Google to bring some HTC VIVE engineers on board to develop Android ... According to HTC’s press release, Google is paying the company a whopping $250 million to acquire certain members of ...

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 ...

If you want to leave Meta behind, the HTC Vive Focus Vision feels like a better headset, until you start using it in earnest.

Google has bought parts of another HTC division, coming years after the company acquired most of HTC's mobile unit.

Released in February 2023, the HTC Vive XR Elite is a standalone VR headset from HTC at a steep price point. Since its release, alternatives have been hitting the market, including the impressive ...

HTC is not selling its Vive business to Google and will continue ... supported and developed without interruption. —HTC press release (translated) Google is getting employees, specifically ...

Instead of buying their smartphone engineers this time, Google is now buying their HTC VIVE engineers. And that makes sense, since those folks work on headsets and Android XR is a headset platform.

It's all in the name of advancing XR. Google has bought a part of HTC's team working on Vive and other XR stuff for a cool $250 million in cash.

“Today we signed an agreement to welcome some of the HTC VIVE engineering team to Google ... seemed encouraging enough for the company to release its follow-up one year later.

The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive intellectual property rights, according to the Taiwanese firm. HTC will retain rights to ...