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.
New details emerged about Samsung's XR headset at Galaxy Unpacked 2025. This Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 competitor is ...
Google’s announcement of Android XR last month was largely met with excitement, but there was a notable undercurrent of ...
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The two tech giants are entering the race to create a pair of augmented reality glasses, competing with Apple and Meta.
After this week's news, it's looking more likely that could finally happen. With Samsung's next Unpacked happening on ...
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