This February 2016 image provided by Meta shows actual footage of a model of a brain shot through the Meta 2 headset, while Meta employee Forest Rouse wears a Meta 2 headset, background left, in Redwood City, Calif. While startups like Meta, Magic Leap and Atheer have been making the most visible progress in augmented reality so far, technology heavyweights are also eyeing it. (Meta via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
WASHINGTON: Chinese tech giants Lenovo and Tencent have joined a funding round for US-based augmented reality startup Meta, developing systems to touch and move digital objects.
Silicon Valley-based Meta said in a statement it raised US$50mil (RM204.93mil) from a group that also includes Comcast Ventures, and Chinese-based Horizons Ventures Limited, Banyan Capital and GQY.
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