An Interview with Alvin Wang Graylin, China President of HTC

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Alvin Wang Graylin, China President of HTC. Alvin brings a hardware manufacturer’s perspective and shares what HTC does and the products that are currently available in the market. He shares how he thinks the world can move more towards the digital space and how HTC hosts internal meetings and conferences in VR. He also talks about what excites him in Web3.

 

About Guests

Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President at HTC, leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, content platform, partnerships and investments) and the company’s SW business globally. He is also currently Vice-Chairman of the Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance, President of the $18B Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance and oversees the Vive X VR Accelerators in Beijing, Shenzhen and Tel Aviv. He has over 28 years of management experience in the tech industry, including 20 years in Greater China.

 

You’ll learn about:

• How Alvin got into Web3 and where he thinks we currently are in the space
• How the world can move more towards the digital space, what is the holy grail to live in the virtual world and metaverse and what is missing that is causing a hold up today
• What would it take to capture the real world in VR
• What is HTC, Pro 2 and other products available in the market
• How HTC hosts internal meetings and conferences in VR
• What Alvin is excited about in Web3 

 

Resources: 

Connect with Alvin Wang Graylin: Twitter

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

HTC: Website | Twitter

HTC Vive: Twitter | YouTube

 

Timestamps

[02:00] How Alvin entered into Web3

[06:50] Where we currently are in the space

[15:20] Moving the world to digital and what is the holy grail

[21:52] What virtual work will look like and what’s causing the holdup

[28:18] Vision: the resolution our eyes sees and the actual field of view

[31:49] What it would take to capture real world

[38:34] HTC and what’s available in the market

[43:34] Pro 2 

[47:02] Internal meetings and conferences in VR

[52:33] First company in the world to launch commercial blockchain phone

[55:11] Creating the infrastructure platform for the Metaverse

[56:48] Events in the metaverse

[59:34] What Alvin is excited about in Web3

[1:06:49] Live to Earn

[1:13:47] Use case: traveling

 

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.