Apple in talks with Disney, others on VR content for new headset - Bloomberg News - Reuters

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) was successful talks with astir fractional a twelve media partners including Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) to make virtual world (VR) contented for its mixed world headset, Bloomberg News reported connected Monday.

Developed with Sony Group Corp (6758.T), the headset volition person 2 ultra-high-resolution displays to grip the VR aspects and a postulation of outer cameras to alteration an augmented world "pass-through mode", the report said.

It added that the tech elephantine was moving to update its ain Apple TV+ worldly to enactment with the headset.

Disney, Apple and Sony did not instantly respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Apple was readying to unveil its archetypal mixed world (MR) headset this year.

MR is 1 of 3 types of extended world technologies often associated with the metaverse. An MR headset could let the wearer to usage a existent satellite entity to trigger a virtual satellite reaction.

The iPhone maker's MR headset is acceptable to motorboat successful this year's outpouring lawsuit and volition outgo astir $3,000, according to the report.

That would beryllium doubly arsenic overmuch arsenic Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) Quest Pro virtual and MR headset, which waslaunched late past twelvemonth for $1,500.

Reporting by Tiyashi Datta successful Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath

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