HTC LAUNCHING A VIRTUAL REALITY ACCELERATOR

HTC LAUNCHING A VIRTUAL REALITY ACCELERATOR

VR Unknown   18:03:00

THEY WANT TO SCOOP UP ALL THE VR TALENT BEFORE THE COMPETITION DOES

HTC announced today that it's taking applications for an accelerator program focused on virtual reality innovation.

Accelerators like HTC's Vive X offer monetary and non-monetary assistance to startups to incubate their ideas. Competitive programs like Y Combinator take the best seed ideas and fund them toward success, in exchange for a share of equity. Think Shark Tank with tech ideas. HTC's Vive X works the same way, but focuses on developing VR ideas, apps, and games.

HTC released its $800 Vive VR headset earlier this month. The company is now hoping to bring together talent in the field with accelerator offices in Taipei, Beijing, and San Francisco.

Vive X is open to all applicants who have a passion and an idea in mind to help HTC take the lead in the virtual reality market.

source : Popsci

After IPhone HTC MIGHT BE NEXT TO DROP HEADPHONE JACKS.

After IPhone HTC MIGHT BE NEXT TO DROP HEADPHONE JACKS.

TECHNOLOGY Unknown   17:52:00

LOOKS LIKE AN HTC 10 MISSING ONE LITTLE THING...

And so the dominos begin to fall on the life of the headphone jack. The upcoming HTC Bolt is rumored to be announced later this year, and in the meantime it looks a lot like the current HTC 10 device, without one major development: a jack.

If you're reading this you're probably aware that Apple made a lot of customers frustrated this year by eliminating the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 (to be fair, a Moto phone was released without a headphone jack even before that). HTC jumping on board would pose a new set of problems. First, they'd be tipping the boat seriously enough that all devices might drop it in the near future, effectively rendering most people's headphones useless no matter what device they select.

But second, HTC doesn't have a lightning port--and the USB jack both HTC and many other phone brands tend to pick for changing doesn't have a lot of headphones on the market.

That would change, obviously, if headphone makers suddenly needed to change, but right now most people haven't had to consider that as an option.

source : www.popsci.com