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Apple Glasses Leaks and Rumors: Here's Everything We Expect to See

posted by martyb on Saturday May 30 2020, @03:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the eye-see-what-you-did-there dept.

Phoenix666 wrote in with a story which inspired:

CNet:

First came VR. Then came a wave of AR headsets that were high-priced and full of promises of wild mixed reality worlds. Apple now seems to be readying its own pair of smart glasses, at long last, seven years after Google Glass and four years after the debut of Oculus Rift. These reports have extended back for several years, including a story broken by CNET's Shara Tibken in 2018.

Apple has been in the wings all this time without any headset at all, although the company's aspirations in AR have been clear and well-telegraphed on iPhones and iPads for years. Each year, Apple's made significant strides on iOS with its AR tools.

The article dives into these topics at some depth:

  • Normal glasses, first, with a normal name
  • Lower cost than you'd think?
  • iPhone-powered
  • A world of QR codes, and maybe location-aware objects
  • Apple's newest iPad has the sensor tech it needs
  • How bleeding-edge will the visuals be?
  • Look to AirPods for ease of use -- and audio augmented reality
  • Apple Watch and AirPods could be great Glass companions
  • Could Qualcomm and Apple's reconciliation also be about XR?
  • Expect the iPhone to support other VR and AR, too
  • Launch date: Still could be a year away

Will Apple Glass succeed where Google Glass failed?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Booga1 on Saturday May 30 2020, @03:43AM (4 children)

    by Booga1 (6333) on Saturday May 30 2020, @03:43AM (#1000905)

    The name doesn't matter. The users will still be "glassholes." The only difference is Apple fans may be egotistical enough to ignore everyone else and wear them anyway.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday May 30 2020, @03:53AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday May 30 2020, @03:53AM (#1000908) Journal

    Appholes.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @05:39AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2020, @05:39AM (#1000944)

    Better glasshole than asshole, like you.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Revek on Saturday May 30 2020, @12:54PM

      by Revek (5022) on Saturday May 30 2020, @12:54PM (#1001007)

      Looks like hey have their first customer right here.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by acid andy on Sunday May 31 2020, @05:54PM

    by acid andy (1683) on Sunday May 31 2020, @05:54PM (#1001439) Homepage Journal

    Yes, this term, glassholes, needs to live on for many years to remind everyone, young and old, of the disgusting invasion of privacy public AR glasses enable.

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