Concept Imagines Augmented Reality Apple Card That Shows Balance Info

[MacRumors]

Apple has been working on augmented reality features for its iPhones and iPads for some time now, and while there are some AR capabilities built into various apps, Apple could do a lot more to take advantage of the AR features in its devices.

A new concept imagined by Volodymyr Kurbatov and shared on YouTube (via Cult of Mac) features augmented reality functionality added to the Apple Card.

When the Apple Card is viewed with an AR app or an AR headset, it displays quick access Apple Card info such as total balance and recent transactions, all in a handy list. It even imagines a feature that would allow for swiping through information or editing card info via gesture, which isn't really something that AR apps do at this time.

Presumably this functionality would be tied to an individual Apple Card and linked by an identifier on the card itself, but we don't need to worry too much about the security since it doesn't exist yet.

There's no word that Apple is working on a feature such as this, but it is fun to imagine how useful this concept might be to Apple Card holders. Right now, accessing this info requires opening up the Wallet app on an iPhone and tapping into the Apple Card settings, but Apple is developing some kind of augmented reality headset that could come out as soon as next year, so features like this might not be too far off.

Article Link: Concept Imagines Augmented Reality Apple Card That Shows Balance Info

 

[farewelwilliams]

these AR demos are a bit dumb. they give great demo sure, but how the hell do you implement swiping on a card with no feedback from the fingers? even attaching some sort of infrared sensor + dot projector from your "glasses" isn't going to be able to detect whether your finger is "touching" the card or simply very close to the card. you *might* be able to use radar like Google's Project Soli, but we have yet to see a production version of "finger swipes in the air". waste of time IMO.

 

[doasis23]

So instead of just opening the wallet app and seeing all that information I have to pull my card out of my physical wallet and view it through my phone screen? No thanks.

 

[Neepman]

How about something more useful like the ability to get a yearly spending report?

 

[luvbug]

Wouldn't it be nice if people actually comprehended reality (our natural world) first, before we go confusing them with *our* idea of "augmented" reality? Most people don't even know that the O2 they breath exists because the plants produce it, while consuming CO2 while they're at it. Just sayin' it seems we are getting ahead of ourselves, as a species. Can't we work on getting the basics right, first?

 

[iGeneo]

Outcome?

 

[Darth-Kylie]

Could? Yes.

Should? No.

 

[iamgalt]

Wouldn't it be nice if people actually comprehended reality (our natural world) first, before we go confusing them with *our* idea of "augmented" reality? Most people don't even know that the O2 they breath exists because the plants produce it, while consuming CO2 while they're at it. Just sayin' it seems we are getting ahead of ourselves, as a species. Can't we work on getting the basics right, first?

And it seems a lot of people don't realize the O2 we breathe is only about 21% of what we are breathing. The CO2 that a lot of people consume tastes better than the plain O2, which is why they consume it.

 

[LeadingHeat]

Presumably this functionality would be tied to an individual Apple Card and linked by an identifier on the card itself, but we don't need to worry too much about the security since it doesn't exist yet.

Which identifier are you referring to? The person’s name is the only unique thing on the card. If you base the entire experience off of that, that would open it up to anyone typing up someone’s name and sticking it onto a card to see their transaction history and purchases. No thanks.

EDIT: yeah I know I know it’s not released yet. But if making this work requires adding more unique identifiers on the card and taking away from the simplistic nature of it, count me out.

 

[TheLunaPark]

Meh. Fair enough it's pretty cool how this works but in reality, anyone with a headset is probably going to be tech savvy and so will most likely have stopped carrying a wallet with their card anyway (especially in places like here in the UK where paying and banking is well ahead) and anyone using an iPhone to do it may as well just use their banking/Apple Pay app to do all of the above. Just seems pretty pointless, at least that's the way I see it.

 

[jclo]

Which identifier are you referring to? The person’s name is the only unique thing on the card. If you base the entire experience off of that, that would open it up to anyone typing up someone’s name and sticking it onto a card to see their transaction history and purchases. No thanks.

