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Jan 23 (Reuters) - Apple Inc was in talks with
about half a dozen media partners including Walt Disney Co
to develop virtual reality (VR) content for its mixed
reality headset, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.Developed with Sony Group Corp, the headset will
have two ultra-high-resolution displays to handle the VR aspects
and a collection of external cameras to enable an augmented
reality "pass-through mode", the report said.It added that the tech giant was working to update its own
Apple TV+ material to work with the headset.Disney, Apple and Sony did not immediately respond to
Reuters requests for comment.Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Apple was
planning to unveil its first mixed reality (MR) headset this
year.MR is one of three types of extended reality technologies
often associated with the metaverse. An MR headset could allow
the wearer to use a real world object to trigger a virtual world
reaction.The iPhone maker's MR headset is set to launch in this
year's spring event and will cost around $3,000, according to
the report.That would be twice as much as Meta Platforms Inc's
Quest Pro virtual and MR headset, which was launched late last
year for $1,500.
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)