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  • Alibaba invests in auto-related AR firm

    Wayray, a Switzerland-based company founded in 2012, announced on Tuesday that it has received US$18 million from investors led by Alibaba to develop its augmented reality (AR) technology applied in connected cars.

    March16,2017


  • JD eyes AR to enhance shopping experience

    JD allied with AR industry partners including Intel, Wal-Mart, Vipshop, Lenovo, and Carslan to establish the first AR Unbounded Innovation Alliance in China at a launch ceremony held in Beijing on May 21, according to local media.

    May25,2018


  • Chinese mainland AR, VR product sales up 62 pct in Q1

    Sales of AR and VR products on the Chinese mainland surged 62 percent year on year to total 220,000 units in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, an industry report showed.

    June12,2023


  • Alibaba invests in Swiss auto AR setup WayRay

    Swiss-based AR navigation startup WayRay announced on Tuesday that it has raised 18 million U.S. dollars in a Series B round led by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

    March17,2017


  • Traditional banks usher in smart transformation by cutting branches and closing ATMs

    Traditional banks have embarked on the path of smart transformation. The used-to-be-everywhere physical branches are slimming away, along with roadside ATMs. But such offline to online banking transformation encounter difficulties as well during the process.

    October22,2020


  • DiDi unveils voice assistant, AR navigation programs

    Chinese leading mobile transportation platform Didi Chuxing has unveiled a voice assistant and augmented reality (AR) slated for street testing in its latest efforts to use artificial intelligence to improve the user experience.

    August20,2018


  • AR market size to reach USD 300 billion by 2025: Huawei

    The market size of Augumented Reality (AR) technology will reach 300 billion U.S. dollars by 2025, based on the data from Huawei and the third party, said Huawei carrier BG CMO Cai Mengbo at a global summit themed "5G+AR".

    June18,2021


  • Chinese AR platform WiMi Hologram makes Nasdaq debut

    WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a leading holographic augmented reality (AR) application platform in China, started trading on Nasdaq Wednesday.

    April02,2020


  • China to spend over 65 bln dollars on VR/AR by 2023: report

    China's market spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (VR/AR) is forecast to exceed 65.21 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, according to a report published by the International Data Corporation (IDC).

    June10,2019


  • Chinese holographic AR platform WiMi Hologram sets terms for U.S. IPO

    WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a leading holographic augmented reality (AR) application platform in China, announced terms on Monday for its initial public offering (IPO) on the U.S. stock market.

    July16,2019


  • AR technology to make "red envelope war" more fun in lunar New Year

    Grabbing a digital "red envelope", a cash gift exchanged through a smartphone app, is a popular activity during lunar New Year in China. The activity is expected to become even more fun with the emergence of AR (Augmented Reality

    January13,2017


  • AR technology to make "red envelope war" more fun in lunar New Year

    Grabbing a digital "red envelope", a cash gift exchanged through a smartphone app, is a popular activity during lunar New Year in China. The activity is expected to become even more fun with the emergence of AR (Augmented Reality) techno

    January13,2017


  • Italy's Class Editori unveils fourth edition of Gentleman Top World Treasures

    Class Editori, Italy's leading multimedia group known for its expertise in finance, fashion, design, and lifestyle, has released the fourth edition of Gentleman Top World Treasures (TWT), showing the stories of legendary brands in jewellery and watchmaking industries.

    November28,2024


  • Humanoid robots to shine at 5th China International Consumer Products Expo

    The fifth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), scheduled for April 13 to 18 in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, will showcase the latest humanoid robots from leading domestic and international companies, the event's organizers announced on Thursday.

    March27,2025


  • Yangtze River culture and art season wraps up in C. China Hubei Yichang

    The Yangtze River Cultural and Artistic Season officially wrapped up on Monday with closing ceremony held in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province.

    November06,2024


  • Longkou in E. China's Shandong promotes innovative inheritance of Xu Fu Culture bridging China, Japan, ROK

    Experts and scholars from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have recently gathered in Longkou, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, to have in-depth discussions on the inheritance of Xu Fu Culture, an important component of traditional Chinese culture.

    September29,2024


  • Feature: A Confucius Institute director's mission of promoting Chinese culture

    Kresimir Jurak, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Zagreb, has a clear mission: to promote Chinese culture in Croatia and foster greater exchanges and understanding between the two countries.

    January06,2025


  • Foreign visitors experience China's improved mobile payment environment over Spring Festival

    Foreign visitors in China experienced a smoother, more convenient travel environment during this year's Spring Festival, thanks to improvements to the country's mobile payment systems.

    February07,2025


  • China Focus: Chinese scientists develop world's smallest untethered terrestrial-aerial micro-robot

    Enabling robots to walk, run, jump, fly, climb and "lock" into arbitrary shapes in real-time is crucial for expanding their application scenarios.

    April22,2025


  • CEIS Shanghai headquarters unveils report on ASEAN-China super-sized markets & connectivity in Kuala Lumpur

    In a strategic move to advance economic and trade cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China Economic Information Service (CEIS) Shanghai headquarters, a subsidiary for the economic information services of Xinhua News Agency, has partnered with Xinhua Institute to unveil a groundbreaking report on ASEAN-China super-sized markets and connectivity.

    April18,2025


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