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Seagate and HTC VIVE Jointly Announce VR Power Drive to Create a New VR Experience
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in data storage
solutions, and HTC (News - Alert) VIVE, an innovation world leader in the field of
smart mobile devices and virtual reality (VR), have jointly launched the
Seagate? VR Power Drive at the 2018 HTC New Ecosystem
Conference in Shenzhen, China, helping VR device users expand their
storage capacity and battery life.
Virtual reality is developing with great speed and momentum in China,
and VR applications are emerging one after another in the fields of
entertainment, education and healthcare, etc. According to a report
jointly released by iResearch and Greenlight Insights, China will become
a main VR market globally. In 2016, the VR market in China reached RMB
3.46 billion (about US$550 million). With high growth rate, the VR
market in China is estimated to exceed RMB 10 billion (about US$1.6
billion) in 2018. In the next five years, the compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of the VR market could exceed 80 percent. Moreover, by 2021,
China is forecast to become the largest VR market in the world, and the
whole scale of the industry could reach RMB 79.02 billion (about
US$12.64 billion), with the VR headset device market forecast to be RMB
29.75 billion (about US$4.76 billion). With the overall market for VR
hardware expanding, the market of content, including VR games, VR films
and television, as well as live streaming, are also growing rapidly,
bringing a more comprehensive entertainment experience to users.*
Tailor-made for the high-end, all-in-one VR device VIVE
FOCUS™, the Seagate (News - Alert) VR Power Drive combines an external mobile media
storage and portable battery into one solution. It helps users extend
their use by providing them with plenty of additional storage space to
carry and back-up their VR and mobile content as well as additional
battery life. Seagate VR Power Drive offers a storage capacity of 1000GB
for users' digital content. With its integrated MicroB cable and USB-C
adapter, the drive can easily connect to the VIVE Focus without the help
of a computer allowing users to directly access their library of files
stored on the VR Power Drive from their VIVE Focus. Additionally, the
built-in 5,000mAh battery of the drive allows users to extend the
battery life of their VR device any time anywhere. The Seagate VR Power
Drive also provides its users with a belt clip to increase the
portability of the drive. HTC smartphone users can expand the capacity
of their mobile phones by connecting directly to the Seagate VR Power
Drive to access, view, and backup their mobile content or extend the
battery range of their phones with the flick of a switch to activate the
power bank feature.
"Since the establishment of the strategic partnership with HTC VIVE this
January, we have been working together and committed to jointly
developing solutions for VR devices. Today, we are delighted that we
have devised the Seagate VR Power Drive, which is tailord to the VIVE
Focus, by applying Seagate's unique storage expertise to meet VIVE Focus
users' increasing needs for data," said Jim Murphy, executive vice
president, worldwide sales & marketing, Seagate Technology (News - Alert). "Seagate has
been paying close attention to the development of emerging application
fields. We'll continue to collaborate with industry-leading partners in
accordance with the actual demands in the application market and join
hands with them in the development of innovative storage products to
deal with storage challenges together. In the years to come, we will
continue to cooperate with HTC VIVE, and further optimize storage
solutions according to the characteristics of VR applications to better
meet the special data needs of VIVE products and bring VIVE users the
optimal experience."
"We are extremely happy to form this cooperation with Seagate to offer a
brand new type of accessory to the VIVE Reality ecosystem. As VR users
become more mobile and smart phone users consume more rich media, the
two things they both need are longer battery life and larger storage,"
said Alvin Wang, president of HTC VIVE China. "The Seagate VR Power
Drive is the perfect device to serve this need. Doubling battery life
while putting hundreds of high-resolution movies in your pocket are
benefits every modern user can see value in. This is just the beginning
of a long and fruitful cooperation."
*https://www.hiavr.com/news/industry/39386.html
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About HTC VIVE
HTC VIVE has created VIVE, the world's first most immersive virtual
reality system for PC, integrated with breakthrough room-scale mobile
tracking technology that supports diverse ways of experience including
sitting, standing, and moving in a large range. HTC VIVE, together with
VIVE Pro and VIVE Focus, forms a portfolio of innovative devices that
represents the highest quality in the industry. A powerful and
well-established ecosystem is established, consisting of leading VIVE
hardware products, the world's most active VR/AR accelerator VIVE X,
cross-platform and cross-regional application store VIVEPORT, and VIVE
Studios focused on content development and distribution. The ecosystem
brings VR experience of the highest quality to the consumers, developers
and enterprise clients, and unlocks the unlimited potential of VR
technology. For more information, please visit www.vive.com.
© 2018 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate
Technology, and the Spiral logo are registered trademarks of Seagate
Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other
trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product
offerings or specifications. When referring to hard drive capacity, one
terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer's
operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report
a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for
formatting and other functions and will not be available for data
storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for
illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various
factors, including file size, file format, features, and application
software.
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