Google draws its new talents from HTC. In full development of Android XR, its operating system for mixed reality devices, the search engine has signed a large check to be able to use HTC technologies, as well as gray matter.
HTC Today is less a smartphone manufacturer (even if it still has beautiful leftovers) than a manufacturer of mixed reality headsets with its brand Vive. The company has become one of the gender specialists, with recognized expertise including by its peers: Google will thus accommodate HTC employees to strengthen the teams responsible for the development ofAndroid XR.
New blood for Android XR
Android XR is the new declination of Android dedicated to mixed reality devices. Unveiled last December, this bone is still in gestation; A first helmet, the Moohan project, designed with Samsung, should be released in the course of the year while waiting for other devices to join it. Connected glasses are also in preparation, still with Samsung.
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Google has made a check for 250 million dollars for a number of HTC employees to join its ranks. Google also obtains, non -exclusively, a license to exploit HTC’s intellectual property concerning XR technology. Despite this agreement, HTC will continue to offer its Vive solutions, like the Vive Xr Elite that we had hardly appreciated.
On the Google side, this new blood supply should give a turbo stroke to the Android XR platform in the ecosystem of headsets and XR glasses. “” The transfer to Google of a solid technical team having proven itself in the field of virtual reality and virtual reality is based on the significant investment of Google in Taiwan, key pole of innovation and technology “Adds the web giant.
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