In January this year, there were reports that the Tencent XR team dissolved, the official response said “change the path of business development, the relevant team adjustment”.
At that time, there was news that the Tencent XR department only retained a small number of employees, and the future will promote the introduction of Meta’s Qculus Quest 2 (VR equipment).
According to VR Gyro’s internal email from Tencent, Tencent’s IEG Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) has set up a new “XR Equipment and Content Business Department” in September, which is mainly responsible for Tencent’s own-branded XR equipment research and development, sales and marketing, and the construction of the content ecosystem around it.
It is reported that Qian Geng, assistant general manager of the XR equipment and content business department in the XR business line of the IEG Interactive Entertainment Group, is the first person in charge of the department, and is fully responsible for the related business and team management, reporting to Senior Vice President Stevenma (Ma Xiaoyi).
In this regard, Tencent responded to Beijing Business News that it is a normal adjustment and appointment within the XR business line.
In addition, the B station up master “electric pill technology AK” also said that Tencent has dissolved the original self-research XR team, but by the impact of the Apple Vision Pro release, and in August this year began to reorganize the XR team and plans to act as a proxy for the VR headset Oculus Quest under the Meta, the way of cooperation with reference to Tencent and Nintendo agency form. Nintendo’s agency form.
Interface news said Meta as early as the end of 2022 has begun to negotiate with a number of Chinese technology companies Quest program, including Tencent, Lenovo and mainstream smartphone brands, and Quest and Tencent’s intention to negotiate has made some progress.
Qian Geng is also the general manager of the Tencent game Nintendo cooperation department, which has already introduced the Switch console for Tencent and cooperated with Nintendo to carry out the Chinese localized translation of some games.
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