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'Apple Glass' Rumored to Start at $499, Support Prescription Lenses, and More
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What's kind of funny is the amount of people who paid thousands of dollars to get eye surgery, so they don't have to wear glasses, that will voluntarily pay to wear (Apple) glasses again in the next few years.
Google Glass didn't address AR. Apple's glasses will.
Wise plan. Gen 1 products are amazing, but always lack a key feature or two.
Saving this for future reference. Just like the “Apple Watch will be a flop” comments from 2015.
If you’re trying to avoid leaks to retain announcement-day excitement, then you’re on the wrong site my friend.
There is literally no way in the world that these are going to be called 'Glass'. It's one thing for Apple to rip off a feature, but I honestly can't fathom their marketing department copying so blatantly. You're just going to have the same resurgence of the 'glasshole' pejorative, etc. It's an incredibly bad look.
I think what I find more interesting here, and with other recent leaks from Prosser, isn’t the products or info itself, but more so, who are these people inside Apple leaking this kind of detailed information - prices, product names, etc. Kind of stuff that traditionally was easier to keep secret.
It’s new and innovative because Apple possesses all the right ingredients to make glasses succeed, unlike Google, who not only bungled their own implementation, but may have possibly poisoned the well with regards to smart glasses for many years.
The Apple Glasses is likely going to contain numerous technologies that enable its unique user experience in a way other companies can’t. We have seen this in how Apple is able to put their own spin on things, from W1 chip to custom processors to their expertise in miniaturisation (AirPods) to emphasis on power efficiency (iOS).
Apple controls the hardware and software, so this will likely be integral to allowing the glasses to offload as much of their processing to the iphone.
Apple is also a very popular consumer brand, and its customers are likely more open to trying out product categories which may have been subject to more skepticism had they been released by another company. Just think of the number of celebrities who will be willing to wear Apple Glasses just because it’s an Apple product and it’s pretty much going to market itself.
$499 is a very competitive price that will allow for wider adoption with the first generation.
All the ingredients are there to make Apple Glasses a resounding success with the public, if and when this product launches.
Was expecting far bigger price i must admit. Should be interesting over the next year or so.
You may not be aware that Apple's glasses will have little in common with Google's. Which was pretty much just a miniature display and a camera.
So I look at someone and his name appears above his face, on the left I see how we are associated and on the right all of his family informations? This old geezer really needs to carry his memory on his phone, sign me up.
Jon said in the video they want to make sure they don’t appear to look like tech glasses and are seen as normal ones. Will see
promising stuff - always wanted a hud and camera in my glasses
they better look stylish and not resemble ar goggles
smart to interface with iphone (a computer in your pocket)
rx option is a must
future versions should have morphing optics for vision correction and magnification and telescopic capabilities - that would be so cool
they better look stylish and not resemble ar goggles
smart to interface with iphone (a computer in your pocket)
rx option is a must
future versions should have morphing optics for vision correction and magnification and telescopic capabilities - that would be so cool
I wonder what accessibility features will this glasses have. Would they be able to zoom in stuff? It would be great not only for visual impaired people but also for AR
Besides the AR capabilities that Google's didn't have, Google screwed up by making something that screams "I'm a tech nerd, please call me a glasshole!". Apple's version will surely look more like traditional glasses and won't turn off non-tech nerds. Apple's way of doing it is how eventually wind up getting millions of people, including those who don't need to wear glasses, wearing your glasses.
How did I forget about glasshole? Lol
Yeah that’s a good point. I forgot all about that.
I wonder if they will offer health sensors like the watch does?
I only need reading glasses so do I count? You would think that with all that LIDAR and smart sensor technology, we could get a pair of clear lenses that mechanically shift when they sense an object or reading surface a few feet away from my eyes. Kind of like an autofocus. That would be the killer app for Apple Glasses because I would never need to take them off.
Obviously right now this is all speculation and rumor but one thing I want to know is will this product be an all-encompassing eyeglass or just for one eye? While google glass was interesting, one of its problems was that it was only for one eye. And of course it was for the eye that I can't see out of.