From time to time, Apple finds companies of all kinds. Now, 9to5Mac is confirming that the company NextVR's next purchase is about to close, starting in the field of to broadcast Augmented reality and virtual reality based games and shows Based on this information, the retail price is about $ 100 million.
The beginning of to broadcast specializing in virtual reality events
NextVR is a platform for to broadcast special in broadcasting events to truly enjoy them. Among the most frequent events we find sports such as basketball, hockey or tennis. And we can find a Moscow ballet representing "The Nutcracker" or a special documentary about the homeless in downtown Los Angeles.
NextVR has its app on virtual reality platforms. Among them are the most important ones, such as Facebook's Oculus, Google's DayDream, Sony's PlayStation, HTC & # 39; s Live, and Microsoft & # 39; s Horlens. They therefore pay various price.
According to Crunchbase, NextVR was launched in 2009 in the Los Angeles area of California. It has $ 115.5 million in cash in three cycles and has a population of 51 to 100 workers. Among its investors are companies from the entertainment and television sectors, such as Comcast, The Madison Square Garden Company and Time Warner, for their investment of hands. .
Sequential funding cycles occur in September 2014, November 2015 and August 2016. However, 9to5Mac indicates that by 2019 I tried the new financial cycle with no success. Which leads us to consider the possibility that NextVR is prone to sales volatility.
NextVR: experience, technology and patents
At this time in the next issue of NextVR, we ran to the apple. The company has not confirmed anything and its acquisition is not closed yet. Usually their purchases go ignored or verified by third parties, so it wouldn't be a surprise for Apple to keep quiet. According to the book:
The company failed while trying to secure "Series C" funding in early 2019, resulting in a 40% decrease in staff turnover. NextVR's virtual reality focus was seen as a threat to the rise of unattractive virtual reality technology.
Apple has been pressing hard on its original unfunded plans in recent years. Under the ARKit platform, developers it can create material on the actual platform, visible through an iPhone or iPad. The IPad Pro (2020) adds a LiDAR kit to produce relevant and detailed results.
What is interesting about NextVR is its technology and equipment. The startup has some 40 patents related to "electronic communications". I mean to broadcast live content will be consumed in VR format. This technology is important when we consider that more data should be transmitted to a large number of users in a short period of time.
9to5Mac shows that Apple is hiring most of its employees. The tool company would have been designed this year for this. Agreement it will be one hundred million dollars and it's about to close. With so much money, Apple could eventually announce its acquisition.
