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Pico Shutdown Rumors are False, Says Parent Company ByteDance

A recent rumor, which alleged that TikTok parent company ByteDance is slated to spin down its XR hardware subsidiary Pico Interactive, is false, the company says. China-based publication EqualOcean reported late last week that ByteDance is set to “gradually abandon the PICO business.” The report alleged the person in charge of Pico recently went to Singapore to […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

23. Oktober 2023

Report: Pico Delayed GDC Announcement of Quest Competitor’s U.S. Launch Due to TikTok Congressional Hearing

Pico Interactive took to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco this week with a massive booth, hyping the event as a “treat” that would be a “Journey to Infinity”. Strangely, there were no substantial announcements from the company there, however a report from The Verge now alleges Pico intentionally delayed its planned announcement of […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

23. März 2023

Report: TikTok Parent Lays Off Hundreds at VR Subsidiary Pico Interactive, Tencent Scraps VR Plans

TikTok parent company ByteDance is reportedly laying off what South China Morning Post maintains will be “hundreds of employees” working at its VR headset manufacturing subsidiary, Pico Interactive. A separate report from Reuters also maintains Chinese tech giant Tencent is scrapping its plans to release a VR headset. According to two people with knowledge of the […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

17. Februar 2023

Virtual Event Platform ‘Wave’ Returns to VR with Pico Partnership, Calvin Harris Concert to Debut Jan 13th

Created using images courtesy Wave, Pico

Wave, the virtual event production company known for putting on a ton of VR concerts a few years back, actually deprecated VR support for its app back in early 2021 to focus on streaming its brand of digital concerts to traditional platforms. Now, through a new partnership with VR headset creator Pico, Wave is set […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

5. Januar 2023