Google buys part of HTC’s XR business for $250M
Google has agreed to acquire part of HTC's extended-reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality hardware The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.
Google is bulk buying HTC Vive engineers to help Android XR become a platform that can rival Meta's VR/AR dominance
Last month, Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets.
Despite industry woes, XR development has largely stayed consistent, according to the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) ...
VR & AR projects. If Android XR is to succeed, it'll depend on Samsung, the savior of Google's wearable plans.
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Meta's XR plans reportedly include seeding Orion to devs and Oakley smart glassesAs Meta eyes XR glasses it can mass produce, it reportedly plans to seed prototype its Orion glasses to developers next year.
Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, has selected 14 projects for its Pitching Forum.
The 65-inch Sony Bravia XR A95L QD-OLED 4K TV, our choice for the top TV of 2024, is on sale from Amazon with a 14% discount ...
Just a day before Google’s acquisition announcement, Samsung was showing off the Project Moohan headset at its Galaxy S25 ...
Irish metaverse company announces new offering for the US education partnership in new venture with Facebook’s parent and ...
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals is nearly here and their film and TV lineup has just been revealed.
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