Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple plans to release its long-rumored mixed reality headset “in mid-2022,” followed by AR glasses by 2025…
Tag: augmented reality
Can Apple define the future of sports entertainment?
Talk that Apple may reach some kind of Apple TV+ deal with the NFL hints that maybe now the time is right for live sports on the company’s…
‘For All Mankind: Time Capsule,’ a new augmented reality experience based on the Apple TV+ space drama, is available today in the App Store
Available today, Apple’s new AR app “For All Mankind: Time Capsule” is a new augmented reality experience that brings the world of…
Apple executive Dan Riccio heading up AR and VR headset development
Apple last month announced that Dan Riccio would transition to a new role focusing on a new mystery project, reporting to CEO Tim Cook…
J.P. Morgan: Apple LiDAR-equipped VR headset coming next year
Investment analyst at JP Morgan says an Apple VR headset will be released in Q1 2022, and feature six lenses and a LiDAR Scanner…
Apple $3,000 mixed-reality headset to feature two 8K displays – The Information
Apple’s initial mixed-reality (VR and AR) headset is designed to be a “pricey,” high-end niche precursor to more ambitious AR smartglasses…
Apple preps ‘pricey’ virtual reality headset, to be followed by AR smartglasses
Apple’s first attempt at a headset is designed to be a “pricey,” high-end niche precursor to more ambitious augmented reality smartglasses …
Forget 5G. Apple is really betting on this technology with iPhone 12
Apple hasn’t yet introduced an augmented reality device or even promised one, but the company recently took steps to build the most advanced…
Apple smartglasses could give users ‘night vision’
With a combination of radar and LiDAR, Apple smartglasses could provide users with “night vision” when light levels are too low for the human eye…
Apple granted two more patents for ‘Apple Glasses’
Apple has been granted two patents for its rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality / virtual reality / mixed reality head-mounted…
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…
