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Meta Ramps Up Metaverse Investments in Vietnam

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Meta Platforms has reportedly launched plans to boost its metaverse technology investments in Vietnam. As the world continues to reopen after the crisis, the tech giant aims to push its Vietnam ambitions following a meeting at Meta’s headquarters with Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam. Currently, it has 4.2

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Chinese Headset With XR2+ Gen 2 Is An Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover

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Play For Dream's latest headset is a blatant Apple Vision Pro clone but with a Quest Pro style rear battery. But unlike the cheap Chinese knockoff we tried at CES in January, this new headset actually has the specs (though likely not the software) to rival Apple. Image from Malaysian outlet Geek Culture.

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Play For Dream Launches Kickstarter To Bring Its Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover To The West

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Play For Dream MR was announced back in June , but at the time the company only confirmed it was launching in China soon, Singapore and Malaysia in October, and then Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Japan sometime in 2025. Play For Dream MR Specs & Details Play For Dream MR's design is clearly heavily "inspired" by Apple Vision Pro.

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Tencent Involved in Apple Vision Pro’s China Launch – Reports

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Tencent is reportedly providing the Apple Vision Pro a much-needed bridge to the Chinese market by making some of its most popular apps available on the device. We already know that Apple is planning to release the Apple Vision Pro later this year, as Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO , confirmed to state media at the China Development Forum in Beijing.

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U.S. Signs $1.5B in CHIPS Act Agreements With Amkor and SKhynix for Chip Packaging Plants

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Amkor to Build Advanced Packaging Facility with Apple in Mind Amkor plans to build a $2 billion advanced packaging facility near Peoria, Arizona , to test and assemble chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona. Addressing this last gap in the government's domestic chip production plans, these past couple of weeks the U.S.

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Will Meta-MediaTek Partnership Advance AR Smart Glasses?

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MediaTek is a key challenger to companies like Qualcomm, Intel, Apple, Google, and others, with the latter two also branching out with their own chipsets such as the M2 and Tensor G3, respectively. Meta and MediaTek: Chip(sets) off the Old Block?

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Big XR News from Microsoft, Snap, Meta, CareerViewXR

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However, the company has revived its interest in AR devices, driven by the growing consumer interest in smart glasses due to the efforts of Meta and Apple. Meta Quest 3S To Be Manufactured in Vietnam Meta Platforms plans to start manufacturing its Quest mixed reality headsets in Vietnam beginning in 2025.