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Apple buys VR startup that lets you have Zoom meetings in virtual space – The Independent
iPhone maker has been rumoured to be making a virtual reality headset for years
Apple has purchased Spaces, a virtual-reality startup that lets users have meetings in the digital world.
Spaces previously made location-based virtual reality experiences, most recently based on the Terminator Salvation brand. It was was spun out of DreamWorks Animation in 2016.
Following the coronavirus lockdown, the company changed to making animated avatars as an add-on for videoconferencing software Zoom, as well as Skype and Google Hangouts.
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