2018 03 23 周五 FRI
Vive Focus一体机发售
HTC官方表示，将在今年晚些时候在全球市场发售Vive Focus一体机，从今天开始开放了Focus开发者套件的预售通道。
这款产品已经登陆中国市场，价格为3999元。Focus具备6自由度，同时配备一款3自由度的单手柄。设备搭载的是Viveport商店，而不是像联想的Mirage Solo一体机一样采用谷歌的内容平台。
Vive Focus is on sale.
HTC said it would launch the Vive Focus all-in-one in global markets later this year, opening the pre-sale channel for the Focus developer kit today.
This product has already landed in the Chinese market, the price is 3999 yuan. The Focus has 6 degrees of freedom and a 3-degree-of-freedom single handle. The device is equipped with a Viveport store, rather than a Google content platform like the lenovo's Mirage Solo one.
传谷歌将收购光场技术厂商Lytro
据悉，谷歌准备以不超过4000万美元的金额收购光场技术厂商Lytro，旨在进一步完善其用来驱动下一代VR内容的新兴技术。此次收购还将包括Lytro的59项与光场及其他数字成像技术有关的专利。有消息称，Lytro现已向部分员工发放了遣散费，而其他人没有遣散费的员工也已离开公司。目前，谷歌、Lytro及Lytro的投资者都尚未进行任何表态。
Google will acquire the optical field technology manufacturer Lytro.
It is understood that Google is preparing to acquire the optical field technology firm Lytro for less than $40 million to further refine its emerging technologies to drive the next generation of VR content. The acquisition will also include the Lytro's 59 patents relating to optical fields and other digital imaging technologies. It has been reported that Lytro has sent severance payments to some employees, while others have left the company without severance payments. Investors in Google, Lytro and Lytro have yet to make any comment.
数字王国2.4亿元投资3Glasses，占控股母公司66.88％股份
今天，香港上市公司数字王国发布了一项投资公告，耗资2.4亿人民币投资深圳虚拟现实技术厂商3Glasses控股母公司Lead Turbo Limited，占66.88％股份，进一步全方位布局VR产业生态。
数字王国在电影视觉特效领域已有20多年历史，有为超过200部好莱坞大片做视觉特效。据映维网了解，从2015年起数字王国就已经持续在积极布局VR产业，在2015年耗资3900万美元成为虚拟现实技术公司IMV控股股东，在2016年推出了360度相机Zeus，在2017年收购VR视频内容创作平台Sprawly，并推出了集VR相机、VR直播、VR影视内容制作、VR内容分发一起的一站式解决方案。
Digital Domain invested $240 million in 3Glasses, accounting for 66.88% of the controlling parent company.
Today, the hong kong-listed company Digital Domain issued an investment announcements, virtual reality technology vendors cost 240 million yuan investment to shenzhen 3 glasses holding parent company Lead Turbo Limited, accounting for 66.88%, further comprehensive layout VR industry ecology.
Digital Domain has been in the field of visual effects for more than 20 years and has had visual effects for over 200 Hollywood blockbusters. According to the hit d network, digital kingdom has been going on since 2015 positive VR industry layout, a $39 million in 2015 to become the virtual reality technology company IMV controlling shareholder, in 2016 introduced a 360 - degree camera Zeus, in the 2017 acquisition of VR platform Sprawly video content creation, and introduced a set of VR camera, VR live, VR with film and TV content production, VR content distribution one-stop solution.
