"Why come to participate in the Hong Kong Electronics Fair?"
"The first is near Shenzhen and the second is to let our old customers see that we are still alive this year."
Faced with the author's doubts, a vendor selling VR devices said so. The twice-yearly Hong Kong Electronics Fair hosted by Global Sources is an annual must-see exhibition. The purpose of coming here is not only to take orders, but also to tell old customers that they are still living well. This can not help but feel that in this market-led, highly competitive electronics market, there is still such a trace of human touch.
From 2016 onwards, the author is also continuing to pay attention to this exhibition, but the status quo seen this year at the show is quite different from last year. Even the protagonists of VR have changed, even hidden some hidden tide!
VR box is hard to trace, VR machine flooding!
For the author, the focus must be on VR/AR related fields.
The Hong Kong Electronics Fair is said to have more than 2,600 exhibitors, of which 70 are VR/AR-related manufacturers, and nearly 80% are from Shenzhen. Shenzhen is a gathering place for electronic products in China and even the world, while Huaqiangbei is more like a “holy landâ€.
Most of the exhibitors took part in the exhibition in Shenzhen in the past. Although the booth is not cheap, it is said that a booth less than 10 square meters will be less than 40,000 yuan per day, while 100 booths or so will require an estimated 400,000 yuan. With the addition of 200,000 exhibitions, the cost of attending a show is not small.
However, it is very necessary for them to participate in the exhibition. Unlike other domestic exhibitions, many of the Hong Kong Electronics Fair are overseas customers. It is said that more than 60,000 people participated in this exhibition, including eBay, EI Corte Qualcomm, and Samsung. Representatives of brands and retailers. Such an exhibition is a very good channel for obtaining orders for many Shenzhen-based manufacturers. If they are lucky, they can sign tens of millions of orders. Even if they do not get an order, they can establish contact with customers. Follow-up follow-up.
The author strolled a few laps in the VR area, and found that unlike the past, the VR box, which was widely seen in the past, was hard to find on the show this time. Instead, it was replaced by a variety of VR machines. Roughly, 35 or so exhibitors exhibited VR devices, 90% of which were all-in-one machines, and most of them were sold at the same time as mobile phones and tablets, mixed with 3-6 one-piece machines.
The cheapest one-machine price is only 360 yuan, most other prices are in the 400-500 yuan, depending on the price, the resolution, parameters are also different.
I asked one of the merchants from Zhejiang, the main business is the mobile phone, tablet manufacturing, asked why the VR machine was exhibited, his face repulsively replied: "We took from other families, others said this year It's easy to sell." After the exchange, he discovered that the Zhejiang businessman knew nothing about VR and only heard that he would sell it. However, there were indeed quite a few people who came to inquire and showed interest in the all-in-one machine.
Unexpected protagonist: VR camera
In fact, compared to VR one machine, there is a more eye-catching protagonist in the VR area - VR camera. Of the 70 VR-related exhibitors on the site, there were about 30 exhibitors of cameras and panoramic cameras, which overlapped with exhibitors of VR glasses.
From the point of view of the VR cameras in the scene, the cameras exhibited at each booth are similar, and they can be divided into three types: spherical, rectangular, and square. Can be directly connected with the phone in outdoor shooting, you can also use a tripod, shoot indoors, automatically stitching when shooting, no post-splicing.
Round, rectangular hand-held relatively small, the price between 200-300 yuan. The square is bigger and more functional, and the price is around 500.
Regarding the parameters, everything from 1080P to 4K has a camera on the camera ranging from 2 million to 5 million pixels, using RK, VIA, Sunplus, Infront Micro and other processing chips.
In addition to these dazzling arrays of inexpensive consumer-grade VR cameras, there are also some professional-level panoramic cameras on display, such as one of Lanting Digital's and two cameras with perfect fantasy.
Perfect Vision launched two new products: a wink, which is priced at $129 (provisional), and is said to be the country's first panoramic camera that will be placed on the camera in the field. The card will be displayed and the video shooting and “Crazy Ten Continuous Shooting†will be displayed on the spot. The operation is very smooth. Another camera is tentatively scheduled for a thousand dollars.
"Take" a prototype to exhibit and test the market
Just as the Zhejiang businessman mentioned in the previous article only heard that the all-in-one machine was relatively easy to sell, the VR camera was also an “opportunity†to attend.
At the scene, the author asked a number of vendors selling panoramic cameras. One of them clearly stated that the cameras displayed were samples taken from others. If there were many people who asked, they could do it. There is also a manufacturer that sells brackets and also takes a panoramic camera to come and exhibit.
The other two said when the author asked about the specific parameters, "This product is just produced, we only got it, the parameters are not very clear and can not be reported, because it is not the final product, just do a look at the market demand."
As I saw the VR camera at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair, I went to the Huaqiang North Electronics Market and I visited the Huaqiang Electronic World, the SEG Communication Market, the SEG Factory Store, the Manha Digital Plaza, and the Yuanwang Digital Mall. These are the most concentrated large electronics markets. Surprisingly, however, there have been no traces of panoramic cameras in all over a thousand shops.
Finally, in a shop selling VR equipment, the author found out some news. The store's equipment brand is called Yao Wang and is also an employee of Changhong's VR/AR division. The store's salesman, Dadeng (a pseudonym), mentions that his family has 3 panoramic camera products and prototypes have been loaned to exhibitors. There is no place in the shop.
Yu Wang's VR Products
After receiving orders at the exhibition, exhibitors (equivalent to dealers) place orders directly with the manufacturers and produce them in volume. However, it is said that the profit on the dealer side is not high, a VR camera can only earn about 10 yuan, much lower than the one machine.
