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Looks like an Apple virtual reality device is in the works...
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has posted several job listings in recent months seeking engineers with knowledge of virtual reality. A patent that surfaced last month described a piece of virtual reality headgear.
And back in 2013 Apple bought PrimeSense, an Israel-based virtual reality company that had worked on Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Kinect.
For AAPL investors, this is good news. Find out how Apple's virtual reality venture will translate to even more Apple stock profits:
Now You Can Walk on Mars: The race to dominate virtual reality is on, and Microsoft has the early lead with its HoloLens wearable device, expected to go on sale in the fall. Instead of simply creating a virtual reality, the HoloLens merges computer-generated images with the user's physical environment. So you can see monsters from a game burst through your living room wall, or take a stroll on Mars from your bedroom. And that's just a glimpse of what this technology can do...
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That settles it…I'm getting some apple
Having been a programmer type and exposed to the FIRST round of claims that VR profits were just around the corner……in 1999….yep …VR was 'destined' to 'take off' in 1999..I will sit this one out. VR is a compelling experience for maybe 5% of the population who are the ones that will drop down serious bucks to have a VR expierence…otherwise the remaining 95% will not find it anything other than a curiosity and I don't care if you can VR people walking on the surface of the son hold the left hand of God….putting a $100+ piece of unfortable jiggy headgear on to immerse will turn most off…remember just two years ago you couldn't buy a new TV w/o getting 3D built in….even 3D porn has has not traction from what I have read… the electrono folks betted huge and it was a total flopy…. but I can always be wrong. I surely have been wrong many times…yet, sitting this one out.