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.
This partnership between Google and HTC signals a new era of innovation in XR technology, setting the stage for an intriguing ...
Google’s announcement of Android XR last month was largely met with excitement, but there was a notable undercurrent of ...
New details emerged about Samsung's XR headset at Galaxy Unpacked 2025. This Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 competitor is ...
Almost all mobile devices sold in the UK operate on either iOS or Android, with Apple and Google holding exclusive or leading ...
Samsung and Google are partnering up to build AR glasses, Samsung’s TM Roh told Bloomberg. But there aren’t many other ...
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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