Alibaba has been trying to propel China’s love affair with online shopping into virtual reality, and now they’re enlisted one of Asia’s top VR hardware makers to help them do it.
HTC, the Taiwan-based device maker, announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba’s cloud division, Alibaba Cloud, yesterday. Under the partnership, the companies will work on building a VR cloud ecosystem.
“The companies will focus on developing breakthrough innovative solutions to tackle bandwidth allocation, data transmission and data processing needs in areas such as VR video production and VR broadcasting,” said HTC in a statement.
Start your free trial now.
Get instant access to all our premium content, archives, newsletters, and online community.
Monthly Membership
Yearly Membership
What you get
Full access to all premium content and our full archives
Members'-only newsletters
Preferential access and discounts to all TechNode events
Direct access to the TechNode newsroom
Start your free trial now.
Get instant access to all our premium content, archives, newsletters, and online community.