A leading company focused on virtual transformation.
Apple continues its shopping frenzy with the acquisition of Virtual Real Start-up Spaces, Protocol reported monday.
According to Protocol, Spaces announced last week that it “goes in a new direction,” adding, “Thanks to our users and partners who participated in our wonderful virtual real video conferencing product and the many other people who enjoyed the location of our RV-entertainment based on attractions discovered in theme parks, theaters and more. “
Apple and Spaces can be contacted for comment.
Spaces has created thematic and geolocated virtual environments and experiences, and its founders introduced the company in 2016 after leaving DreamWorks Animation, which had raised $9. 5 million of investors, according to PitchBook data.
But the pandemic forced Spaces to close its virtual real centers face-to-face, lay off staff and get an APP loan while the industry suffered in general, Protocol reported.
Apple, meanwhile, has lost sight of it, and recently achieved a $2 trillion valuation as it continues to buy new businesses. The spaces would be at least the eighth acquisition of the company of the year.
Apple has been primarily interested in real virtual startups, most recently through NextVR, a company that creates virtual reports for live events and sports, for around $100 million. Apple also recovered real augmented glasses manufacturer Akonia Holographics in 2018 and Vrvana, who made headphones. capable of making truth virtual and augmented and controlled through several previous apples in 2017.
According to Bloomberg, Apple has long used an AR-VR combo viewer that could be introduced as soon as 2021, and the company has ambitions to be a major player in the “cross-reality” ecosystem as well as a dominant force. player in the entertainment industry.