Concept Imagines Augmented Reality Apple Card That Shows Balance Info

[zantafio]

Another solution in search of a problem

it’s like opening the wallet app but with extra steps

 

[farewelwilliams]

lidar could certainly tell the difference. But I get it, wearing glasses where only you could see the AR is such a massive security issue...

it wont. lidar has no clue how thick your thumb is. so it can detect how far away the fingernail on your thumb is from your face, but it has no clue if the other side of the thumb is touching the surface of the card.

 

[Tech198]

The possibilities in software you can do.... boggles the mind..

 

[Minimumsix13]

Meh. Stuff like this always looks cool but is ultimately a terrible user experience when compared to just opening your iPhone. Like someone else previously said, I don't want to go find my wallet, pull my card out, pull out my iPhone or find my AR glasses/headset/whatever, open the appropriate application, and point it at my card when I could just open apple wallet on my iPhone.

AR was prophesied to be "the thing" several years ago by around 2020—notice how it's still very much not a thing. Because it's just not a practical experience. Even with glasses or some kind of headset you wear all the time, nothing quite beats the experience, privacy, and ease-of-use of just pulling your phone out. I think AR has a lot of medical and industrial implications, but it's gonna be A WHILE before we see good, practical, helpful examples of a consumer-grade AR product journey.
I'm probably gonna get verbally slapped with a bunch of well-actually's, but that's fine.

A nicely designed and fun concept, nonetheless!