EDIT: yeah I know I know it’s not released yet. But if making this work requires adding more unique identifiers on the card and taking away from the simplistic nature of it, count me out.

Not necessarily referring to anything that exists now, I'm just guessing that there would need to be something to scan that's specific to a person's card and linked Apple ID account in an app/headset for security purposes so you couldn't just scan anyone's card.

 

[bchery21]

Looks cool but will only be convenient if you regularly wear glasses/contacts that somehow did augmented reality.

 

[xxray]

So instead of just opening the wallet app and seeing all that information I have to pull my card out of my physical wallet and view it through my phone screen? No thanks.

Pretty sure this is a demo for a headset/Google Glasses Type device where you’d already have the AR capabilities ready to go without doing anything, besides having glasses on.

 

[fuchsdh]

So instead of just opening the wallet app and seeing all that information I have to pull my card out of my physical wallet and view it through my phone screen? No thanks.

Most of the problems with AR go away if you get a decent implementation of AR glasses (hence always available and no fatigue from holding up squares to see AR content) but that obviously requires said decent implementation.

 

[[AUT] Thomas]

...or you just display the info on the, yes, display...

AR is nice, but on a phone there's limited use for it. Filming your credit card with one hand while holding it with the other certainly does not make sense to me...
An AR headset would certainly change things a lot...

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Which identifier are you referring to? The person’s name is the only unique thing on the card. If you base the entire experience off of that, that would open it up to anyone typing up someone’s name and sticking it onto a card to see their transaction history and purchases. No thanks.

EDIT: yeah I know I know it’s not released yet. But if making this work requires adding more unique identifiers on the card and taking away from the simplistic nature of it, count me out.

Presumably the information is stored/authenticated on your phone, and the physical card simply triggers the AR experience on your phone.

 

[JMO1]

*This is awesome.

*Needs to be an AR headset though. Using the phone and camera is a wasted step as you could just open the app. Add a headset to the equation and the need for intuitive information would be awesome without the need for a phone or app

 

[doasis23]

Pretty sure this is a demo for a headset/Google Glasses Type device where you’d already have the AR capabilities ready to go without doing anything, besides having glasses on.

It obviously makes more sense with glasses but the article states AR app or glasses. With glasses it’s a cool little trick but adds nothing extra that the wallet app doesn’t provide without having to put on a pair of expensive glasses.

 

[JosephAW]

This application would work better for glasses instead of camera phone ar.

 

[mannyvel]

Although nice, in AR land reading isn't something that you're going to be doing a lot of.

What's more likely is that you'd walk around best buy and if you looked at something for long enough a "you can afford it" blurb would pop up...or a blurb showing the online rating, or where you could buy it for less.

But text? No way. The public can hardly read today.

 

[Ultramove69]

Still waiting to be blown away by a consumer application of AR beyond, “that’s neat” ....as for this, that’s neat! I’d rather pull out my Wallet app, I think Apple has done a fine job with that UI.

 

[chasonstone]

So instead of just opening the wallet app and seeing all that information I have to pull my card out of my physical wallet and view it through my phone screen? No thanks.

I think it's for hypothetical AR glasses, wouldn't make sense to pull out a phone to do this, but if I could look at my wallet and the glasses recognize it and display helpful information around it without having to get out my phone... that'd be neat.
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Not necessarily referring to anything that exists now, I'm just guessing that there would need to be something to scan that's specific to a person's card and linked Apple ID account in an app/headset for security purposes so you couldn't just scan anyone's card.

I would imagine it would be more secure and practical for say AR glasses that are linked to your account info like icloud and Apple Card, would simply recognize it's an apple card in your hand and share YOUR information. So you could pick up any apple card, it recognizes that's what it is, and then displays your information and only your information.

 

[FightTheFuture]

Hey guys, I found a more useless idea than that portable usb-c AirPods case charger.

 

[NinjaHERO]

Very cool demo. This is definitely the stuff I’m looking for in AR. The card is irrelevant. Just the idea that any “object” could display useful information.

 

[emilonrails]

Very 'Minority Report'