AlifulldisclosureisgreaterthantheVRMaTencentstrategicambitions(ResearchpapersDownloadNews)Aliisfrombusinesstotechnology,Tencentrouteisfromtechnologytobusiness.March17,AlibabaannouncedtheestablishmentofVR(virtualreality)laboratory,andforthefirsttimedisclosedVRGroupstrategy.ItisBATBigThree,afterTencent,Ali,thefirstcomprehensivestrategyVRpublicareas.VRstrategiccoreAlibabaintheseareas:1,pushingVRshoppingsuchabusinessmodel.2,co-ownedstudios,music,videositesfosterVRcontent.3,withVRbusinessecosystem,boostingthepopularityofVRhardware.4,thelayoutplanARMagicLeapthroughinvestmentcompanies.Itsofficialpublicationdescribesas‘Aliwillplayaplatformadvantage,synccontenttonurtureandpromotetheVRhardwarehatch.Intermsofcontent,AlihasstartedBuy+planstoleadthefutureshopping1experience,andco-ownedstudios,music,videoandotherwebsitestopromotehigh-qualityVRcontentoutput.onthehardwareside,Aliwillrelyontheworld’slargestelectronicbusinessplatform,buildaVRbusinessecosystemtoacceleratethepopularityofVRequipment,helphardwarevendorsdevelop.‘ChihadsomethingthefirsttimeinterpretationTencentVRcomprehensivestrategy,withthe‘nolessthanthenextmicro-letters,’thedescription(inthenumberofpublicintellectualthing[ID:zhidx.com]Reply‘TencentVR’seethearticle),itnowappearsAligreaterambitions.Specificallylookatafewmajoraspects:▎I.Ali‘creatorgod’planstobuildtheworld’slargest3DproductgalleryAliVRlaboratoryinternalcodenameforGMLab,whosefullnameGnomeMagicLabinspiredbyWorldofWarcraftgoodinventionsgoblinfamily.Aliwirelesstechnologyfromthelaboratory,thecoreperformancearchitecture,andotherleadersinthefieldauspicescommittedtocutting-edgetechnologyproductsresearchandexplorethescene.InthefieldofVR,thelaboratory2willfocusonthefutureofpolishshoppingexperience,andtheUnitedPicturesAliAlimusic,YoukupotatoesandothercontentoutputVRestablishstandardsandpromotehigh-qualityVRcontentoutput.ItisreportedthatthefirstitemafterAliVRLaboratoriesisthe‘creatorgod’program,ajointbusinessgoalistobuildtheworld’slargest3Dproductgallery,acceleratevirtualworldshoppingexperience.AliEngineerhascompletedhundredsofhighlydetailedproductmodel,thenextstepforthebusinessdevelopmentofstandardizedtoolstoachieverapidmass3Dmodeling,daretotrysomethingnewbusinesseswillsoonbeabletoprovideuserswithVRshoppingoptions.‘VRtechnologytocreateimmersiveshoppingexperiencefortheuser,perhapsinthenearfuture,willbeabletositathometoNewYork’sFifthAvenueshopping.’ZhaoHaiping,oneofthecoremembersofthelab,‘saidAliwillcontinuetoinvesttobuildafoundationplatformVRandsoftwaretoolsallowbrandsandbusinessestoeasilystorebuildingpersonalizedVR.‘ZhaoHaipingisthefirstChineseengineersFacebook,3themainsoftwareperformanceandVRtechnologyunderlyingconstructAliwasaddedinearly2015.▎Second,TaobaoandotherhardwaremanufacturerssupportingthebrandJanuary14,GoldmanSachsreportreleased58ProspectsVRindustryprospectsthatVRequipmentwillbethenextcomputingplatform,followingcomputers,mobilephoneslater.GoldmanSachspredictsthatby2025VRandARhardwarerevenuewillreach$110billion,VRdevicelikeatelevisionpopularity.Oculushassaiditslong-termgoalistogetonebillionpeopleusingVRequipment.ElectronicbusinessplatformAlibabacurrentoverallsizeof2015thenumberofactiveusershasmorethan400millionpeople,theelectricitysuppliertransactionsamountedto2.95trillion,accountingforChina’sonlineretailmarketshareofnearly9percent....
