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Apple TV+ said to add augmented reality content in 2021
In order to help support rumored Apple AR smartglasses, Apple is reportedly preparing to add augmented reality content to its Apple TV+ …
Apple Glasses could offer ‘predictive, foveated VR’
Apple has been granted yet another U.S. patent (number 10,739,599) for what we commonly call “Apple Glasses,” the company’s expected…
Leaker: ‘iPhone 12’ event Sept. 8 with ‘Apple Glass’ and Apple silicon Mac reveal on Oct. 27
Apple’s fall iPhone keynote, featuring what’s expected to be a four-iPhone lineup (iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max) is…
Apple AR Glasses could transform any surface into a touchscreen
When a display is right in front of your eye, as it will be when wearing Apple Glasses, touchscreens become impractical. Therefore, Apple is…
Apple starts trial production of semitransparent lenses for AR glasses
Apple is working with Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology to develop semitransparent lenses for its AR glasses. As of two months ago, the lenses…
iOS 14 makes AirPods and AirPods Pro even better
New features and abilities for AirPods and AirPods Pro are on the way with Apple’s iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. Apple is making their true wireless earbuds…
Apple’s AR glasses – ‘Apple Glass’ – revealed
Serial leaker Jon Prosser has released a video concerning Apple’s forthcoming AR Glasses including the design concept, name, price, release date, and more…
Why did Apple buy NextVR?
With an acquisition that may help Apple’s development of VR and AR headsets, the company yesterday confirmed the acquisition of NextVR, a startup…
Kuo: New Apple iPads on the way, Apple Glasses in 2022 ‘at the earliest’
Ming-Chi Kuo said in a new note to clients on Thursday that Apple would likely launch new iPads over the coming year and Apple Glasses in 2022…
Apple acquires NextVR
With an acquisition that may help Apple’s development of VR and AR headsets, the company confirmed the acquisition of NextVR, a startup that provides…
Apple likely to buy NextVR live event streaming AR/VR firm for $100M
Apple is believed to be in the process of acquiring Orange County, California-based virtual reality company called NextVR …
Apple partners with UK’s Dent Reality on indoor AR navigation
Apple has reached an agreement to work with indoor mapping solutions company, Dent Reality, on providing indoor AR navigation. Dent Reality announced…
Facebook deal puts the kibosh on Apple’s attempt to buy Plessey Semiconductor
It looks like a newly-announced Facebook deal has put an end to Apple’s attempt to acquire Plessey Semiconductor as it works to develop AR glasses…
iFixit teardown: Apple’s 2020 iPad Pro and LiDAR Scanner (with video)
iFixit is in lock down, but that’s not going to stop them from tearing down Apple’s brand new 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2020), including the all-new LiDAR Scanner…
Apple releases ARKit 3.5 with support for iPad Pro’s new LiDAR Scanner
Today, Apple released ARKit 3.5 for developers with support for iPad Pro’s new LiDAR Scanner, less than a week after the company unveiled the new…
Should you upgrade to Apple’s new iPad Pro?
Apple on Wednesday announced its new iPad Pro models, available in 11-inch and 12.9-inch display sizes. With the new A12Z Bionic chip, iPad Pro …
‘Apple Glasses’ could deliver impressive audio capabilities
The long-rumored “Apple Glasses,” designed to deliver augmented reality via lightweight eyewear may offer impressive audio capabilities as revealed…
iOS 14 code reveals Apple AR app codenamed ‘Gobi’
iOS 14 code is the gift that keeps on giving. Apple is developing a new AR app as part of its work on iOS 14. The new app, codenamed Gobi, will allow users…
Apple continues to push AR into the mainstream
Apple has quietly introduced new AR features that should help the company push adoption of the technologies more into the mainstream, particularly for…
Apple launches purchase button for AR Quick Look, retailers hop aboard
Apple’s AR Quick Look is built into iOS apps which use it to display USDZ files of virtual objects. Now, Apple allows the use of a customizable button…
Apple releases Reality Converter beta for Mac
The new Reality Converter app makes it easy to convert, view, and customize USDZ 3D objects on Mac…
Apple patent filing reveals ‘Apple Glove’ input device
The gloves could be used to control computers and head-mounted display units…
Newly-revealed patents offer glimpse of Apple’s 2020 vision
Apple patents granted in the final moments of 2019 shine a little light into its plans for the next decade…
Apple smart glasses could have hidden cameras and removable earphones
Apple’s long-rumored AR or VR headset could keep some of its optical components behind an electrically-controlled layer to hide them…
Smart AR glasses shipments to rise significantly in 2023
In 2020, the shipment growth driver for AR/VR wearables will be smart AR glasses…
Apple’s AirPods are becoming a platform
If AirPods were magical, AirPods Pro are supernatural…
Apple augmented reality smart glasses: The story so far
Apple boss Tim Cook is a big fan of augmented reality (AR). In fact, he has publicly praised the technology since at least the summer of 2016…
Apple’s iPad Pro to feature new 3-D sensor system for augmented reality in first half 2020
A new iPad Pro for release as early as the first half of 2020 will feature a new module with two camera sensors and a small hole for the 3-D system…
The race is on to replace our iPhones with smart glasses
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Snap, Facebook, Amazon, and others are all working on computers we wear on our faces that may replace our phones…
Apple’s AR headset reportedly won’t arrive until 2022, followed by AR glasses in 2023
Apple currently aims to release an augmented reality headset in 2022, followed by a “sleeker” pair of augmented reality glasses by 2023…
Healium AR, the augmented reality app helping veterans manage anxiety
Three or four times a week, whenever he needs to calm his mind, Steve Mills launches the Healium AR app on his iPhone…
Hundreds of thousands of Apple iPads will be used with smart AR security glasses
Security firm Sword is to begin a mass rollout of Vuzix smart glasses to be used in conjunction with iPads…
Impressive Apple hardware rollout expected in 2020, including long-awaited smart AR glasses
The coming year will be critical for Apple Inc. Consumers should expect its most impressive hardware rollout in some time…
Why ‘iPhone 12’ could spark the next big thing for Apple
Apple’s next-gen iPhone line will include new capabilities that will provide the foundation for…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple AR glasses to launch in second quarter of 2020
Apple’s augmented reality headset will enter mass production as soon as the fourth quarter of this year in time for an early 2020 launch…
Analyst: Apple 5G iPhones might not be worth the wait
Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall is back trying to analyze Apple, the iPhone, and 5G with predictable results…
Apple’s AR glasses are hiding in plain sight
A slew of features and language discovered recently inside iOS 13 and 13.1 seem to explicitly confirm the very thing Apple executives have steadfastly refused to acknowledge…
This is the start of a whole new era for Apple augmented reality
Thanks to a trio of new augmented reality tools for iOS 13, and the very real possibility of an Apple AR headset on the horizon…
Hints of Apple AR Glasses found in iOS 13 code
References to stereo augmented reality apps, as well as the codename “Garta,” have been spotted within Apple’s internal betas of iOS 13…
Next-gen iPad Pro said to get triple-lens camera array, dual-lens and bigger 10.2-inch display for new entry-level iPad
Apple’s next-generation iPad looks to get and upgrade to a dual-lens rear camera with the next-gen iPad Pro models getting triple-lens arrays…
Apple shifts software exec Kim Vorrath to Augmented Reality team as headset project ramps up
Vorrath’s leadership style is anticipated to bring some order to the team developing a long-anticipated AR headset…
