according to idc, just over 70 million pcs were shipped in the fourth quarter. the wall street decathlon kicks off its 10th year in new york city and the decade-old issuing newis technology. for the first time, outsiders can now stream this race. joining us now from new york with all the details, founder of d10. tell us how it works. life for twos to reasons. the first was the tenants is a four-hour event which is pretty hard to show in totality. the second thing is when we built the d10, we built a software suite that allowed us to know where every athlete was at all times so you could take those two factors haughtily show .his to a global audience requiring the audience to tune in for four consecutive hours. to get intothe tool any live event at exactly the perfect time. >> will this be used for other sporting events as well? >> will was originally built to solve a problem, but will we realized this there's a lot of , but there producers is too. >> talk to us about how the technology actually works. is it phone banks, how does it work question marks >> it is a

idc says a shakeout is already down the rabbit hole.up does not want to be one of those left for dead. it is developing its own games and plans to have 10,000 vr arcades across china by year's end. >> the biggest challenge is we don't have good enough content to get repeat customers. people will play our games for 10, 20 minutes tops but not half a day or even longer. stephen: vr right now is perhaps best suited for b2b applications, companies that can afford it. ♪ --china shows renewed shows renewed signs of strength. bitcoin starting 2018 with looking, it we are not at it there, we are a long way from the dizzying records in the middle of december. an old threat for a new year, kim jong-un says north korea's nuclear weapons are a reality and the button is on his desk feared -- his desk feared this is bloomberg markets. ♪ rishaad: trading in tokyo, a late start to korea and trading new zealandding in today, but the hang seng has been gangbusters. it's gone above the 30,000 level. -- gainsgains of thus far. jakarta just coming online, l

according to idc, just over 70 million pc's were shipped in the fourth quarter.ecathlon kicks off its 10th year in new york city this month. the decade-old competition is introducing new technology. for the first time, outsiders can now stream this race. d10 is uncovering the technology, giving them a live streaming experience. journey is, the founder of d10. tell us how it works. >> thank you for having me. norma came to life for two reasons. four-hourself is a event, which is hard to show in its totality. the second thing is when we built the d10, we built a software suite that allowed us to know where every athlete was on the playing field at all times. so you could take those two factors. we thought, how do we show this to a global audience without requiring the audience to tune in for four consecutive hours? norma gives the viewer the tool to tune into the d10 or any live event at the perfect time. emily: will this be used for other sporting events as well? >> it will. norma was designed to solve a problem for the d10. but we realize there are lots of other

david: is american industry flooding into the department of theerce to try to bring -- idc did rule againstates on the da situation. guest: there is an uptick in trade remedy proceedings. theers should note, department of commerce for the first time in 25 years self initiated a trade remedy proceeding. this shows the mindset of this administration on supporting and promoting trade remedies. shery: think is so much for your time, brian. a former chief international trade counsel for the senate finance committee. >> thank you. ofry: verizon is the stock the hour as the trump administration considers nationalizing plans to build a 5g network. how likely is this? plus we are waiting on the white house press briefing to begin in a few moments. this after andrew mccabe is said to be stepping down. details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power". i'm david westin. shery: time now for the stock of the hour. communications are lower on the report out over the weekend that the trump administration may want to build network possibly with government control. ab

idc says a shakeout is already happening as venture capital shifts to content providers, away from equipmentis a whole another world. down the rabbit hole. the startup does not want to be one of those left for dead. it is developing its own games and plans to have 10,000 vr arcades across china by years end. >> the biggest challenge is we don't have good enough content to have her be customers. people will play our games for 10, 20 minutes tops but not longer. stephen: vr right now is perhaps best suited for b2b applications, companies that can afford it. >> when these companies become can haverial, people classed -- cost down. stephen: those investors left because of the bottleneck will also warm back. when everyone wants to be in vr, it will be too late. stephen: unless the virtual space zombies, get them first. one more, hugh? h? dead. stephen engle, bloomberg news. haidi: that was stephen engle reporting on china's first vr themepark. it looks like they are killing space zombies pretty passionately. ramy: i remember the days when i would go to the shopping mall and put $.25 in and play p

how this could spread throughout the tech industry, joined by brian ma from idc. ♪ ♪ haidi: asian stocks their best week in six months. investors piling into equities. agreed tohe north has a january 9 meeting after washington and seoul, korea suspended military drills. kalanickavis offloading 30% of his stake in uber. rishaad: apple gets bitten by the bugs, but there is no known impact on users. derails this exuberance across global equities? u.s. and asian stocks at record highs. japan at levels we have not seen since 1991, the best start since 1996. this commodities rally is responsible. take a look at this chart of the best performers. equities and materials performing the best. this is the bloomberg commodities index. it is flat, but 14 straight days of gains largely thanks to dollar weakness and demand-side improvement. industrial metals above the rest largely due to that china demand , expectations of infrastructure investment in the u.s. and emerging asia. i suppose the other huge component of this is the resilience and oil prices. rishaad: on top of that come looking ahead, what