All roads led to Las Vegas for the recently concluded CES 2017--this year's rendition of one of the world's largest venues for showcasing the latest tech innovations. Chinese names like Taihuoniao, Baidu, and Deepoon have been among the show's changemakers, having showcased their concepts for the future.
Taihuoniao, an up-and-coming player that seeks to help upgrade the "Made in China" moniker to the world, has been deemed as among the Chinese tech firms in the show to watch out for. The company has partnered with several startups and established tech firms alike to jumpstart their original designs.
In partnership with QiYuan, Taihuoniao unveiled the FiFish-Atlantis, an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Its ability to span deep-sea depths with virtual reality (VR) qualities made it an honoree under the Drones and Unmanned Systems category of the CES 2017 Innovation Award for Drones.
Several of the FiFish-Atlantis' key features reflect Taihuoniao's budding expertise in VR technology. Controls for robot gestures, an optical lens that provide 4K video resolution in real-time, and an overall design suitable for interactive underwater operations are among those that earned it the recognition.
Baidu proves that it isn't far behind its American counterpart Google in terms of producing Internet of things (IOT) tech innovations. Through a successful collaboration with Ainemo, the Chinese search engine giant released the Little Fish, a talking robot that has video capabilities.
Key to the Little Fish's appeal is its integration of both voice and semantics in determining speech, making commands more definite. At the same time, Baidu's IOT innovation espouses sophisticated face recognition abilities, making it more human-oriented compared to its present counterparts.
Deepoon, another Chinese firm that specializes in VR all-in-ones (AIOs), also made an impact during the show. The firm's latest PC VR helmet, the E3, provides several features that introduce the daily-life applicability of VR AIOs, mainly through its E-Polaris laser positioning system, PR Newswire reports.
An upgrade of the successful E2, the E3 showcases Deepoon's growing emphasis on developing VR for a vast number of applications. The new helmet has expanded its compatibility with other platforms such as Steam VR, VRonline, and Windows 10 VR, apart from other in-house offerings.