HTC to Launch World’s First Metaverse Smartphone

• Mobile phone manufacturer, HTC has announced plans to launch the world’s first metaverse smartphone

• The company’s Asia Pacific General Manager has reported that the device is set to be launched by April this year

• This comes after attempts by Google and Samsung to launch a similar device in the past

HTC, one of the world’s biggest smartphone brands is set to make a comeback by launching a metaverse smartphone.

According to DigiTimes, the company’s general manager Charles Huang has disclosed that the device will be launched by April this year.

The phone is said to be powerful enough to handle applications designed for augmented reality and virtual reality.

Although other giants like Google and Samsung have tried to pull off an AR/VR mobile device in the past without much success, many are hopeful that things will be different for HTC.

Being one of the top players in the PC virtual reality space, it is expected that the Taiwanese company will harness its experience in the development of the metaverse smartphone.

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This comes after HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang recently unveiled the company’s plans for a metaverse, similar to the one launched by Facebook.

HTC also announced the $499 Vive Flow VR headset in October last year, a device that features two front-facing cameras to support motion and hand tracking.

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