Some of Leap Motion's original employees even left the company to work for Apple over the years, and are now helping with Apple's various AR projects, some former Leap Motion employees said. During this time, Apple was said to have been mainly interested in Leap Motion's team to help work on its own AR and gesture-based projects.ĭespite this poor first meeting, Apple continued to express interest in acquiring Leap Motion in the ensuing years, particularly as augmented reality and virtual reality technologies began to be more mainstream.
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Sources say Holz was insulting to Apple's staff, told the company representatives that Apple was no longer innovative, its technology "sucked," and discussed the ways that Google's Android was better than iOS. Prior to that, in 2013 the first meeting was held between the two companies and things reportedly went very poorly after Holz - then 24 years old - said he had no interest in joining Apple. Leap Motion is a company that focuses on making advances in the fields of virtual reality, augmented reality, and hand tracking technology.Īccording to multiple unnamed insiders, the most recent deal was nearing completion in spring 2018 before poor management, "swirling negatives," and "eccentric behavior" of Leap Motion's young co-founders Michael Buckwald and David Holz halted the talks. A new article by Business Insider today takes a look into failed talks that occurred between Apple and startup Leap Motion, which the Cupertino company tried to acquire twice in less than five years.
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