Kubva pa Facebook kusvika kune HTC, Tarisa kune Vatungamiri
Hotshots mu-high-tech intelligentsia inotaura nezvezviitiko zvakawanda zvinovimbisa kuchinja hupenyu hwedu mumakore mashanu anotevera. Izvi zvinosanganisira Indaneti yezvinhu (IoT), iyo inobvumira zvigadziri kutaurirana pasina kubatana kwevanhu. Muenzaniso uri nyore: Panzvimbo pokutyaira kubhangi, motokari yako ingakwanisa kutaura nemakombiyuta ebhangi yako uye kuendesa mari kumativi ose. Uye imwe yeruzivo iyo isingafaniri kuderedzwa ndeyechokwadi chaiye, inozivikanwawo nevanotanga VR.
Nhasi, VR inowanzofungidzirwa seyakanyanyisa mumutambo wenyika, zvikurukuru nokuti iri. Makambani anosungirirwa kutonga munyika yeVR iri kukura yakave yakawanda maitiro avo pamusoro peiyo game aficionados inoda. Kunyange zvakadaro kukwanisa kwekuwedzera kwaVR muzvinhu zvose zvehupenyu hwema digital zvakakura. Sezvakataurwa mubhuku rinonzi Vanity Fair, kwete pasi pedhi digital pane Facebook yaMark Zuckerberg anoona ramangwana reVR naizvozvo: kwete kungoona nzvimbo yemitambo, asiwo mafirimu neTV, hurukuro, uye misangano yebhizimisi. Anototarisa zvigaro zvepamusoro zvichange zvichinyatsoongorora ubongo hwedu ndokuzoendesa pfungwa dzedu kune shamwari dzedu nenzira yatinogovana vana mifananidzo pa Facebook nhasi. (Facebook kuongorora ubongo hwako? Zvino pane pfungwa inotyisa.)
Panguva ino, ramangwana reVR ringave risina kunyanya kukoshesa kuputika kweparadim. Asi sekutsvaga mari, remangwana zvirokwazvo ikozvino. Heino makambani mana anofanirwa kutarisa munyika yeVR iyo yakatowana mutambo wekuvimbisa kutanga mune izvo zvichangovimbiswa kuti ichange iri inyanzvi yekukwikwidza.
HTC: Inogona Kuraramazve Here?
Kutengeserana muTaiwan kushambadzira, HTC iri kutambura kuisa mari yekutsvaga kwayo, sekupfuura gore rakapera nhamba yayo yakaswedera pedyo ne17 muzana. Iko kune mashoko akanaka, kunyange zvazvo: HTC yakapa varwi varo VR kumhanyira kwemari pamwe nekuda kwayo, kushingaira kwekutengesa kweVive headset.
Kubvira pakuzarurirwa kwadzo muna March 2015 Vive yakagumburwa; panguva ino, hapana mubvunzo kuti icharamba iri pakati pevatambi vanonyanya kukosha mumusika. Gamers haigoni kubatsira kunze kwekutora geeked, somuenzaniso, nekutarisira kweVive kuwedzera "Star Trek: Bridge Crew" sechikamu chebumbiro rayo muna June. Uye zvinenge zvichangobva kuziviswa kuti Vive achaenda asingabatsiri kushandiswa nekuwedzera kubva paItel's new WiGig teknolojia. Sezvo CNET inorondedzera, izvo zvinoita kuti Vive ichokwadi chaiyo chaiyo inogadziriswa kuti ipe ruzivo rwakakosha runotarisa vashandi uye ruchengeta zvinhu zvose zvakaenzana. Saka rini runyararo rweVive rune rukudzo nekufambira mberi kunoshandura kusvika kuhomwe huru yevatengesi veHTC? Izvo zvakaoma kutaura, sezvo HTC inobata zvinopfuura zvokwadi chaiye, chii neche smartphone yayo divi. Zvikamu zvekutanga kwegore ra2017 zvakasanganiswa, neHTC ichiratidza kukanganisa, asi kurasikirwa uku kunononoka kuonga zvikuru muchikamu chekugadzirisa mari yekushanda.
Samsung: Fab Gear
Kufanana neHTC, Samsung ikambani yeKorea inopinda muVR iyo inowedzera zvakawanda zvekubudirira kwayo pamunharaunda ye smartphone. Kuti zvivepo, Samsung inonyanya kuva nemutambo ane simba, yakapiwa kukwanisa kwayo kutora Apple (AAPL) uye musoro wayo we iPhone. Kunyange zvakadaro, Samsung ichiri nekutonga kwekukuvadza kuita kuti ipe nhamo inotyisa 2016 neGalaxy Note 7.