The threshold is higher than the VR box, the profit is more than 40%, and “Huaqiangbei†who is about to make moves
According to the old nickname, the VR camera market is still only an early stage. At present, when it comes to panoramic cameras, the two and three solutions that are handheld and spherical in Shenzhen are all using public models, so the products seen on the market are almost identical. At present, there are not many manufacturers of VR cameras. The market is in the early stage. Many people are waiting and watching and are still in the market.
“There was no threshold for a VR box before. To find a mold factory to open a mold, you could produce it directly. Five or six people can get a few thousand a day. No technology can do anything. People can get it. But if the camera is used, it will be mass-produced. Only a handful.VR camera market has not yet rise, now do a lot of risk, open a model hundreds of thousands, and a VR camera said less than a hundred dollars, equivalent to the cost of dozens of boxes, in the market is not yet Before dawn, many people will not come in rashly."
VR cameras are not only costly, but also the barriers to entry are improved because not only hardware but also the software part, while the software part depends on the core algorithm.
A manufacturer at the electronic show also stated that it began to study in August of last year and it was not until this year's March and March that it was officially mass-produced, mainly due to the relatively long research time on the stitching algorithm. However, once in the mass production stage, it can be quickly promoted, because it is almost the same as the flat supply chain, so after spending up to half a year to reach mass production, all of them are received after the order, and the technology is low in cost and speed. .
Of course, this threshold will only have some obstacles in the early stages. The "huaqiang northers" who are so sensitive to business sense will certainly not miss any profitable opportunity.
VR cameras are still testing water for them, but there is already a tendency to make it. At the last electronics show, Daddy checked out orders for more than 200 VR cameras. Although not much, he personally is very optimistic about the VR camera market.
"I personally feel that VR cameras will surely rise. According to people's desire to buy mobile phones, there are too many people who are now taking selfies. There are too many people who love beauty, and they are in line with the needs of the 80s and 90s. It is also a new thing."
Laojia's products sell more than 300 yuan round, hand-held more than 600 yuan, the current small-volume production profits can reach more than 40%. Lao Qi said that if the amount reaches 10,000 or more, the profit can even be increased to 80%. However, once the market gets fired, the hand-held may be reduced to less than 400, and the sphere may be less than one hundred yuan, but this time the price war has started.
From the old lady's point of view, VR cameras are likely to follow the same path as VR boxes in the future and cooperate with handset manufacturers to collaborate with sales. It is said that some people are already promoting such cooperation.
In any case, the market for VR cameras is still very early, and it will take a few months to brewing. AMD Chu Jinjin once said: "Now that hardware is no problem, it has not yet been popularized. One of the reasons is that there is not enough content, so the emergence of panoramic cameras now allows everyone to become VR content producers."
Power Meter is a monitoring and testing instrument which determines the power consumption of a connected appliance and the cost of the electricity consumed.
Built-in 3.6V rechargeable Batteries ( . The purpose of the batteries is to store the total electricity and memory setting
Resetting
If an abnormal display appears or the buttons produce no response, the instrument must be reset. To do this,
press the RESET button.
Display Mode
Entire LCD can be displayed for about 1 minute and then it automatically gets into Model. To transfer from
one mode to the other, press the FUNCTION button.
Mode 1: Time/Watt/Cost Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutes(2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:00 again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours)and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which means after 24 hours, it will re-caculate. LCD on second line displays current power which ranges in 0.0W 〜 9999W. LCD on third line displays the current electricity costs which ranges in O.Ocost 〜 9999cost. It will keep on O.OOcost before setting rate without other figures.
Mode 2: Time/Cumulative electrical quantity Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.
LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutes(2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:00 again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours)and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which
means after 24 hours, it will re-caculate. LCD on second line displays current cumulative electrical quantity which ranges in 0.000KWH 〜 9999KWH without other figures. LCD on third line displays"DAY"- "1 'Will be showed on numerical part(the other three figures will be showed at carry) which means it has cumulated electrical quantity for 24hours(one day). The rest can be done in the same manner untill the maximal cumulative time of 9999 days.
Mode 3: TimeA^bltage/Frequency Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays current voltage supply (v) which ranges in 0.0V 〜 9999V .LCD on third line displays current frequency (HZ) which ranges in 0.0HZ 〜 9999Hz without other figures.
Mode 4: Time/Current/Power Factor Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones.LCD on second line displays load current which ranges in 0.0000A 〜 9999A. LCD on third line displays current power factor which ranges in 0.00PF 〜 LOOPF without other figures.
Mode 5:Time/Minimum Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on
second line displays the minimum power which ranges in 0.0W 〜 9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Lo" without other figures.
Mode 6: Time/Maximal Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays the maximal power which ranges in 0.0W 〜 9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Hi" without other figures.
Mode 7: Time/Price Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on third line displays the cost which ranges in O.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH without other figures.
Overload Display: When the power socket connects the load over 3680W, LCD on second line displays the''OVERLOAD[ with booming noise to warn the users,( 1918928,selectable choice)
Supplemental informations:
1: Except [OVERLOAD[ interface, LCD on first line display time in repitition within 24hours.
2: LCD on first line, second line or third line described in this intruction take section according to two black lines on LCD screen. Here it added for clarified purpose.
3. Mode 7 will directly occur while press down button "cost".
4. [UP"&"Down" are in no function under un-setting mode.
Setting Mode
1. Electricity price setting
After keeping COST button pressed lasting more than 3 seconds(LCD on third line display system defaults price, eg O.OOCOST/KWH ),the rendered content begins moving up and down which means that the device
has entered the setting mode. After that, press FUNCTION for swithing , then press "UP"and "DOWN" button again to set value which ranges in OO.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH. After setting all above, press COST to return to Mode7 or it will automatically return to Mode7 without any pressing after setting with data storage.
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