CHAIN Technology Partnered with Lenovo to Expand Virtual Reality Application in Commercial Use

Virtual Reality (VR) has been a hot topic amongst consumer electronics market, but its potential use is much beyond. CHAIN Technology Development is pleased to announce partnership with Lenovo, together to foster the application of VR for extensive commercial use.

As the first collaboration project, CHAIN customized visual content for Lenovo’s newly launched wireless VR device, Mirage Solo. In the demonstration, user with VR headset on could go into immersive environment of Tak Wah Park in Tsuen Wan, visually explore the heritage building by yourself.

At Lenovo’s product launch event, CHAIN was invited to showcase its Hybrid Reality Platform (HRP), a Smart City management system, which can be installed in the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) systems and interactive touch tables . Journalists, school representatives, as well as guests from different industries had first-person engaging experience with immersive virtual navigation. The application scenarios include but not limited to construction site monitoring, virtual classroom, simulation training, digital directory kiosks in shopping mall and/or building lobby.

Wisdom Chan, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of CHAIN, expressed excitement with forthcoming projects, “We are very pleased to work with Lenovo to encourage the application of VR. It really relies on collaboration between large enterprise and startup to nurture local innovation and technology. We look forward to future cooperation with Lenovo, which could let our different solutions to reach more potential enterprise users.” CHAIN is one of the incubatees of HKSTP’s LEAP programme which nurtures high potential startups into regional/global companies by providing value-added services.

Wisdom Chan, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of CHAIN gave a speech at the Lenovo's product launch event.

Theodore Ma (left), Member of the Admission Panel of LEAP@HK Programme of the HKSTPC, Wisdom Chan (centre), Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of CHAIN, Ronald Wong (right), Director of Commercial Business of Lenovo Hong Kong.

CHAIN Technology Development showcased its latest reality technologies at Lenovo's product launch event.

Guests visited the 4D CAVE system to experience immersive virtual tour in different scenarios.

Wisdom Chan, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of CHAIN explained how to use smartphone to command in the 4D CAVE system.

Michael Au (left), Senior Manager of Acceleration Programmes, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), Ronald Wong (second from left), Director of Commercial Business of Lenovo Hong Kong, Wisdom Chan (second from right), Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of CHAIN, Peter Mok (right), Head of Incubation Programmes, HKSTP.