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Apple has just confirmed the acquisition of NextVR, a California-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in broadcasting sports and music events via virtual reality headsets. Among other things, NextVR has partnerships with the NBA and the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament for the live broadcast of games through special cameras placed in the stands. The effect is supposed to give spectators the impression of sitting in high-end seats, as if they were watching the match on the spot. NextVR also reached agreements to broadcast music events and some of the debates in the 2016 US presidential election.

Apple has broken away from its usual press release in this instance stating that the company “occasionally buys small technology companies, and we don’t usually discuss our goals or plans.” This acquisition is in any case a sign of more accrediting the hypothesis of glasses or an augmented and virtual reality headset that feeds the rumor for several years already.

Apple CEO Tim Cook made it clear that the company is preparing for a great future in the field of augmented reality, going as far as considering it to be a potentially as important technology as the iPhone .

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But while sources were pointing towards a launch in 2020, Apple’s entry into this market segment would finally not take place for two years. This is what analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, frequently quoted for the accuracy of his predictions about the projects of the Cupertino firm, says. According to him, the release of Apple augmented reality glasses will not happen until 2022 «at the earliest». According to Appleinsider, who echoes this information, “there are rumours that Apple’s first RA helmet will look like Facebook’s Oculus Quest, but with a more streamlined design based on lightweight fabrics and materials to make it comfortable to wear for long periods of time.”

In the same note for investors, Ming-Chi Kuo announces that Apple has two new iPads in the pipeline, a 10.8-inch model that would arrive sometime in the second half and an iPad mini 8.5 or 9-inch scheduled for the first half of 2021.