It seems that Meta really will be completing its long-planned acquisition of virtual reality music-fitness startup Within.
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Meta wins latest stage in battle to buy music startup Within
Meta announced plans to buy VR startup Within – the company behind music-fitness service Supernatural – in late 2021.
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Meta delays Within acquisition amid court battle with FTC
It’s more than a year since Meta announced that it was buying VR startup Within, but the deal has yet to close.
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FTC and Meta prepare for court battle over Within acquisition
The US Federal Trade Commission and Meta are heading to a courtroom in San Jose today
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FTC plans to question Zuckerberg in case to block Within deal
Meta bought the developer of popular VR music game Beat Saber in 2019 without a hitch, and may have expected similar for Within.
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Regulator reportedly probes Meta’s acquisition of Within
This may now be the latest tech acquisition to run into some trouble with regulators. One regulator, anyway: the Federal Trade Commission in the US.
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Universal Music to work on AR / VR experiences with Within
We’ve been writing about virtual reality startup Within since it was founded under the name of Vrse by Chris Milk, the filmmaker whose previous projects included the famous ‘Wilderness Downtown’ interactive video for Arcade Fire.
Now Within has signed a high-profile music partnership with Universal Music Group, to make both virtual AND augmented reality experiences for some of the label group’s artists.
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OneRepublic to get a Nokia-powered VR music video
Nokia’s mobile business may have been bought then shut down by Microsoft, but the company it left behind remains a going concern in Finland, working on new technologies. Like virtual […]