Apple Glasses Reportedly Launching in 'Late 2027' With These Features

[Allen_Wentz]

How do smart glasses accommodate people who need prescriptive lenses?

It is easy to imagine an individual's vision anomalies being programmed in to glasses, then the glasses correcting for those individual anomalies (think about how noise control works in AirPods, for instance). It could be much better than building fixed lenses like today's glasses do. E.g. instead of simplistic bifocals or trifocals, smart glasses could seamlessly correct for where the user is looking.

Such glasses (we are imagining here) might autocorrect for specific vision issues on the fly, or even on command: e.g. "Siri, magnify to 6x focused to 10 inches" or "Siri, go to movie viewing mode," or "Siri, magnify to 10x focused on bird in far distance," or "Siri, maintain brightness at daylight levels as dusk approaches."

Obviously coping with computing latency would be a huge issue.

 

[jz0309]

It is easy to imagine an individual's vision anomalies being programmed in to glasses, then the glasses correcting for those individual anomalies. It could be much better than building fixed lenses like today's glasses do. Such glasses (we are imagining here) might autocorrect for specific vision issues on the fly, or even on command: e.g. "Siri, magnify to 6x focused to 10 inches" or "Siri, go to movie viewing mode," or "Siri, magnify to 10x focused on bird in far distance."

Great new rumor! Send it over to Gurman so that he can "report" in 6 months that development is facing issues and thus the product will be delayed.

 

[Contact_Feanor]

As for build quality, he said Apple is designing its own plastic frames

I'd expect titanium and aluminum, not really plastic, given their stated goals on using 100% recycled/renewable materials by 2030. Unless they have some magical new renewable plastic in the pipeline...

 

[Astuces iOS]

Not going to buy this piece of creep, another thing to stay more addicted to tech... Go touch grass...

 

[diddl14]

Most creepy product ever invented.

 

[Brother Cavil]

Not going to buy this piece of creep, another thing to stay more addicted to tech... Go touch grass...

I'm still waiting for someone to enlighten me on what purpose a product like this serves. Even with an AR display, I don't get it. Seems like a product for screen addicts with ultimately very little utility over what already exists. Also seems like a product for people who want the machine to spoon-feed them everything. I don't understand the appeal and, like you, have no interest in buying this crap.

 

[Exponent]

I'm still waiting for someone to enlighten me on what purpose a product like this serves. Even with an AR display, I don't get it. Seems like a product for screen addicts with ultimately very little utility over what already exists. Also seems like a product for people who want the machine to spoon-feed them everything. I don't understand the appeal and, like you, have no interest in buying this crap.

It's sad. I agree with you, and yet, it's still a shame.

If someone had told me, growing up in the 80s, that there would be a pair of glasses that could…
- instantly translate foreign language in voices and text,
- play whatever song you want just for the asking,
- guide you with directions on a walk, hike, or bike ride,
- let you call police just by asking, and the police can see what you see, and they know where you are,
- identify whatever it is you're looking at, no matter how esoteric, and
- take a picture or video of anything you're looking at
…I'd have thought that as an unbelievable unfettered good, science-fiction brought to life for the betterment of humanity.

Could it be that the technology itself isn't creepy, but that it's society and many people who've gotten creepy? That if there is any way to abuse technology, that it happens en-masse, for profit?

 

[OzPeyter]

Depending on where you are, you don’t need their consent

Except that if I walk into a place with a physical camera in hand, where filming is not permitted or consent required, it's rather more obvious.

 

[macshmack]

The glasses will feature unique colors... Apple is exploring a range of color options, including black, ocean blue, and light brown.​

wow, where did these unique ideas come from?

and I trust market forces will produce a jamming device to make all the iCreeps see red.

 

[BGrifter]

Oh boy, Apple branded perv goggles. Great.

Kinda feels like Apple is grasping at straws a lot in 2026.

 

[carswell]

If turning us into glassholes is Cook's top priority, he can't step down soon enough.

 

[MichaelAdam]

How many health device do we need ? Seriously we don’t need this … We need glasses to do some work and watch movies play games etc like Xreal … Thank you …

 

[zhtfreak]

Premise of Apple 2027 holiday add: A family gathers around a Christmas tree and a blind mother or father puts on Apple smart glasses as their children open presents. Apple Intelligence describes the utter joy on their faces, which the parent has never experienced before. Designed to make you cry.

Meta glasses are the hot new "game changing" tech in the blindness community. There are apps that provide remote visual assistance, augmented with AI. People use them for things like buying groceries in big stores like Walmart, or getting from their plane to baggage claim without having to ask airport staff for help.

I haven't used any of the apps with smart glasses, just with my iPhone camera. Having it hands free would take it to another level. I read a review yesterday of one of the remote assistance apps that called it the biggest thing to come along since computers were made to talk back in the 80s.

So yeah, I might jump on that when Apple's take on smart glasses comes out.

