A Metaverse phone will be unveiled by HTC in April. This time, HTC will offer a truly innovative high-end phone because it has sold the majority of its smartphone manufacturing company to Google. According to HTC Asia-Pacific General Manager Charles Hong, the company will soon unveil a premium phone that supports AR / VR applications. HTC previously unveiled Exodus 1, the world’s first Blockchain phone.
Hong revealed to Digitimes that the business will introduce a Metaverse phone next month (April). This phone is a high-end device with cutting-edge technologies that can be integrated with HTC’s proprietary virtual reality platform, Viveverse. After the HTC U12+ smartphone, which was unveiled in 2018, HTC’s Metaverse smartphone might be a fascinating item. Since HTC sold the majority of its smartphone manufacturing operations to Google in 2018, the market has been dominated by low- and mid-range Android devices.
HTC was the industry pioneer in the creation of the Vive Headset, which makes use of virtual reality visualization technology. HTC surprisingly entered the smartphone market. It will be extremely challenging for HTC to release a phone with VR capabilities. This is because starting with Android 11, Google stopped making updates to its Daydream VR platform for smartphones. In 2020, the well-known smartphone manufacturer Samsung also stopped providing support for the Gear VR platform and services.
HTC has a lot to do if it plans to ship a phone with a VR feature. Now, HTC has officially unveiled 5G Edge Cloud technology at the MWC 2022 event, along with Viverse, one of the company’s Metaverse visions. The introduction of new apps also included the in-car virtual reality system and location-based entertainment.