The latest news related to Apple's virtual / augmented reality glasses suggest that they will not see the light of day at the earliest in late 2021 or at the latest in 2022, glasses that probably use screens manufactured by Sony, manufacturer that has specialized in this type of component for virtual / augmented reality glasses.
While Apple continues to work on this project, today we have new news related to the different purchases that Apple makes throughout the year and of which we usually hear several months later in most cases. The latest Apple purchase to be made public It is the Spanish company based in Barcelona Vilynx.
Vilynx is a company based in Barcelona that has developed its work in the field of artificial intelligence and for which it has paid 50 million dollars, according to sources related to the purchase, a purchase intended to expand the work in the field of artificial intelligence on which Apple is focusing part of its efforts in recent years.
The purchase of this company will allow Apple "Add rich metadata to enable search and social sharing." The software created by Vilynx provides tailored information to creators to "determine which parts of the video are most interesting and which are not attracting attention."
The company's profile on CrunchBase has recently been updated to reflect that the company now finds its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, although Apple maintains offices in Barcelona, an office that it wants to turn into a research and development center for artificial intelligence in Europe, in fact, it began a few weeks ago to hire engineers.
The Vilynx comparison has been added to the list of artificial intelligence companies purchased by Apple in recent years, being Xnor.ai, Inductiv and Voysis the latest purchases that have been made public at the time of publishing this article.
