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My bet is Google is also buying HTC VR/AR asset so that they can release an AR hardware before Apple’s AR Glass next year.
by jaxondu 9y ago
My bet is Google is also buying HTC VR/AR asset so that they can release an AR hardware before Apple’s AR Glass next year.
- hbosch 9y agoHTC has zero AR property. Vive is VR exclusively, tethered to a PC, and the tech is from Valve. HTC may have some research but it's either very secretive or not worth bidding for - which scenario is more likely?
- cma 9y agoThey've already announced a standalone Vive in partnership with Google: https://www.vive.com/us/product/standalone/ https://www.vive.com/us/product/standalone/ They haven't sold it as anything but VR for now, but it could have AR capabilities. (And HTC has some sort of AR apps like Vive Paper for the standalone Vive, it has a camera).
- bitmapbrother 9y agoGoogle is releasing a standalone VR headset, built by HTC, this year.