Friday Apple Rumors: Apple Hires VR Expert Doug Bowman

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Here are your Apple Rumors for today:

apple-rumors-vr-doug-bowman-aaplOLED: Japan Display has confirmed that its working to start mass production of OLED displays in 2018, reports MacRumors. This confirms a previous rumor that the company was gearing up for OLED display production. It’s believed that Japan Display is hoping to be a supplier of OLED displays for Apple (AAPL). The tech company is rumored to be looking at OLED Displays for iPhones in 2018. This would likely have the new tech showing up in AAPL’s iPhone 8.

VR: Apple has reportedly hired VR expert Doug Bowman, 9to5Mac notes. This report states that the company hired Bowman to speed up its virtual reality offerings. Bowman has experience with working on VR projects for HTC’s Vive and Alphabet’s (GOOG,GOOGL) Google Cardboard. He’s also worked on augmented reality projects for Google Glass. It’s unknown what exactly the tech company has planned for virtual and augmented reality, but it has been making acquisitions lately to beef up its VR expertise.

Hermes: Hermes has started selling its Apple Watch collection online, reports AppleInsider. The French fashion company offers a variety of exclusive Watch designs that were previously limited to its physical retail locations. Now customers that want to get their hands on one of the exclusive, high-end versions of the smartwatch can order and have it shipped to them via FedEx (FDX) within 10 days.

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