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In what way is the subpoena hilarious? All of those companies to my knowledge are players in the VR space with hardware.

Google has Daydream, and working on more

Bytedance has the Pico's

HTC has the Vive

Huawei has one as well, don't remember it right now

Nintendo has something similar to daydream but for the Switch

Panasonic has the MeganeX

Samsung has the Gear

Simula have their headset

They all sell some form of headset hardware.

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It's hilarious because of Simula's size compared to the rest, and because it doesn't include Apple/Valve, and really, only those two should even be on the list at all! They literally subpoenaed everyone except their real potential competition. I get it, they subpoenaed whoever they could. I think the FTC in the Bloomberg story linked in the post said it best: "It reflects their scorched-earth defense strategy here to fight in whatever manner is available to them"

There isn't anyone with a current model headset like the Quest, that is even remotely close in market share in the US.

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