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		Google acquires part of HTC XR business for $250M (techcrunch.com)
		5 points by dmarcos on Jan 23, 2025 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

sitkack on Jan 23, 2025 | [–]

Who knows where this is going.

Given gSquirrel's direction finding ability, they could be releasing a headset or they could be apologizing to HTC. Or it is a combo of both.

Hard to believe they could be launching anything by the time Quest 4 ships.

dmarcos on Jan 23, 2025 | [–]

It includes some of the engineering team and a non-exclusive IP agreement.

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