Break Media

The mostly fool | April 08, 2020

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently agreed to buy NextVR, a California-based company that streams live events to augmented and virtual reality devices, for $100 million. NextVR holds over 40 patents for those technologies, but laid off roughly 40% of its staff after failing to secure fresh funding last year. The start-up was valued at $800 million less than four years ago. $100 million is pocket change for Apple, which ended last quarter with $207 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable secur...

cordcutters news | February 17, 2020

A few years ago, we learned that Amazon was looking at launching a live TV streaming service to take on Sling TV and others. According to reports from Bloomberg, in 2017, Amazon was unable to reach deals that would make a live TV service profitable. Unlike Sling TV, which uses DISH’s TV contracts to strike better deals, Amazon like Sony has no relationship it can use to build a profitable live TV streaming service. Now though new hints are showing up that Amazon may be about to launch a ne...

Applications

WebPurify | April 04, 2022

WebPurify, already leaders in the content moderation industry for over 15 years, has launched their new VR Moderation Studio. The new arm will focus exclusively on moderation for VR/AR and the ever-expanding Metaverse. The new team is growing rapidly, blending new hires with internally-recruited specialists who already have years of experience ensuring good behavior in VR settings. Now, however, instead of simply being a subset of WebPurify’s conventional image and video mod...

Technologies

prnewswire | November 24, 2020

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. settled in Tokyo reported on November 24 the framing of a capital and business partnership with Genies Inc., a Los Angeles, California-based new business that centers around creating symbol innovation and advanced merchandise. As of August 2020, Genies Inc. set up a Japan-based Asia central command and substance known as Genies KK. Because of this capital and business collusion, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. President and CEO Yasuo Miyakawa has been named as a D...