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Meta to Farm Out Design for Mixed Reality Devices, Shift Some Production From China

The Information · Kalley Huang · last updated

Meta Platforms is changing how it designs and where it builds its mixed reality devices to stem deep financial losses and skirt a possible trade war between the U.S. and China.

Meta is shifting part of the development and design of its mixed reality headsets to Chinese contract manufacturer Goertek, according to an employee at Goertek and two employees at Meta. The Facebook-owner is also working with Goertek to move up to half the manufacturing of Quest headsets to Vietnam from China over the next several years, the Meta employees said.