AMD itself going viral in VR Headset Technology
When AMD launched its Radeon RX 480 graphics card it promised to deliver VR for the masses, or at least the computing power to do so. And it did. Fast forward 10 months and while VR-capable graphics cards have become relatively the norm, the software (apps) and hardware (headsets) ecosystem has been somewhat lagging. Now, in a rather unexpected move, AMD – who is not known for its acquisitions – has bought Nitero Wireless VR, a company specialising in producing silicon to untether the cord from your wireless headset. This was a lock, stock’n’barrel acquisition, with AMD making it abundantly clear that the engineering team was part of the deal, including Nitero CEO Pat Kelly becoming Senior VP of Wireless IP at AMD. Nitero already had a substantial investment from Valve which had invested for the sake of SteamVR. The company owns some interesting wireless IP that AMD can put to use. In particular, it is one of the few companies currently producing 60GHz wireless trans...
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