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Title: Apple Awarded Patent for Hybrid VR Headset
Post by: HCK on February 18, 2015, 09:00:23 pm
Apple Awarded Patent for Hybrid VR Headset

Apple has been awarded a patent for a virtual reality headset that can use an iPhone or iPod as a display. Patent number 8,957,835 was awarded by the USPTO to Apple for a "head-mounted display apparatus for retaining a portable electronic device with display." The abstract describes a device similar to the Gear VR, which weds a Samsung Note smartphone to a headpiece designed by Oculus.

Source: Apple Awarded Patent for Hybrid VR Headset (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81719.html?rss=1)