On the afternoon of March 17, Alibaba announced the establishment of a VR (Virtual Reality) laboratory and revealed the Group's VR strategy for the first time. According to reports, Ali will take advantage of the platform to simultaneously promote VR content development and hardware incubation.
In terms of content, Ali has fully launched the Buy+ program to lead the future shopping experience, and will cooperate with its film, music, video sites, etc. to promote high-quality VR content output. In terms of hardware, Ali will build the VR business ecosystem based on the world's largest e-commerce platform, accelerate the popularization of VR equipment, and help the development of hardware manufacturers.
Ali "Creation God" plans to build the world's largest 3D commodity library
Ali VR Lab's internal codename is GM Lab, whose full name is GnomeMagic Lab, inspired by the Goblin who is good at invention and creation in World of Warcraft. The lab is hosted by technical leaders in the fields of Ali Wireless, Core, Performance Architecture, etc., dedicated to the research and scene exploration of cutting-edge technology products. In the VR field, the lab will focus on polishing the future shopping experience, and jointly establish VR content output standards with Ali Pictures, Ali Music, Youku Tudou, etc. to promote high-quality VR content output.
It is reported that the first project after the establishment of Ali VR Lab is the “Creating God†project. The goal is to jointly establish the world's largest 3D merchandise library and accelerate the shopping experience of the virtual world. Ali engineers have completed hundreds of highly detailed product models. The next step will be to develop standardized tools for merchants to achieve rapid batch 3D modeling, and to dare to taste new businesses will soon provide users with VR shopping options.
“VR technology can create an immersive shopping experience for users. Maybe in the near future, when you sit at home, you can go shopping on Fifth Avenue in New York.†Zhao Haiping, one of the core members of the lab, said, “Ali will continue to build a VR infrastructure platform. And software tools, allowing brands and businesses to easily build a personalized VR store.†Zhao Haiping is Facebook's first Chinese engineer. After joining Ali in early 2015, he focused on software performance and VR technology.
Taobao helps VR manufacturers to grab 100 billion market
On January 14, Goldman Sachs released a 58-page report to look into the VR industry outlook, arguing that VR devices will become the next computing platform after computers and mobile phones. Goldman Sachs predicts that VR and AR hardware revenues will reach $110 billion by 2025, and VR devices will be as popular as TV. Oculus also said that its long-term goal is to let 1 billion people use VR equipment.
Alibaba has the world's largest e-commerce platform. In 2015, the number of active users exceeded 400 million, and the e-commerce transaction volume reached 2.95 trillion, accounting for nearly 90% of the online retail market in China. In the new VR strategy, Alibaba will focus on platform advantages, build VR business ecosystem, improve service standards, and invest more market resources to accelerate the popularity of VR devices through Taobao crowdfunding and professional channels to help more hardware manufacturers. development of.
Up to now, many VR hardware have gained wide attention through the Taobao crowdfunding platform. Lingjing Xiaobai VR helmet received 11,358 fans support, raising funds of 2.77 million. The 3rd generation of Storm Mirror has won more than 30,000 fans and raised more than 3 million. At the beginning of this month, Taobao completed crowdfunding big friends to see VR helmets received 46,000 fans support, raising funds of 5.35 million. In the future, Ali is expected to become the world's largest VR equipment sales platform and hardware incubator, and help the industry to establish intelligent hardware standards.
From VR to AR, Ali's comprehensive layout
In 2016, it was called the VR first year, and major Internet companies frequently operated. Zuckerberg appeared at the Mobile VR helmet platform jointly released by Facebook and Samsung at the World Mobile Congress and announced the establishment of the VR social team. Google partnered with The New York Times to give cardboard VR glasses to more than 1 million subscribers. Earlier, the British "Financial Times" also revealed that Apple is secretly forming a VR research team. Following the release of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Sony also officially released the PlayStaTIon VR on March 16th, priced at only $399.
Although Alibaba has publicly announced its VR plan for the first time, there are many indications that it has been brewing for a long time. In January of this year, Youku Tuo low-key on-line 360-degree panoramic video, and launched the VR version of the two-party program on demand during the just-concluded "two sessions." In the latest issue of the Internet of Things Research Report published by the Ali Research Institute, the VR/AR industry has also been deeply analyzed.
Of particular concern is that Alibaba led Magic Apache's 794 million financing in February this year, and Ali Chongxin, executive vice chairman of the Ali Group, joined Magic Leap's board of directors. The company is one of the most imaginative companies in the AR (Augmented Reality) field, and its products are designed to allow users to generate visual images from real-world scenes and seamlessly integrate with the real world. Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap, said, "We are very excited to have Alibaba as a strategic partner to introduce Magic Leap's groundbreaking products to Alibaba's 400 million users."
Different from VR to create a closed virtual reality, AR is to superimpose computer-generated virtual objects or prompt information into real scenes, thereby enhancing users' perception of the real world. The computing power requirements are an order of magnitude higher than VR, and the technical implementation is more difficult. Big. It is widely expected that the AR industry will explode at least five years later than VR, and Ali's participation will accelerate the process.
As Ma Yun, Chairman of Alibaba's Board of Directors, said, “The technological revolution we are experiencing is releasing the brain. In the next 30 years, the whole revolution will go far beyond everyone's imagination.†Alibaba's recent frequent actions indicate Its long-term confidence and forward-looking layout for cutting-edge technologies such as VR and AR.
1.27mm (0.050") Pitch Female Headers
Like the 1.27mm pitch male header, the 1.27mm pitch female header is used in densely-packed devices, requiring space-saving connections. The low profile, 1.27mm pitch female header addresses the need for connecting a variety of board-to-board configurations, with vacuum pick and place that makes it suitable for high volume automated manufacturing. It can be available in varying elevated stack heights, pass-through, rugged, high-density, and in numerous low-cost designs.
