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Apple Reportedly In Talks To Purchase VR Live Streaming Platform NextVR

VRScout

According to a new report by 9to5Mac , Apple is currently in the process of acquiring VR/AR live streaming platform NextVR for a modest $100M. Founded in 2009 by D.J. Despite its impressive technology and numerous partnerships, NextVR failed to secure a Series C funding round in 2019, forcing the company to cut its staff by 40%.

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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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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. How does your eye tracking technology work? As you know, in the west, SMI (M&A by Apple) was an advanced eye-tracking company before. 7Invensun logo (Image by 7Invensun).

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Off to Digital Market We Go, with InContext Solutions’ Tracey Wiedmeyer

XR for Business Podcast

Tracey is the chief technology officer and co-founder of InContext Solutions. Tracey is also the former president of the VR/AR Association chapter in Chicago, Milwaukee and a board member for the Information Research Technology Institute at Sam Walton College of Business. Tracey is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

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Off to Digital Market We Go, with InContext Solutions’ Tracey Wiedmeyer

XR for Business Podcast

Tracey is the chief technology officer and co-founder of InContext Solutions. Tracey is also the former president of the VR/AR Association chapter in Chicago, Milwaukee and a board member for the Information Research Technology Institute at Sam Walton College of Business. Tracey is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

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8 key virtual world features moving to VR

Hypergrid Business

Plus, they also had other benefits that, combined with the unique features, created a potentially world-changing technology platform. Instead, while they may have laid much of the groundwork for current thinking about our virtual future, the technology itself has reached a dead end. This is obviously the big one for virtual worlds.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Established in 2010 by CEO Alex Schwartz, they have an impressive portfolio of titles as well as proprietary “Owlchemy VR” technology, which powers concurrent cross-platform development (which lowers creation costs). funding score. Internet traffic. Bitmovin announced a $10.3M