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Alibaba Group has bought a minority stake in Ordre, a European online luxury wholesale platform. Ordre, launched in 2015, allows fashion designers to show off their collections via 360-degree photography and virtual reality to interested wholesale buyers. The…
Online fashion giant, Asos, is making it easier for consumers to see how items of clothing fit different body types and saving time and money on photography in the process. The retailer recently started working with Israeli tech startup Zeekit, which uses…
Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara will unveil an augmented-reality experience for two weeks in 120 flagship stores globally. Aimed at encouraging customers both outside and inside the store to shop and share, the innovative concept superimposes technology on…
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…
Huawei has entered a partnership agreement with Chinese search giant Baidu covering AI platforms and technology, internet services and content ecosystems. The two companies plan to develop an open mobile and AI ecosystem using Huawei’s HiAI platform and Baidu…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As competition in the property market heats up, developers are seeking new ways of attracting buyers – one recent attempt makes use of virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR). It’s expected that VR will boom this year, with a wide number of sectors…
China’s Google-backed artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, Mobvoi, could soon take on the world’s leading smart voice assistant technologies, according to the firm’s founder and CEO. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Shanghai, Mobvoi’s Li Zhifei…
New research from Worldpay, a global leader in payments, has revealed that Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology are slowly gaining ground across Asia Pacific. Chinese consumers are leading the region – and the world – with 95% of survey…
