Japan's Sharp bets on VR hardware as 'metaverse' takes off

Foxconn unit ships over 1m displays for VR headsets each month for Meta, others

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Revenue from shipments of Sharp's VR displays came to more than $200 million in 2021, based on an estimated cost of around $50 per unit. (Source photo by AP) 

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Years of quietly developing high-powered virtual reality displays is starting to pay off for Japan's Sharp as the company make an aggressive bet on the "metaverse."

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