 

[alexgowers]

meta ray bans are the most creepy product used by actual disgusting people.

I hope apple is ready to be part of the endless lawsuits that will come from these.

The creepiest part with meta is anytime someone says hey meta start recording the videos can be viewed by meta and real humans, already scandals surrounding videos being viewed that are 100% not for public viewing.

Any cameras even obvious ones need to be flagged as unacceptable in society.

 

[ghanwani]

Won't happen.

 

[SouthernApple]

Gotta be one of the worst things to happen to society.

 

[klasma]

I don't understand this product. Without an AR display, what's the point? Filming people without their consent? I have no clue why anyone would buy a product like this or how they'd find it useful.

It's a voice-driven AI chatbot that can see what you see.

 

[klasma]

Then what are the recordings for if they can't be viewed or shared? That doesn't make any sense.

Same use cases as "visual intelligence".

 

[triumvirate]

Is it wrong if I avoid talking or interacting with people who are clearly wearing "smart" glasses with cameras? Is it rude? Should I care?

Don't care, not doing it.

 

[Astuces iOS]

I'm still waiting for someone to enlighten me on what purpose a product like this serves. Even with an AR display, I don't get it. Seems like a product for screen addicts with ultimately very little utility over what already exists. Also seems like a product for people who want the machine to spoon-feed them everything. I don't understand the appeal and, like you, have no interest in buying this crap.

Yeah, we already have apple watch and for those who like music there are AirPods... Why spend another $500 on something that won't make something different... Unless you are a creep and want to record people but still...

 

[Brother Cavil]

It's a voice-driven AI chatbot that can see what you see.

I get that. I guess I don't understand the need for it.

Same use cases as "visual intelligence".

Fair point.

When I think about my day, I just can't understand how a product like this really helps me. I can understand specific use cases. Travel, for example. Having glasses with an AR display that performs live translation would be fantastic. But in every day life? Without an AR display?

 

[votdfak]

Many of you laser focused on creeps and "filming without consent". No one cares about YOU. Creeps are using smartphones too. Everyday I am on the beach, it's sunny all year round. I am playing beach sports. I need sunglasses, I am listening to music, sometimes I am making POV videos or sunset videos. Unlike smartphone cameras or real deal cameras there is no zoom on my Ray Ban Metas or Oakley Meta Vanguards.

 

[Brother Cavil]

Premise of Apple 2027 holiday add: A family gathers around a Christmas tree and a blind mother or father puts on Apple smart glasses as their children open presents. Apple Intelligence describes the utter joy on their faces, which the parent has never experienced before. Designed to make you cry.

Meta glasses are the hot new "game changing" tech in the blindness community. There are apps that provide remote visual assistance, augmented with AI. People use them for things like buying groceries in big stores like Walmart, or getting from their plane to baggage claim without having to ask airport staff for help.

I haven't used any of the apps with smart glasses, just with my iPhone camera. Having it hands free would take it to another level. I read a review yesterday of one of the remote assistance apps that called it the biggest thing to come along since computers were made to talk back in the 80s.

So yeah, I might jump on that when Apple's take on smart glasses comes out.

This is a great post! I had never even considered this use case. What you describe does sound game changing indeed.

 

[Brother Cavil]

How many health device do we need ? Seriously we don’t need this … We need glasses to do some work and watch movies play games etc like Xreal … Thank you …

Obsessing over health metrics is another addiction. All of these devices are designed to addict us and keep us connected to the machine 24/7.

 

[Brother Cavil]

It's sad. I agree with you, and yet, it's still a shame.

If someone had told me, growing up in the 80s, that there would be a pair of glasses that could…
- instantly translate foreign language in voices and text,
- play whatever song you want just for the asking,
- guide you with directions on a walk, hike, or bike ride,
- let you call police just by asking, and the police can see what you see, and they know where you are,
- identify whatever it is you're looking at, no matter how esoteric, and
- take a picture or video of anything you're looking at
…I'd have thought that as an unbelievable unfettered good, science-fiction brought to life for the betterment of humanity.

Could it be that the technology itself isn't creepy, but that it's society and many people who've gotten creepy? That if there is any way to abuse technology, that it happens en-masse, for profit?

1000% agree. I'd argue that society has always had a creep element, but certain technology has really empowered creeps in recent decades. Worse still, some of these technologies have actually changed our behaviors and our values. What was once viewed as creepy is now seen as normal by many people.

The entire planet is moving towards more surveillance, more control, not more freedom, and technology is enabling all of it. Products like AR glasses make me think of the Black Mirror episode where everything one sees and hears is recorded, where customs officials have you rewind your holiday memories so AI can quickly analyze everything you did and everyone you met, where you get stuck in your old memories because the tech enables you.

I used to believe in an inherent positivity to technology. All of this stuff seemed so exciting and empowering in the early days, but now it's starting to feel very dark. Social media has fundamentally reprogrammed society. I'm honestly glad I'm aging out and don't have kids.