Apple confirms VR broadcasting company has acquired NextVR – IT Pro – News

Apple has acquired NextVR, a company that specializes in creating and sending VR images from sports to VR headsets, among others. It is not known why Apple NextVR comes in, but there have been rumors for years that Apple is working on an ar headset.

Apple has against Bloomberg the confirmation pronounced that NextVR has been acquired after 9to5mac last month the rumor about this takeover has already been made public. That site was talking about a $ 100 million acquisition value. Apple itself does not mention this in its confirmation.

The NextVR site reports that the company has ‘taken a new direction’. NextVR is a California company that specializes in VR broadcasting and has agreements with the Fox Sports and NBA, among others. In addition to sports, the company focuses on VR live streams of music performances and other events.

Apple has been working on this for some time augmented reality applications for its iPhones and iPads but there have also been rumors since 2016 that the company is on a headset works for ar. In 2017 and 2018 the company would have acquired ar-headsets maker for this purpose. In 2019, Apple also took the Dutch VR expert Arthur van Hoff employed.