Alvin Wang Graylin | The China President of HTC Talks VR & Metaverse

<p><strong>Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      China’s consumer PC market in the early-to-mid-90s</p><p>●      Why many companies struggled in the 90s while Intel thrived</p><p>●      Building the Chinese social networking app Guanxi in the early-2010s</p><p>●      Co-founding mInfo, the official mobile search provider to the Beijing Olympics in 2008</p><p>●      What internet marketing looked like 20 years ago and the impact of mobile in the 2000s</p><p>●      The early days of eCommerce and the reasons for its dramatic growth</p><p>●      What foreign VR companies should do to localize for the Chinese market</p><p>●      How VR is perceived in China versus the West and why it took a long time to take off</p><p>●      Where the world of VR will be in five to ten years</p><p>●      What Alvin means by: “The metaverse will <em>expand</em>—not <em>replace</em>—the internet.”</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p><p>Today on The Negotiation, we talk with Alvin Wang Graylin, China President at HTC. Established in 1997, HTC is an award-winning developer of smart mobile, connected technology, and virtual reality products.</p><p>Alvin is also the Vice President of the Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance (IVRA) and the President of the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA)</p><p>He has almost three decades of business management experience in the tech industry, including 20 years in Greater China beginning with a Senior Management position at Intel in 1993. Prior to HTC, Alvin was a serial entrepreneur, having founded four venture-backed startups in the mobile and internet spaces, covering mobile social, adtech, search, AI, big data and digital media. Additionally, he has held $100+ million P&amp;L roles at a number of public companies.</p><p>Today, Alvin is a sought-after speaker and thought leader on the topics of VR/AR/AI in China and globally.</p><p>According to Alvin, the key consideration of the Chinese government when scrutinizing foreign compan