Here’s an Information-exclusive scoop that could send tremors throughout the AR/VR industry: Google has made a deal to buy Raxium, a Bay Area-based developer of microLED components. The move suggests that Google is indeed getting serious about launching a mixed reality headset and selling its Starline video conferencing booths within the next few years.
In making this deal, Google follows Apple, Meta Platforms (then Facebook) and Snap in securing talent and patents for microLED tech, reflecting how microLED has emerged as one of the more promising display options for future AR and VR hardware.
