To compete with the likes of Microsoft and Facebook on the virtual reality field, Apple has formed a secret team of virtual and augmented reality professionals to develop a headset that can penetrate the growing sector.<br />The group consists of hundreds of skilled individuals that came from well-planned-out acquisitions, including specialists poached from select companies such as the camera startup Lytro and even Microsoft.<br />According to the Financial Times, the Cupertino brand has now acquired the augmented reality startup Flyby Media, whose team collaborated with Google for the 3D positioning technology in Project Tango.<br />This comes on the heels of the company hiring virtual reality expert Doug Bowman, who is believed to be able to step up the Cupertino brand's progress on the platform.<br />"It is really cool and has some interesting applications," Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, says about the technology.
