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FamilyMart Taiwan has launched a pilot convenience store concept that incorporates a range of digital technology including robots, VR interfaces, interactive projection screens, smart shelves and blockchain applications. A Fujitsu Robopin communication robot…
Chinese tech giant has set up a joint research facility at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to develop artificial intelligence-based technologies in retail, transportation and healthcare Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba has…
Juniper Research predicts global retailer spending on AI will reach US$7.3 billion a year by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion for this year. Its report AI in Retail: Disruption, Analysis and Opportunities: 2018-2022 says retailers will heavily invest in…
Amazon saw its biggest holiday shopping season yet, as the draw of its Prime membership program seemed to kick into overdrive, with consumers around the world buying at record levels, the nation’s largest online retailer said. Over the course of one week,…
Augmented reality (AR) is increasingly finding its way into the enterprise. For instance, DHL Supply Chain completed its AR pilots earlier this year in a bid to improve efficiency and productivity in its warehouses, Keya Chaturvedi, Trend Research Manager at…
Canadian auto parts producer Magna International Inc said on Tuesday it had joined a consortium including BMW and Intel Corp to develop a self-driving vehicle platform for the use of auto makers by 2020. The move comes as automakers are increasingly seeking…
Tata Communications and Formula 1 have conducted a test of truly live 360-degree video streaming at the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix. To-date, any 360-degree video experiments in sports have been hampered by a 30-second delay between…
Global online art marketplace, Redbubble, has this week released a new feature in its mobile app, which lets users see products in their own home before buying. The feature is powered by Apple’s augmented reality (AR) toolkit, which Ikea has also harnessed…
Swedish furniture chain, Ikea, has launched an augmented reality application that allows consumers to experiment with products in situ at scale. The new app automatically scales products – based on room dimensions – with 98 per cent accuracy, with Ikea…
Nissan Motor and its alliance partner Renault are setting up a new joint venture in China with Dongfeng Motor Group to design and build electric cars, joining a list of global automakers aiming to make such vehicles in China. The automakers are attempting to…
Few countries in the world have experienced such rapid discovery of technology than Myanmar. Gasps echo across the hall as the Myanmar school kids trial virtual reality goggles, marveling at a device that allows some of Asia’s poorest people to walk on the…
Cooperation talks between Germany’s Volkswagen Group and India’s Tata Motors about joint development of a car for emerging markets have ended amicably, the two companies said on Thursday. The collapse of the talks is a further blow to Volkswagen’s (VW)…
Wireless VR headsets will further strain telecoms networks, with data consumption from the devices set to grow by over 650% over the next four years to over 21,000 petabytes by 2021, Juniper Research predicts. When combined with traffic generated by VR…
Toyota said on Friday it planned to take a 5 percent share of smaller Japanese rival Mazda Motor Corp, as part of an alliance that will see the two build a $1.6 billion U.S. assembly plant and work together on electric vehicles. The plant was a surprise for…
Audi aims to cut costs by 10 billion euros by 2022 to help fund a shift to electric cars as it seeks to move on after the emissions scandal, sources close to the carmaker said. Audi, Volkswagen’s main profit driver, plans to bring five new all-electric models…
Enterprises need to start thinking now about ways virtual reality (VR) can be used within the workplace, according to recruiting experts Hays. While the technology is yet to become more commonplace across the wider world of work, experts say the possibility…
