Apple has apparently acquired Spaces, an augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology startup that was spun out from DreamWorks Animation in 2016, for an undisclosed sum.
It's been taken for granted that Apple wants to build an augmented reality accessory rather than a virtual reality device, but a new report Friday from Bloomberg paints a picture of the company's AR/VR team altering their original plans due to internal divisions.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman yesterday alleged that Apple has acquired a virtual-reality startup, called NextVR, and within hours its Android app was pulled from the Play Store.
Apple has made another acquisition in the virtual reality market, this time a startup who has already made a name for itself thanks to its innovative ways of using the technology.
Apple's oft-rumored augmented reality headset project seems to be chugging along with a new report Thursday suggesting that the iPhone maker might be testing the unreleased accessory with a ten pin bowling game and a controller that resembles HTC's Vive Focus.
Apple is rumored to be working on an advanced augmented reality headset. Its latest patent filing offers a glimpse into how accurate and reliable gaze tracking could permit users to interact with a computer-generated environment more easily than with hands.
Apple is rumored to be building an augmented reality headset that should release sometime next year, and now it has been revealed that the tech giant recently hired Arthur van Hoff, one of the co-founders of Disney-backed Jaunt VR, for its growing augmented reality team.
In yet another sign that some kind of an augmented or virtual reality headset with a shiny Apple logo may be in the works, Apple has reportedly hired developer Sterling Crispin who previously built a virtual reality painting app for mobile headsets, called Cyber Paint.
Facebook yesterday unveiled a new Oculus GO headset at the F8 conference in California.
Apple is currently working on a headset with dual 8K displays that will be capable of both virtual and augmented reality, reports CNET. The outlet says the device, codenamed T288, is wireless—meaning it doesn't require a tether to a Mac or iPhone—and it's slated to launch in 2020.
Taiwanese handset maker HTC today at CES 2018 unveiled an upgraded edition of its Vive virtual reality headset that Apple recommends for VR content development on macOS.
Say hello to macOS High Sierra, Apple's newest operating system update for Macs. Whether you're on an iMac or one of the Touch Bar-outfitted MacBook Pro models, there is a lot to love in this latest release of Apple's desktop operating system.