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...Sony remained committed to virtual reality products, he said, but added: “I think there was a higher expectation generally for what VR would do to gaming.”...
...Since the acquisition, Pico has been expanding aggressively, establishing teams that create VR content such as videos and games....
...“The FTC is sending a chilling message to anyone who wishes to innovate in VR,” it said....
...The company formerly known as Facebook was the first to attempt the leap beyond the smartphone, with its acquisition of VR company Oculus nine years ago....
...TB: I wanted to ask a final question about Unity’s acquisition last year of Weta Digital....
...We are confident that our acquisition of Within will be good for people, developers and the VR space.”...
...The acquisition, which will allow MFS to issue prepaid cards to clients, marks a further evolution of Africa’s rapidly growing fintech scene. 5....
...In July it sued Facebook’s parent company Meta to block its acquisition of LA-based virtual reality company Within. VR remains a nascent sector — and a loss-making business for Meta....
...That is likely to make Amazon’s purchase of companies that own the most important “applications” in home automation as worrying to regulators as Meta’s acquisition of leading VR applications....
...It abandoned the acquisition when regulators on both sides of the Atlantic refused to accept its assurances....
...Credit Suisse’s loan portfolios attract Japan’s biggest lender (Bloomberg) Zambia questions ex-minister over alleged Glencore political payment (FT) Ukraine’s Naftogaz restructuring blocked by hedge fund VR...
...That acquisition is just one of a dozen purchases in the fields of virtual and augmented reality that the iPhone maker has made over the past six years....
...For example, Facebook’s pre-Meta 2014 acquisition of Occulus, an up and coming VR firm, ensured that the upstart’s promising operating system didn’t compete with its own....
...One sign of the challenges that lie ahead was the lawsuit the US Federal Trade Commission filed this week to block Meta’s acquisition of a VR fitness app called Supernatural....
...But total annual revenues and operating profit still rose over a third, as it was quick to offer VR concerts and content....
...Allowing Microsoft to take over the publisher of Call of Duty for a whopping $68.7bn is his biggest deal yet (as well as Microsoft’s largest acquisition), and perhaps his cleverest....
...Nubank set to be fintech consolidatorLatin America’s biggest digital lender Nubank is planning to take advantage of an impending shakeout in the region’s booming fintech sector by scooping up acquisitions...
...That is also a good way to understand Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $75bn, announced in January....
...Starting next month, users will be able to view their stats outside the VR world, through the Oculus mobile app and Apple Health....
...Napster Group executive buys ahead of proposed delisting Melody VR’s technology allows fans to experience live music performances using virtual reality headsets....
...A week later, Rigetti Computing announced it too would float by being acquired by a special purpose acquisition company, a type of listed cash shell. The deal values it at about $1.5bn. 3....
...We think it’s going to be a big use case for VR.”...
...All this with cutting-edge hardware, including the VR headsets and other gear that many believe will be the gateway to the metaverse....
...You’re not going to want to sit next to them with their VR headset on, you’re going to want to talk to them. How will inappropriate behaviour be policed? The metaverse is a potential wild west....
...Oculus VR in 2014....
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