-long effort to build a car.
Savvy merchants are renting out Apple’s Vision Pro headset as Chinese consumers await official release date in country.
Shenzhen-based headset maker EmdoorVR is hoping to leverage the interest around Apple’s Vision Pro to survive a slowdown in the VR and AR industry.
Rokid chief executive Misa Zhu Mingming said Apple’s Vision Pro headset is expected to spur broader demand for more affordable and ergonomically designed AR and VR wearable devices.
Virtual reality is becoming increasingly useful in healthcare, and Apple’s new Vision Pro headset with its eye-tracking capabilities and high resolution cameras is going to help push the envelope.
Unlike with other Apple products, users cannot reset the passcode of their headset without sending it back to the store.
The visionOS version of DingTalk supports special features available only on Apple’s new device, including realistic avatars known as Persona.
US Apple Stores on Friday will start selling the Vision Pro, the tech giant’s US$3,499 mixed-reality headset and its first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago.
Chief executive Liang Rubo said ByteDance has become slow and inefficient in the face of increased competition.
A grey market for Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset is emerging in China, with resellers doubling the official price to lure enthusiasts ahead of its official release in the US next month.
Rather than designing a Vision Pro app or supporting its existing iPad app on the platform, Netflix says users can watch its content on a web browser.
Althiough 2023 ended with a market rout, many analysts expect more overseas opportunities for Chinese video game developers in 2024, helped by quality titles.
The cuts struck both rank-and-file employees and executives, including four vice-presidents and 25 directors.
Rokid deal comes as Chinese authorities increasingly step up as private equity investors in projects in line with local development strategies.
Hisense and TCL, the two biggest Chinese TV brands, offered competing narratives about AI processing and the ability to produce their own technology in-house at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.
Apple’s high-priced Vision Pro mixed reality headset will be available in its stores from February 2, launching the company’s push to broaden the appeal of what so far has been a niche technology.
Qualcomm, a leader in mobile phone processors, announced the Snapdragon XR2+ chip for virtual and mixed-reality headsets that will compete with Apple’s forthcoming Vision Pro.
Apple is ramping up production of the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, setting the stage for a launch by February, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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ByteDance is challenging Tencent and Alibaba in China’s top three tech grouping, as it benefits from a gradual uptick in advertising revenue.
While the specific size of the job cuts is not known, reports by Chinese local media said the planned lay-offs are expected to affect hundreds of jobs at Pico.
Luxshare serves as the assembler of Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, which is expected to be launched early next year.
Huawei says 5.5G can offer a tenfold increase in speed over existing networks, providing more efficient power consumption for consumer and industrial uses.
The unit, called Facebook Agile Silicon Team, or FAST, develops custom chips for Meta’s AR and VR devices, which currently use silicon from external provider Qualcomm.
