Huawei unveils its own VR headset

Huawei is entering the virtual reality space with its own headset, succinctly named the Huawei VR. It seems to be going directly against the Samsung Gear VR. It also works with Huawei's new flagships: the P9, P9 Plus, and Mate 8. Putting it a bit at a disadvantage is the phones only support up to 1080p Full HD. If that isn't much of an issue to you, the Huawei VR does have something its competitors don't have yet: 360-degree sound. The headset also features a 95-degree field-of-vision, which is almost the same as 96-degree FoV for the Gear VR. It also has a slew of free content its competitors can't match yet with over 4,000 movies, 40 games, 150 panoramic tours, and 350 panoramic images. No word yet on pricing and availability though.

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Leaked photo shows Huawei P9 with Leica dual-lens camera

It’s been known recently from both leaks and official sources that Huawei plans to use lens and camera technology from German manufacturer Leica. Rumour has it they’ll be using a dual-lens configuration. A recent image leak shows the Huawei P9 sporting said configuration. It shows the usual metal-clad look Huawei goes with but this time it has two camera lenses placed side by side on the top left corner of the device’s back portion. These are beside dual-tone LED flash, laser autofocus, and Leica’s name engraved at the right.

A bit below that you see the square-shaped fingerprint sensor, which is roughly in the same spot as it was in the Huawei-made Nexus 6P. Other leaked specs of this upcoming Huawei device include a 5.2-inch Full HD display, Kirin 950 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a 3,900mAh battery.

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Huawei partnering with Ontario government for 5G Ontario initiative, 250 new jobs

Huawei plans to invest up to $303 million in new 5G-related research initiatives in Ontario over the next five years

Huawei and the Government of Ontario announced a partnership called "5G Ontario," which is a major research and development project that promises to secure hundreds of new jobs in the Province of Ontario.

Announced during Premier Kathleen Wynne’s visit to Huawei’s Canadian headquarters in Markham today, 5G Ontario will see the government invest up to $16 million through the Jobs and Prosperity Fund (JPF) to support Huawei’s initial $212 million investment. The initiative will create 250 new R&D jobs in the province, while maintaining 250 existing R&D jobs. The partnership builds on an agreement Premier Kathleen Wynne announced with Huawei in Beijing during her first trade mission to China in 2014.

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Huawei works on new lithium-ion batteries capable of charging 10 times faster than normal batteries

Imagine being able to charge a 3,000mAh battery to 48 percent in just five minutes. Existing quick charging technologies have nothing on what Huawei is planning. Huawei presented at the 56^th Battery Symposium in Japan new lithium-ion batteries that are said to achieve ten times the charging speeds of existing batteries. Shown in two separate videos, one 600mAh battery can reach 68 percent capacity in two minutes, while the other is the 3,000mAh one that hit close to 50 percent at around five minutes.

The science behind this according to Huawei is it “bonded heteroatoms to the molecule of graphite in anode, which could be a catalyst for the capture and transmission of lithium through carbon bonds.” This helps improve charging speed without decreasing energy density or battery life. For now it’s still a concept but we can’t wait for future smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and the like to take advantage of this technology.

Source: Android Police