It’s clear that Apple is building the foundation of its augmented reality (AR) strategy right before our eyes. Lidar included in iPhones and iPads today increases the accuracy and fidelity of AR on the devices, and Apple is already creating an ecosystem of apps and tools for developers.
Travis Hoium for The Motley Fool:
For Apple, the future is about far more than our physical reality. The company is building tools for augmented reality (AR) that could be in common use by over 1 billion devices around the world, and virtual reality (VR) has been rumored to be on the way as well.
The most notable AR addition announced last week was AR for maps. In a news release, Apple described its mapping AR technology by saying, “With iOS 15, users can simply hold up iPhone, and Maps generates a highly accurate position to deliver detailed walking directions in augmented reality.”
For now, this technology will only be available on the iPhone, but it’s unlikely that’s the end game… If and when Apple announces AR glasses, it could offer the same tools.
The combination of knowing a user’s location and being able to scan the surrounding area opens up a world of possibilities, especially if users are wearing Apple AR devices. And if Apple can use the user’s scan data to improve its maps, we could see that add value not only to maps but also to new technologies like self-driving vehicles.
MacDailyNews Take: The changes augmented reality will usher in, hopefully led by privacy-focused Apple, will be significant and far-reaching.
Augmented reality is going to change everything. — MacDailyNews, July 21, 2017
The impact of augmented reality cannot be overstated. It will be a paradigm shift larger than the iPhone and the half-assed clones it begat. — MacDailyNews, August 4, 2017
Reality already has a clear advantage without augmentation.
I’d much rather augment me.
Once you go augmented there is no going back . . . We’ve already seen how the smart phone (which is “Augmented 1.0”) changed the world. For example, the Maps app on your phone is a version of augmented reality, in which you overlay a virtual map over the real world around you. Once you use these smart tools, it’s difficult to go back — How many people under age 30 do you think can read a paper map? Use a paper map and compass to navigate? . . . In addition, it also changes the culture. Remember back in the 90s when some restaurants banned customers with cell phones? Similarly, while many people were “offended” by Google Glass in the 2010’s, many of those same people will be wearing Apple Glasses in the 2020s.
Far from banning people with cellphones, a restaurant near me has QR codes on each table and you need a cellphone to place your order and pay for it. The food and drinks are then brought to your table.
This was introduced in order to improve Covid security, but it has worked so well that it’s going to be a permanent feature from now on.
Actually that’s just a digital map, hardly augmented reality. That promise is still far from fulfilled, Google is the only big company to take a crack at it and they missed thus far. Imagine how many morons will be checking their social media in their Apple Glasses while driving.
When you can no longer distort reality, argument it.
Wtf kind of stupidity is that?????
Not very bright huh?
It was augument, but my iPad knew better.
So write a letter.
AppleCynic augments stupiditiea with every post. It’s his specialty.
applecynic is a biden voter, all you can expect is stupidity.
And only a traitor would vote for Trump.
Applecynic
Your stupidity is matched only by your gullibility.
Nobody gives a flying fuck about opinions from idiots like you.
Cynic is the definition of too stupid to know he’s stupid. I hope his parents don’t let him out of the basement
Hal,
Hi f yourself. It’s important.
Cynic, you stupid pile of shit. You voted for a corrupt, racist, dementia patient and a whore, and you think voting for trump is treasonous? How fucking stupid can you be???? Get your head of our CNN’s lying ass, you pathetic, dumb fuck.
Even dog rap would be better than Trump. The only thing worse is named Adolph.
applecynic most likely shares the installed president Joseph Biden’s affinity for prepubescent girls.
That Maps feature should also be able to work with the latest iPad Pro.