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Scuttlebutt: Pico pulled the plug on a VR headset launch at GDC because of TikTok.

“A new journey begins,” the Meta Quest competitor teased three days ago. “Save the date: 22 March 2023.” But despite having one of the single biggest booths at GDC, Pico had nothing to reveal.

An employee there tells me Pico planned to release the promising Pico 4 in the US — but it’s waiting, because its parent company is currently getting grilled in Washington over a better-known product: TikTok.

The Pico 4 VR headset on a wall at GDC 2023.
The Pico 4 VR headset on a wall at GDC 2023.
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
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