Navigation
Recherche
|
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple AR glasses coming in 2020; will require iPhone to do the heavy lifting
vendredi 8 mars 2019, 14:55 , par Mac Daily News
“Apple talks about augmented reality at any opportunity it gets, but so far its fierce ambition has only materialized to consumers as ARKit apps on the iPhone and iPad. It has been widely reported that Apple is developing an AR glasses / headset product,” Benjamin Mayo reports for 9to5Mac. “Today, Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple’s first augmented reality product will go into mass production as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, but hedges the timeframe slightly and says it will be mass-produced by the second quarter of 2020 at the latest.”
Mayo reports, “Kuo says that Apple’s first-generation of AR glasses will be heavily dependent on the iPhone.” The analyst says that the AR glasses will essentially act as a display only with the actual computing, rendering, internet connectivity and location services coming from the iPhone in the user’s pocket”,” Mayo reports. “It is assumed that the pairing will work wirelessly like Apple Watch, but the report does not state that explicitly.” Apple U.S. patent application illustration Read more in the full article here. MacDailyNews Take: Of course, the iPhone would be the muscle. You want eyewear to be as light and stylish as possible, not big honking electronics on your face. Hopefully we can run with these as we want a heads-up display of our pace, HR, etc. which will be much safer than even glancing at Apple Watch when running on roads. The possibilities are endless: “Siri, what kind of tree is this?” “Siri, which track is my train on?” Siri, what’s the square footage of this room?” Note: As iPhone was to Nokia and Apple Watch is to Swatch, Apple Glasses will be to Ray-Ban et al. Once Apple’s augmented reality smartglasses are released, people are going to want to wear them during every waking hour. – MacDailyNews, February 26, 2019 Someday, hopefully sooner than later, we’ll look back at holding up slabs of metal and glass to access AR as unbelievably quaint. — MacDailyNews, July 28, 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 Augmented Reality is going to change everything. — MacDailyNews, July 21, 2017 SEE ALSO: Tim Cook says Apple is ‘planting seeds’ and ‘rolling the dice’ on future products that will ‘blow you away’ – March 1, 2019 Apple patent reveals features of augmented reality smartglasses – February 26, 2019 Apple’s next big thing could replace both the iPhone and Apple Watch – February 21, 2019 Augmented Reality will spark the next big tech platform – February 15, 2019 Apple taps iPhone exec Casanova to be first head of marketing for augmented reality – February 12, 2019 Apple working on new iPhones with powerful 3-D camera and laser scanner in augmented reality push – January 30, 2019 Apple patent reveals ongoing work on micro-LED displays for holographic imagery – November 9, 2018 What’s happening with Apple’s secret augmented reality glasses project? – November 8, 2018 Apple’s Akonia acquisition points towards ‘Apple glasses’ – August 30, 2018 Apple buys Akonia Holographics, a startup focused on lenses for AR glasses – August 30, 2018 Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple Glasses coming in 2020 – August 15, 2018 Gene Munster: Apple will release Apple Glasses late in 2021 – May 17, 2018 Apple patent application reveals work on eye-tracking technology for VR and AR headsets – April 27, 2018 Apple prepping Micro-LED displays for Apple Watch and Smartglasses for 2019, sources say – April 3, 2018 Apple CEO Cook on the future of fashion, shopping, and AR smartglasses – October 11, 2017 Apple’s AR smartglasses – understanding the issues – August 29, 2017 Bernstein: Apple’s ‘smartglasses’ opportunity ‘could be enormous’ – August 25, 2017 Apple working on several prototypes of AR glasses – August 4, 2017 Apple’s next big move: Augmented reality – August 3, 2017 Apple’s rumored new glasses will be an even bigger deal than the iPhone – July 28, 2017 Apple smart glasses are inevitable – July 28, 2017
macdailynews.com/2019/03/08/ming-chi-kuo-apple-ar-glasses-coming-in-2020-will-require-iphone-to-do-t...
|
59 sources (15 en français)
Date Actuelle
jeu. 1 mai - 09:06 CEST
|