Meta partners with Cork research institute to advance augmented reality technology

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At the announcement of the Meta’s new four-year programme of semiconductor research at University College Cork and the Tyndall National Institute are Professor Paul Hurley, Meta’s Industrial Chair in Semiconductor Technologies at UCC and Tyndall, Tánaiste Micheál Martin, Simone Dulfer Tyndall Master's Intern University of Twente Netherlands and Pádraig Hughes, Director & Head of Office Cork, Reality Labs Hardware Division, Meta Ireland. Photography By Gerard McCarthy

Social media giant, Meta has agreed to a four-year programme of research led by Cork research institute, Tyndall. 

Recently appointed as Meta’s Industrial Chair in Semiconductor Technologies at Tyndall and the School of Chemistry at UCC, Professor Paul Hurley will lead the research, with the announcement being attended by Tánaiste Micheál Martin this week.