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

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Founded in 2009, the Orange County-based startup broadcasts stereoscopic video of live sports and music to a wide swath of VR headsets, including Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, PSVR, and PC VR headsets such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S. At the time of this writing, neither Apple nor NextVR have commented on the alleged acquisition.

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VR Docu-Series Explores The Lives Of Chimps Freed From Research Labs

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In 2009, two chimpanzees originating from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, were ‘leased’ to Stony Brook University in New York. via the Condition One app on the Oculus GO and Samsung Gear VR. Project Chimps is available now for $1.99 Image Credit: Project Chimps.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

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Founded in 2000 by legendary game designer Tim Schafer, this is a storied studio known for games like Psychonauts (2005), Brutal Legend (2009) , and many more. Founded in 2009, Compulsion Games is best known for We Happy Few (2018). The studio hasn’t talked about future VR plans following Rhombus of Ruin.

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Kortex Pairs Sleep And Stress Neurostimulation With VR Headsets

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“In 2009, we performed a 392-subject study with the Fisher Wallace Stimulator at Phoenix House, the nation’s largest non-profit drug rehab center,” Roman says. This all sounds wonderful in theory, but what do the studies say?

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NextVR Broadcasting College Football Highlights In VR With Notre Dame vs. Stanford

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NextVR was originally founded in 2009 and specializes in VR broadcasts with partners such as FOX Sports, Live Nation, HBO, Turner Sports, and CNN. Tune in to the NBC Sports channel on the NextVR application for Samsung Gear via the Oculus Home store on Oct. We’re talking about transformational change here, in broadcasting.”.

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WWE and NextVR to partner on bringing the action and drama of pro wrestling to VR.

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Fans with a Samsung GearVR headset or Google Daydream View, along with a compatible smartphone, PlayStation VR, or Windows Mixed Reality can download the free NextVR app from the corresponding platform store to access the free highlights. Bonus: Here is a link to the video that recently won me a WWE championship belt.

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NextVR’s Latest Tech is Bringing New Levels of Fidelity to VR Video

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Having originally formed in 2009 as Next3D, a company creating compression and live broadcasting technology for 3DTV content, the company pivoted into NextVR following the sharp decline of the 3DTV market, and—having raised more than $100 million in venture capital since—hasn’t looked back. End to End Approach. Photo by Road to VR.

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