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Google takes over parts of the HTC Vive engineering team (mixed-news.com)

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Google made the announcement on its blog. There, the company writes:

"We’ve been investing in XR for more than a decade, and just last month introduced the Android XR platform with our strategic industry partners. Today we signed an agreement to welcome some of the HTC VIVE engineering team to Google, which is subject to customary closing conditions. They are an incredibly strong technical team with a proven track record in the VR space, and we are looking forward to working with them to accelerate the development of the Android XR platform across the headsets and glasses ecosystem."

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[–] fhein 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it's a bit unfortunate wording which makes it sound like the Vive was developed by HTC and Valve just adopted it. Valve did a lot of VR research, produced several headset prototypes, and invented key technologies like the Lighthouse tracking in the years before they announced their partnership with HTC. I'm sure HTC contributed regarding turning a prototype into a consumer product and mass producing it, but I think Valve could just as well have taken their VR tech to Samsung, Lenovo, or someone else and have them produce the Vive if they had been interested.

[–] knightmare1147 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wasnt aware of this, I was just speaking from my consumer perspective. That's really interesting to know, thank you!