Apple Hires Leading US Researcher in Virtual Reality

Financial Times: Apple has hired one of the top U.S. researchers in virtual reality, as it looks to catch up to Facebook, Alphabet, Microsoft and Samsung in what many see as the next big shift in computing platforms. Doug Bowman recently joined Apple after going on sabbatical from his post as computer science professor at Virginia Tech, where he had been director of its center for human-computer interaction for about five years.