HTC Corp (宏達電) yesterday declined to comment on a report that the Taiwanese smartphone maker is hoping to work with an Israel-based startup to provide virtual-reality technology.
Local magazine Business Next on Saturday reported that HTC chairwoman and CEO Cher Wang (王雪紅) had planned to visit Replay Technologies Inc early last month, but was forced to cancel the visit because she needed to address HTC’s tumbling share price.
The report said Wang canceled the visit in an e-mail to the Israeli company, citing Replay cofounder and CEO Oren Haimovitch-Yogev.
Wang’s secret visit was aimed at teaming up with Replay for new technologies used in the HTC Vive — a virtual-reality headset developed jointly with US video game developer Valve Corp, which is expected to hit the consumer market in the second half of this year, the report said.
In response to the report, HTC said that it does not comment on rumors or speculation.
Replay has developed a new video format called “freeD,” which works by capturing reality as a true 3D scene, comprised of 3D pixels that faithfully represent reality, rather than as a flat 2D image. The technology has been used in instant replays at the 2012 Olympic Games, NBA All-Star Games, MLB games and the Super Bowl.
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