According to reports, Tencent, relevant departments of the universe universe, refute:

The XR (hybrid reality) department of the concept of the Yuan universe under Tencent is formally dissolved, and the entire line of positions are canceled.However, Tencent refuted afterwards that the company was only adjusting the business team.

According to the Chinese online media "36 氪", the Tencent XR business line different departments on Thursday (February 16) received the notice from GM (general manager) and personnel department of the temporary management in the afternoon, andThe company announced the cancellation of the entire position of XR, and more than 300 employees in the department will get a two -month buffer period to find internal water or external opportunities.

Reporting describes that Tencent's dissolution of the XR department is an outcome that can be expected.

The Tencent XR department was established in June 2022. Ma Xiaoyi, senior vice president of Tencent and actual game business trader, is the head of the department. The actual trader is Shen Li, the head of Tencent Game Studio Next Studios.

In January of this year, some of the business of Tencent XR had been suspended. Earlier, Shen Li, the soul figure and business leader of the Tencent XR project, left in November 2022.

As of January 2023, there are still about 300 employees in the nine centers under the Tencent XR business line, and some are introduced by the internal "living water" plan. The rough structure is: basic platforms, content, visual experimentsThe room (Vision Labs), Media Technology Center, Art and Design Center, Business Decision Committee, Space Audio Technology Center, of which there are the most visual laboratory, with about 80 people.

But people familiar with the matter said that the Tencent XR department has few employees with a complete hardware background, and Tencent has been swaying whether it does hardware.

Reported that Ma Xiaoyi and Tencent's chief operating officer Ren Yuxin was inconsistent for whether to do hardware.Ma Xiaoyi is firmly not doing hardware and only investing in the outside world; Ren Yuxin is more inclined to lay out the hardware internally.

People familiar with the matter said that the dissolution of the XR department is also a victim of Tencent's internal game.

However, according to Reuters, Tencent refuted the news on Thursday, saying that it was unrealistic that the plan to dissolve the XR department.Tencent said that the company is adjusting some business teams because the company's hardware development plan has changed.