A newly-published patent proves that Apple has been working on its Vision Pro spatial computer since at least since 2007 under the auspices of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Of course, the 2007 patent doesn’t describe the entirety of Vision Pro’s capabilities. Specifically, it describes using a headset to display movies and sports events – but even then, it includes reference to doing so in a virtual reality setting and describes some surprisingly sophisticated capabilities.
The patent describes how the headset would give the illusion of sitting in a movie theater.
Even back in 2007, Apple envisaged that it would respond to head, eye, or hand movements.
It also describes creating a virtual stadium experience when watching sports.
Jack Purcher for Patently Apple:
Apple was granted an HMD related patent that actually dated back to 2007, way before the Oculus headset or anything from Samsung.
To a certain degree, Apple even envisioned a button that would adjust the User Interface, just as Vision Pro’s Digital Crown… does to summon the “Home View” UI and to control immersion levels of an environment.
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Not a surprise, another gift from the forward thinking CEO of the Century. 👑
Hired Cook to carry out his vision and release new products after his passing.
IMHO brings us to a critical concern for the future of Apple. Master bean counter of iPhone sales brought us the world first three trillion company.
That said, the only creativity in his body raise the iPhone 15 Ultra to over $2,000, if true. When your sales slow and have to maintain the coffers for the board, what else, raise the price.
No, Apple needs a creative VISIONARY with new products and a backbone FREE of woke stupidly and stays clear of advocacy politics.
Calling Scott Forstall, tired of the theater celebrity pretenders? Or, Elon Musk, are you available?
Bring on the fanboy flames…🔥
CEOs are not normally the creative arm of companies. That should fall to someone else. Cook was already performing large parts of the actual role of CEO even when SJ was around.
Ok, fine.. I’ll do it!
My first act as creative visionary CEO will be to finally create a device that keeps food cool but also toasts bread. You’re welcome.
Musk is not available, he has several major companies on his plate already that HE owns. CEO of Apple would be a downgrade for him. Forstall blew Apple Maps, I doubt he has the capacity to run Apple anywhere close to as ably as Cook though he’s probably more creative. Live Ive though, he was at his best with Jobs at the helm, none of the old guard has enough to offer on their own.
The bold, visionary, non-leftist-radical leader that we’d all like to see in charge of Apple doesn’t exist. And if HE did he wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near power by Apple’s board. I’m not a huge Cook fan but I’d be careful about what lurks around the corner, I’d rather see him at the helm for another 5 years than the inevitable female/minority/diversity hire they’ll probably line up next.
50 years from now, Apple will release some newfangled product, and people will find some quote that “proves” Steve Jobs planned it all. C’mon, give Cook his due: whether or not some aspect of the R&D started back while Jobs was still alive, Cook has devoted the time and resources to bring to market an entirely new product category — and possibly as much of a game changer as the iPhone or the Mac.
John Scully once said of Steve Jobs’s genius, “The best definition of a genius is someone who sees the obvious 20 years ahead of the rest of us,”.
Jobs was already thinking of a Mac Phone as early as 1984. See here. https://www.cultofmac.com/328145/john-sculley-mac-phone/
Jobs envisioned the iPad as early as 1983. Listen here.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/listen-steve-jobs-describe-ipad-1983/322836/
Apple has a long history of working on products that are years/decades from being released. Often the technology wasn’t yet developed enough to realize the products Jobs could see if only in their seminal form. If Jobs was thinking about a product such as an iPad in 1983, and a phone in 1984, what was he thinking about in in 2009-2010 before he died? Yes, it’s likely we haven’t seen the end of products that Jobs had envisioned before his death.
“Yes, it’s likely we haven’t seen the end of products that Jobs envisioned before his death.” Yes, Steve’s creative genius may not yet be fully realized an incredible point.
Perfect response to the Cook FANBOYS and their blindness. Cook is a caretaker CEO riding the iPhone gravy train with ZERO creative talent. Apple was founded on CEO Creative genius and desperately needs another before its too late — to move the company FORWARD…
Scott couldn’t forestall his ouster. He held on by his foreskin but it wasn’t strong enough. He could come back but would he? At leave Jong Snivel is gone.