On July 29th, during the 2016 ChianJoy and eSmart (the first China International Intelligent Entertainment Hardware Exhibition), HTC Vive announced the latest progress of the Vive X accelerator program launched in April this year. Wang Congqing, general manager of HTC Vive China, said that the Vive X accelerator has selected 33 companies from more than 1,200 companies for key investment and support. The specific list of these 33 manufacturers will be announced later.
In addition, Wang Congqing for the first time revealed the hardware and content layout of the mobile phone VR.
In the early stage of the Vive X Accelerator conference, several media including Zhizhi and the media held a dialogue with the general manager of HTC Vive China. It coincides with the official release of Sony PSVR in Shanghai two days ago, as well as the impact of new games and hardware manufacturers from CJ. The focus of the dialogue has shifted more to the issue of competition and development, and the smell of gunpowder is implicit in the language.
About the "more cost-effective" PSVR release
On the day before the official opening of ChinaJoy, Sony Entertainment officially announced that PlayStaTIon officially entered China in Shanghai and announced a single head price of 2,999 yuan. This price is less than half of the HTC Vive6888 yuan. For the three major helmet brands, the more cost-effective final player PSVR, Wang Congqing seems to be somewhat disapproving.
He first stated that the price of 2,999 yuan is misleading. The user only has one helmet and cannot track the position. The VR experience cannot be performed. The price of the full set of experience equipment including the camera is 3699 yuan. In addition, based on the tracking technology that Sony used six years ago, it can only track the user's 180 degree turn. According to Wang Congqing's personal experience, "only play for about ten minutes."
Wang Congqing stressed that the key to educating consumers is not the low price, but the good experience that is not dizzy.
About AR and mobile VR layout
In this conversation, Wang Congqing revealed the progress and plans of Vive Labs for mobile VR for the first time. He introduced that the VR hardware and content of mobile phones are advancing. As early as the beginning of Q3 this year, HTC Vive launched a mobile-side VR app store, which aims to provide release and profit channels for mobile phone VR developers, but does not include hardware VR products that have recently released mobile phones.
In addition, technologies and products related to AR are under development. Wang Congqing believes that VR and AR are not completely isolated concepts. The difference between the two is limited to how many external realities enter the user's field of vision. He revealed that HTC Vive has now developed an external camera for developers.
About the so-called "replica" on CJ
On the day of CJ launch yesterday, the helmet of a Shanghai startup was officially launched. Both the shape of the product and the laser positioning technology used in the product are similar to the HTC Vive. According to the most consumer and media experience, the product still has some highlights and praises in terms of hardware performance and content.
In response to this, Wang Congqing said that Lighthouse, jointly developed by HTC and Valve, has its own patent rights and is not open to the public at this stage. But for the Shanghai startup, Wang Congqing did not express his personal opinion.
He did not deny whether he would pursue a similar case of "plagiarism".
Latest developments on accelerators
In April of this year, HTC announced in Beijing the support program for the global virtual reality startup team - the Vive X accelerator program.
After three months of development and layout, Wang Congqing revealed that the accelerator development city has expanded from the original Beijing, Taipei, and San Francisco to four cities, adding Shenzhen to the point of landing, focusing on the VR hardware project. Vive X has received nearly 1200 applications for entrepreneurship projects, and finally selected 33 outstanding projects. The successful project experience in the early stage has become an important consideration. The project area is not limited to VR game content (about five projects). Including hardware, education, medical and other commercial applications. More information about these teams will be posted on the Vive X website.
The Accelerator Support Training Cycle is a four-month, two-year period. The number of participating investment institutions has increased from 28 in the previous period to 36, and the total capital of the Venture Capital Alliance has also increased from 10 billion US dollars to nearly 12 billion funds.
In addition, Wang Congqing emphasized the application of VR technology and products in the field of to B, and said that HTC Vive has launched a commercial version of the helmet for commercial applications, in which the connected wires are increased to 10 meters. According to the entrepreneurial dialogue in the VR toB field interviewed by Zhizhi in the early stage, the demand for the experience of large space and multiplayer version has gradually emerged. Wang Congqing said that related programs and optimization are being promoted in the laboratory.
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