Antenk offers 1.27mm pitch female headers in either SMT or THM orientation at high quality and affordable China-quoted price that snuggly fits with the pins of a male header and acts as a receptacle.
Assembly and service is simple with either vertical (straight), elevated or at a right angle orientation, which can dissipate current of about 1.0 A or less in a tape and reel packaging. The filleted corners can also remove shadowing allowing optimization of LED output.
The 1.27mm pitch female headers are commonly found in PC`s and are also made to work in Arduino boards, Arduino Pro and Arduino Mega with either single or double-row female headers, facilitating connections for programming and incorporation into other circuits. They have the perfect height for clearing the USB-B connector and great for stacking multiple shields.
Female header always called as [Header connector", Antenk provide widely range of header connector, from 2.54mm (.100″ inch) pitch to 1.0mm (.039″ inch) pitch. The number of pins (contacts) is from 2 to 40 pins per orw. There are three type: Straight (Dip Vertical), Right angle, SMT (surface mount).
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Applications of 1.27mm Pitch Female Headers
Its small size is most suitable for PCB connections of small equipment and devices such as:
Arduino Boards
Architectural and sign lighting
Retail and display lighting
Fluorescent LED retrofit lighting
Cabinet or furniture lighting
Commercial / residential cove lighting
WiFi equipment
Gaming consoles,
Measurement instruments
Medical Diagnostic and Monitoring equipment
Communications: Telecoms and Datacoms
Industrial and Automotive Control and Test
At one side of this female header is a series of pins which can either be mounted and soldered directly onto the surface of the PCB (SMT) or placed into drilled holes on the PCB (THM).
Through-Hole (Poke-In)
Best used for high-reliability products that require stronger connections between layers.
Aerospace and military products are most likely to require this type of mounting as these products experience extreme accelerations, collisions, or high temperatures.
Useful in test and prototyping applications that sometimes require manual adjustments and replacements.
1.27mm vertical single row female header, 1.27mm vertical dual row female header, 1.27mm Elevated single row female header, 1.27mm Elevated dual row female Header, 1.27mm right-angle single row female header and 1.27mm right-angle dual row female header are some examples of Antenk products with through-hole mount type.
Surface-Mount
The most common electronic hardware requirements are SMT.
Essential in PCB design and manufacturing, having improved the quality and performance of PCBs overall.
Cost of processing and handling is reduced.
SMT components can be mounted on both side of the board.
Ability to fit a high number of small components on a PCB has allowed for much denser, higher performing, and smaller PCBs.
1.27mm Right-angle Dual Row female header, 1.27mm SMT Single row female header, 1.27mm SMT Dual row female header and 1.27mm Elevated Dual Row female Header are Antenk`s SMT female headers.
Soldering Temperature for 1.27mm Pitch Female Headers
Soldering SMT female connectors can be done at a maximum peak temperature of 260°C for maximum 60 seconds.
Pin-Type: Vertical (Straight) and Right-Angle
1.27mm pitch female headers may be further classified into pin orientation as well, such as vertical or straight female header or right-angle male header.
Vertical or Straight Female Header Orientation
One side of the series of pins is connected to PCB board in which the pins can be at a right-angle to the PCB surface (usually called "straight" or [vertical") or.
Right-Angle Pin Female Header Orientation
Parallel to the board's surface (referred to as "right-angle" pins).
Each of these pin-types have different applications that fit with their specific configuration.
PCB Connector Stacking
Profile Above PCB
This type of configuration is the most common way of connecting board-to-board by a connector. First, the stacking height is calculated from one board to another and measured from the printed circuit board face to its highest insulator point above the PCB.
Elevated Sockets/Female Headers
Elevated Sockets aka Stacked sockets/receptacles or Mezzanine are simply stacked female headers providing an exact distance requirement between PCBs that optimizes electrical reliability and performance between PCB boards.
Choosing this type of stacking configuration promotes the following benefits:
Connector Isolation - the contacts are shrouded preventing cable connection mishaps and good guidance for the mating header connectors.
For off-the-shelf wireless PCB module, stacking height is optimized with elevated sockets.
Offers superior strength and rigidity.
Polarisation prevents users from inverted insertion.
Single, Dual or Multiple Number of Rows
For a 1.27mm straight or vertical female header, the standard number of rows that Antenk offers ranges from 1 to 2 rows. However, customization can be available if 3 ,4 or n number of rows is needed by the customer. Also, the number of contacts for the single row is about 2-40 pins while for dual row, the number contacts may vary from 2-80 pins.
Pin Material
The pins of the connector attached to the board have been designed with copper alloy. With customer`s demand the pins can be made gold plated.
Custom 1.27mm Pitch Female Headers
Customizable 1.27 mm pitch female headers are also available, making your manufacturing process way faster as the pins are already inserted in the headers, insulator height is made at the right size and the accurate pin length you require is followed.
Parts are made using semi-automated manufacturing processes that ensure both precision and delicacy in handling the headers before packaging on tape and reel.
Tape and Reel Packaging for SMT Components
Antenk's SMT headers are offered with customizable mating pin lengths, in which each series has multiple number of of circuits, summing up to a thousand individual part number combinations per connector series.
The tape and reel carrier strip ensures that the headers are packaged within accurately sized cavities for its height, width and depth, securing the headers from the environment and maintaining consistent position during transportation.
Antenk also offer a range of custom Tape and reel carrier strip packaging cavities.
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