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Google buys part of HTC's XR business

TechCrunch · 12h

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.

TechRadar on MSN · 18h

Android XR just teamed up with HTC Vive – here’s why that’s a big deal

Samsung’s TM Roh has been hyping up Android XR in a recent interview, and made comments which suggest that Google is aware of the importance of building a solid software backing for its fledgling platform. If these words translate into action then Android XR could be the first real rival to Horizon OS.

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.

19hon MSN

Samsung's Vision Pro rival to get a big boost from a clever Google acquisition

Just a day before Google’s acquisition announcement, Samsung was showing off the Project Moohan headset at its Galaxy S25 ...

Lilbits: Sony exits the Blu-Ray business, Google acquires part of HTC’s XR team, and a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop on the way?

Lilbits: Sony exits the Blu-Ray business, Google acquires part of HTC's XR team, and a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop on the way?

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