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Report: Apple to Acquire Live Event Streaming Company NextVR for $100M

Road to VR

NextVR, the live event broadcasting platform for VR headsets, may soon find itself acquired by Apple, a report by 9to5Mac maintains, which is expected to be valued around $100 million. At the time of this writing, neither Apple nor NextVR have commented on the alleged acquisition.

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BIG XR News from Meta, Apple, VIRNECT, Warpin Reality, and Qualcomm

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Moreover, for Meta, the negotiations allow the Menlo Park-based firm to operate on the Mainland since its ban in 2009 due to the Urumqi riots. Currently, China has two key Metaverse suppliers, HTC VIVE and Bytedance. Apple, Luxshare Partner for AR Smart Glasses More Chinese innovations occurred last week.

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‘Mythica VR': VR LARP With D&D-style World Building Hits Kickstarter

Road to VR

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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7Invensun is a Chinese company that wants to disrupt the VR eye tracking sector

The Ghost Howls

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). As you know, in the west, SMI (M&A by Apple) was an advanced eye-tracking company before. aGlass DKII is compatible with HTC Vive and Vive Pro.

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8 key virtual world features moving to VR

Hypergrid Business

I’ve used it with the HTC Vive, and you can literally stand in the middle of your creation, and hold the virtual paintbrush in your hand to paint in the air around you. There are also app stores for the Oculus Rift , the Gear VR , the HTC Vive , and on Steam for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. GridSurvey data.).

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

The Series A was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also involved The VR Fund (contributors to The Wave’s round as well), Colopl Next, Capital Factory, HTC, and more. The Laguna Beach, CA-based company was founded in 2009, and has over 36 patents (some pending) pertaining to live streaming virtual reality technology. funding score.