華為VR發力招兵 前Oculus首席科學家加盟

Steve LaValle, the former chief scientist for Oculus, has confirmed that he will join Huawei as the chief scientist of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed reality - VR/AR/MR - in charge of global research and product development.

前Oculus首席科學家史蒂夫·拉瓦勒日前證實，他將加入華為，出任VR/AR/MR首席科學家，全面負責華為在這些領域的全球研究和產品發展工作。

China's Huawei, a leading telecom equipment maker based in Shenzhen, is now expanding into the VR/AR markets.

華為是中國一家領先的電信設備製造商，總部設在深圳，現在正在擴展到VR/AR市場。

Oculus, a famous VR equipment maker, was acquired by Facebook in 2014.

Oculus則是一家著名的VR設備製造商，於2014年被Facebook收購。

Steve LaValle started working with Oculus VR in September 2012, and was chief scientist of Oculus till January 2015.

史蒂夫·拉瓦勒於2012年9月開始與Oculus VR合作，直到2015年1月他一直擔任Oculus的首席科學家。

LaValle said Huawei is a global business company, and China's VR/AR market is burgeoning.

拉瓦勒表示，華為是一家全球性的商業公司，而中國的VR/AR市場也在蓬勃發展。

Huawei Technologies said it expects to record a 32 percent jump in revenue for 2016, thanks to a strong performance across its business platforms.

華為技術公司於日前表示，由於其業務平台的強勁表現，預計2016年的收入將增長32％。

Huawei's rotating chief executive Xu Zhijun forecasts their revenue will reach some 75 billion US dollars in 2016 and will become an even stronger rival to Apple.

據華為執行副總裁徐直軍預測，2016年，該公司的總收入將達到約750億美元，並將成為蘋果公司更強大的競爭對手。