The Chinese New Year VR Express, aboard which visitors use virtual reality to hunt for the monster Nian, at The Arcade, in Cyberport. Virtual and augmented reality have put a new spin on an old festive legend for Lunar New Year, as The Arcade in Cyberport reawakens the mythical beast Nian.
Category: Chinese New Year
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Top retailers gear up for Chinese New Year shoppers
MODERN RETAILERS have launched attractive Chinese New Year campaigns to cash in on the first major festival of 2017 that lures high shopper spending. According to Kasikorn Research Centre, total spending during the Chinese New Year festival is expected to reach Bt6.4 billion, or at about Bt3,600 per household on average, up 3 per cent from the same festive event last year, driven by the higher prices of goods.