Yaiva flameout mumutauro wose wezwi mushure mokutengesa kwemotokari yebhetri yakachinja mari ye $ 40 mu $ 17 biliyoni musoro. PR gaffes haina kubatsira sezvo shanje yakakonzerwa mukukwevera iyo Note 7 kubva pamusika. Kunyange zvakadaro, Samsung yakaratidza chido chokudzidza nepepanhau idzva pane rebacle, uye hapana chinhu chakafanana neyemagetsi matsva ekugadzira vatengi vanochenjerera kukanganwa zvakare. Mukutaura kweVR, Samsung ine Gear muchengeti, iyo inobatsira yeOculus app neGoogle Chromecast kushambadzira kugadzirisa kubvumira vatarisi kuti vatarise pavhidhiyo zviri kuitika mumusoro wepamusoro. Uye Samsung's just-inowanikwa maitiro ekuratidzira ine katatu yekugadzirisa pixel yeRift kana Vive.
Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL): Sweet Spell yeVR Success?
Ngatitarisei, VR vateereri: Google Glass yakanga isiri chaiyo yakagadziriswa injini yekutsvaga-pamwe nemaruvasi inoshandiswa kuputika nguva dzose.
Uyezve, mukurumbira wayo (kana kuti ane utsinye) "mionshots" ave nenguva pfupi achiuya kuNyika. Izvi zvinomhanya mumitambo yakabva kune drones yezuva uye kune mabhiriyoni makuru anomhanya kuunza huwandu hweWiFi kumaruwa. Asi kana vashandi vanogona kuverenga pane chimwe chinhu, iyo iyo Alphabet inodzidza nokukurumidza kubva pamakanganisa ayo-uye maitiro ayo muVR angangodaro akafanirwa neWall Street mukurumbira. Kunze kwezuva rayo Daydream VR platform, Alphabet iri kuita mazai neGoogle Cardboard. Ultra-inodhura painenge $ 10, yakagadzirirwa kushandura foni yefoni mumutambo wemameri uye VR-uzoefu gateway iyo inoshanda mumatare neKadhibhodi-yakabatana apps. Panguva iyi, hapana chinhu chaicho pamusoro peAlfabheti sekutsvaga. Sangano rayo GOOG yeC Class C rinodarika 31 muzana kune gore rapera, ikozvino rinotengesa mari inosvika madhora 966 pamagetsi. Zvakare, Alphafetese inoramba iri muhondo yakasimba nguva dzose neApple nokuda kwemukati wekambani inonyanya kukosha yenyika. Sezvazvino, chikwata chayo chemusika chinorema mu $ 667.5 mabhiriyoni (Apple's $ 798.1 billion). Kuti uise izvozvi nenzira yakajeka, Zita reAlfabheti rinokosha zviri nyore kudarika GDP yeSierra Leone.
Facebook (FB): A Growing Rift
Zvinhu hazvina kuve denga rebhuruu nokuda kweVeor's prized VR acquisition, Oculus. Nokuda kweiyo yose yeOculus Rift yakagamuchirwa kusati yasunungurwa muna March 2016, ichiri kutarisana nekukwikwidzana kwakasimba kubva kune vamwe vatambi vakawana zvakanyanya kutarisirwa kwemashoko. Izvi zvikamu zvakakura zvakatungamirira kudhora re $ 200 muKvondo yegore rino (kusvika ku $ 598) yeRift headset uye iyo iri pamwe chete naTipikisi mukuru. Kunyange zvakadaro, Oculus haafaniri kutorwa zvishoma-uye semakambani akadai seAlbbetbet neAmazon (AMZN), Facebook inoratidzika seine zvisingakwanisi zvidzidzo kukanda shure kweprojekiti kusvikira yakanamatira. Mushure mezvose, apo Mark Zuckerberg achiita $ 2 bhiriyoni kutengesa kambani, haafariri kurasikirwa. Iye anoonawo zvake pachake muPalmer Luckey, uyo akanga ari mutsva wechipiri ane makore 22 paakaisa Oculus kuburikidza neKickstarter. Pakupedzisira, funga kuti Facebook yakabhadhara $ 1 biliyoni nokuda kwebasa rekugoverana kwekuita Instagram service muna 2012, uye kubva ipapo yakabva yaenda kune vanhu vanokwana mamiriyoni 700 kubva munaApril. Iyo inenge inopetwa kaviri mamirioni mazana mana iyo yakagumburwa munaSeptember 2015. Ko Facebook ingaita Instagram kuVR rimwe zuva here? Ngatitarisirei kuti haisi kutarisa chinenge chichiri kuyaruka.