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03-28-2017, 03:01 AM
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2017/03/google-glass.jpgApple is "stepping up" its augmented reality eyewear efforts, with an eventual goal of releasing a consumer-facing product, according to the Financial Times (https://www.ft.com/content/eac83150-10db-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d).Apple first began to build a team to examine the feasibility of a head-worn device more than a year ago. **w, it is devoting more resources to its augmented-reality efforts, with the aim of taking it from a science project towards a consumer product, according to people familiar with the company?s plans.Don't expect to be wearing a pair of Apple-branded augmented reality glasses in the near future, however, as the report said any potential launch remains at least a year away, or "perhaps much longer."
Bloomberg was first to report that Apple is exploring digital glasses (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/14/apple-ar-smart-glasses-in-development/) that would connect wirelessly to iPhones and "show images and other information in the wearer's field of vision." The report said the digital glasses, which may use augmented reality, would **t launch until 2018 at the earliest if at all.
One person who expects a sooner launch is tech evangelist Robert Scoble, who insists that Apple is working on a pair of "mixed reality" glasses (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/apple-augmented-reality-israel/) that will debut alongside the 2017 iPhone lineup, according to his sources. He also said Apple and German company Carl Zeiss are working together (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/09/apple-carl-zeiss-augmented-reality-glasses/) on augmented reality optics.
Scoble's information has yet to be corroborated by other sources, so 2018 or later remains a more likely timeline at this point.
While a standalone product appears to remain far off, most analysts agree that Apple will start incorporating AR-related features into its existing products (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/apple-augmented-reality-israel/) in the near future. A future iPhone camera (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/16/apple-augmented-reality-iphone-camera/), for example, could be able to detect faces and apply Snapchat-like filters using augmented reality.
Apple CEO Tim Cook (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/tim-cook/) has shown significant interest in augmented reality over the past few years, calling the tech**logy everything from "profound (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/13/tim-cook-augmented-reality-profound/)" to a "big idea like the smartphone (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/10/tim-cook-thinks-are-is-big-idea-huge/)" in recent interviews. He also believes that augmented reality is essentially more important than virtual reality (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/14/tim-cook-says-ar-larger-than-vr/).
Last year, Cook said that Apple continues to "invest a lot" in augmented reality (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/26/apple-investing-in-augmented-reality/), and the company has filed several patents (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vr-project/#arvr_patents) related to the tech**logy over the past decade, confirming its interest in the field. However, Apple routinely tests new products and tech**logies that are never publicly released.
Apple's augmented reality efforts have been preceded by the Microsoft HoloLens (https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us), a cordless, self-contained ******* 10 holographic headset that mixes virtual reality with augmented reality. Microsoft began shipping the HoloLens Development Edition (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/29/hololens-dev-edition-launches-march-30/) in March 2016 for $3,000 in the United States and Canada.
Related Roundup: Apple VR Project (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vr-project/)
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Bloomberg was first to report that Apple is exploring digital glasses (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/14/apple-ar-smart-glasses-in-development/) that would connect wirelessly to iPhones and "show images and other information in the wearer's field of vision." The report said the digital glasses, which may use augmented reality, would **t launch until 2018 at the earliest if at all.
One person who expects a sooner launch is tech evangelist Robert Scoble, who insists that Apple is working on a pair of "mixed reality" glasses (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/apple-augmented-reality-israel/) that will debut alongside the 2017 iPhone lineup, according to his sources. He also said Apple and German company Carl Zeiss are working together (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/09/apple-carl-zeiss-augmented-reality-glasses/) on augmented reality optics.
Scoble's information has yet to be corroborated by other sources, so 2018 or later remains a more likely timeline at this point.
While a standalone product appears to remain far off, most analysts agree that Apple will start incorporating AR-related features into its existing products (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/apple-augmented-reality-israel/) in the near future. A future iPhone camera (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/16/apple-augmented-reality-iphone-camera/), for example, could be able to detect faces and apply Snapchat-like filters using augmented reality.
Apple CEO Tim Cook (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/tim-cook/) has shown significant interest in augmented reality over the past few years, calling the tech**logy everything from "profound (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/13/tim-cook-augmented-reality-profound/)" to a "big idea like the smartphone (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/10/tim-cook-thinks-are-is-big-idea-huge/)" in recent interviews. He also believes that augmented reality is essentially more important than virtual reality (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/14/tim-cook-says-ar-larger-than-vr/).
Last year, Cook said that Apple continues to "invest a lot" in augmented reality (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/26/apple-investing-in-augmented-reality/), and the company has filed several patents (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vr-project/#arvr_patents) related to the tech**logy over the past decade, confirming its interest in the field. However, Apple routinely tests new products and tech**logies that are never publicly released.
Apple's augmented reality efforts have been preceded by the Microsoft HoloLens (https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us), a cordless, self-contained ******* 10 holographic headset that mixes virtual reality with augmented reality. Microsoft began shipping the HoloLens Development Edition (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/29/hololens-dev-edition-launches-march-30/) in March 2016 for $3,000 in the United States and Canada.
Related Roundup: Apple VR Project (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vr-project/)
Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-stepping-up-ar-eyewear-efforts.2038826/) in our forums
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