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Apple Could Be Working on 'Spatial iPhone' With Holographic Display

mozumder said:
The easiest way to do this is to make a holographic light-field display. Take the display from the Vision Pro, make it much larger with the same pixel density, then add a micro lenses over a square of 4x4 (or 16x16) pixels. This would allow for holographic light fields. It works on the same principles as the lenticular display 3-d effect you see on printed books sometimes, except in both vertical and horizontal views. Of course it needs tons of display bandwidth, as each pixel is now 16 or 256 sub pixels...
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…tons of battery capacity too, in all likelihood.
 
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They're getting rid of Siri. Instead of "Hey Siri" or whatever, you have to say, "What is thy bidding my master?" and Emperor Palpatine pops up.
 
Apple isn’t big on gimmick features. They’re not going to chase the “3D TV” effect if it doesn’t actually add anything useful to the user experience. Same goes for hover gestures…
 
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Codenamed "MH1" or "H1," the rumored display differs from earlier glasses-free 3D screens by pairing advanced eye-tracking with diffractive beam-steering, a technique that uses microscopic structures in the display layer to bend and redirect light toward the viewer's eyes at precise angles, creating the perception of depth without additional glasses
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Wait a minute, I've seen this one before!

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It was even called a Hydrogen One, sounds kinda like H1... 😳
 
His next Twitter account might be Bundt, Streusel, or Mayonnaise. Not sure if a phone, as stated, would be legal. But man, that Safari experience might be really snappy.
 
poematik13 said:
Lol, RED did this in like 2014 and it bombed. Nobody cares.

Focus on keeping prices steady, battery life up, and balance weight/thickness.
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"Focus on keeping prices steady, battery life up, and balance weight/thickness."

Apple: "No."

I'm neither for nor against this sort of technology, but as a 3DS owner the "wow" factor was temporary and eventually the gimmick not used.
 
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Black_Mage said:
It’s a neat idea until you realize you’ll have no privacy with a display like that. I’ll stick with my old fashioned 2D display with a privacy filter.
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decypher44 said:
Kind of exciting. I’m assuming (I know) this could be turned on and off for privacy.
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It wouldn’t be any less private than a 2d display. You still need to be able to see the panel to see the contents. You won’t see content popping out from the display if you’re looking at it from the side.
 
FAKE.

OK, fine make a 3D holographic phone. Does it come with "Apple Intelligence" in it 🙄


Maybe it will finally be able to actually beat up Martin. Who knows.
 
Hard pass.

Thinking the market wants this about as much as an iPhone Air...

Silly executives. Let's focus on the basics like adequate RAM supply so inventory is available, better battery life, more consistent and faster connectivity (satellite), and lighter weight.

Many people have challenges with 3D tech for various reasons. Incorporating it at this level for so little gain is an expensive mistake.

Considering these execs can't gauge whether the market wants a razor thin phone or better battery life, I have zero expectation they understand how silly this path is.
 
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