Through the Looking Glass with AR/VR

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The following is an excerpt from the latest installment of TWICE’s Executive Retail Roundtable, in which we gather some of the best and the brightest in tech retail to address the state of the industry. Join us for a deep dive into the challenges facing the retail business today:

TWICE: What lies ahead for VR and AR, from both a product and a retail experience standpoint?
Neal Martinelli, merchandising VP, HSN: We’re looking at that right now, VR and AR, not only from a consumer perspective but just for entertainment. It’s going to be everywhere; it’s going to be very pervasive. I think you’re going to see a lot of advancement very rapidly over the next year or two on both fronts.

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New Age Electronics Adds ZEISS Multimedia Devices to Deliver Innovative Virtual Reality Offering to US Retailers

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Hollywood, CA (from 2016 New Age Electronics Retail Dealer Summit) – July 20, 2016 – New Age Electronics, a leading distributor of consumer electronics and gaming products and services and a division of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), announced today that it has signed an agreement with ZEISS Multimedia Devices, an internationally-leading technology enterprise operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries, to distribute the newly launched VR ONE Plus virtual reality headset to the US retail channel. The VR ONE Plus is Zeiss Multimedia Devices’ second-generation virtual reality headset and provides an innovative, high-quality VR experience that is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices.

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