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Kuo: Apple's AR Headset to Launch in Second Quarter of 2020

AntiNotchScreen said:
I doubt the AR device will have U1 chip....even if the device cost $999 as an accessory
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I'm not sure I understand your statement. U1 is just a version of 802.15.4z from what I know. One of its features is high data bandwidth at low power which is the first and foremost requirement to support AR without cables. I don't know if the other features such as object location and positioning will be utilized for AR purposes, though I can see how it can help for VR via the use of positioning markers.

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A Kuo report in March claimed Apple would launch an AR product in 2020 that could be ready by the middle of next year. However, Kuo has brought forward his predicted time of release and the analyst now believes the launch window for the product will fall in the second quarter of 2020.
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So nothing has changed?
 
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Why are the AirPods such a success? After all, the iPhone could play back audio via internal speakers and wired (and even wireless) headphones were/are widely available. But the AirPods are very convenient and provide a smooth user experience.

The glasses will have a similar use case: Smartphone and "normal" monitors are widely available, but the glasses will be able to provide a way more comfortable user experience.

  • Want a monitor with 2-3 meters diagonal, freely positionable without taking up physical space? Here you are!
  • Want to get routing guidance directly in your field of view and additional info about that building/car/person/object over there? Here you are!
  • Want to support your aging eyes with variable focus on objects of interest (a.k.a. "Zoom")? Sure - here you are!
  • Want to have sunglasses with adjustable dimming levels? Well - here you are!

Vehicle highlighting in traffic (battery-electric vehicles can be dangerous for hearing-impaired persons), reduced neck strain (-> "Smombies"), hands-free video while commuting in overcrowded subways, privacy (no one can look onto your mobile phone screen anymore), individual TV programs for each family member at home without arguing about which program to watch ... - the options are endless!

If Apple does it right, they have a big, big winner on their hands! At first people will complain "I don't wear glasses and don't want to change that now" - just as people complained about wearing a watch when AppleWatch entered the market. And they will complain about the price for "just another iPhone accessory" that can't work standalone and is much more expensive than your standard glasses from the local superstore around the corner.

Eventually people will get used to it and it'll become a new trend to wear glasses again. (Very) longterm there may also be contact lenses becoming available for the die-hard refusers of glasses. And it'll be very interesting to see how the competition will react and offer cheaper, but potentially technically inferior and/or less refined products to participate from the new hype.
 
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Don’t think this will be like google glass more of a gaming headset or for educational purposes and with e.g. surgery and engineering.
 
I really hope it will be possible to project a really big screen tv in my living room with those glasses. Wouldnt that be great?
 
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richinaus said:
AR is the future and I cant wait for these glasses. I see so many opportunities for my professional [design] use. very exciting.

I was considering a Holo lens 2 but will hold off and see what Apple brings.
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Same, this is way more exciting than MacBook, iPhone, iPad specbump cycles. Hopefully it's a bit more functional than the Apple watch was at first.
 
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Neodym said:
Why are the AirPods such a success? After all, the iPhone could play back audio via internal speakers and wired (and even wireless) headphones were/are widely available. But the AirPods are very convenient and provide a smooth user experience.

The glasses will have a similar use case: Smartphone and "normal" monitors are widely available, but the glasses will be able to provide a way more comfortable user experience.

  • Want a monitor with 2-3 meters diagonal, freely positionable without taking up physical space? Here you are!
  • Want to get routing guidance directly in your field of view and additional info about that building/car/person/object over there? Here you are!
  • Want to support your aging eyes with variable focus on objects of interest (a.k.a. "Zoom")? Sure - here you are!
  • Want to have sunglasses with adjustable dimming levels? Well - here you are!

Vehicle highlighting in traffic (battery-electric vehicles can be dangerous for hearing-impaired persons), reduced neck strain (-> "Smombies"), hands-free video while commuting in overcrowded subways, privacy (no one can look onto your mobile phone screen anymore), individual TV programs for each family member at home without arguing about which program to watch ... - the options are endless!

If Apple does it right, they have a big, big winner on their hands! At first people will complain "I don't wear glasses and don't want to change that now" - just as people complained about wearing a watch when AppleWatch entered the market. And they will complain about the price for "just another iPhone accessory" that can't work standalone and is much more expensive than your standard glasses from the local superstore around the corner.

Eventually people will get used to it and it'll become a new trend to wear glasses again. (Very) longterm there may also be contact lenses becoming available for the die-hard refusers of glasses. And it'll be very interesting to see how the competition will react and offer cheaper, but potentially technically inferior and/or less refined products to participate from the new hype.
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This person gets it.
 
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iDento said:
Just like the Apple Watch, this will be an iPhone accessory with customizable bands for at the least the first five years.

I can't help but the think about the main purpose of this device, I mean the Apple Watch has health, the iPhone has apps, what would the Glasses thing be?
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A dream maybe but...

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Apple May Launch Augmented Reality Headset With Custom 'rOS' Operating System by 2020

How about glasses with user-controllable lenses which can adjust (electronically or physically) to a required prescription? Couple that with some rOS/AR functionality then I might be genuinely interested. For example, I'm entirely right-eye dominant, long-sighted, wear a contact lens to correct...
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This method of implementing AR is ingenious given that the functionality of the iPhone is so high at this point. I’d use this for filming and monitoring while driving and flying. Creators are going to have a field day with this. As well as makers, artists, mechanics etc
 
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_Refurbished_ said:
A watch is a watch, more plausible. Glasses? No one “wants” to wear glasses.

This is going to be a huge Tim Apple dud.
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No one wears an Apple Watch to tell time. Yet when it can detect your EKG and alert emergency services in the event of a serious fall, the benefits may well be too tempting to ignore.

Same here. Nobody is forcing someone with perfect eyesight to wear glasses, but he might be tempted by the benefits it brings all the same.

And if said user is already wearing glasses anyways, then there really isn’t any downside here (besides a heftier price tag) now, is there?
 
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Abazigal said:
No one wears an Apple Watch to tell time. Yet when it can detect your EKG and alert emergency services in the event of a serious fall, the benefits may well be too tempting to ignore.

Same here. Nobody is forcing someone with perfect eyesight to wear glasses, but he might be tempted by the benefits it brings all the same.

And if said user is already wearing glasses anyways, then there really isn’t any downside here (besides a heftier price tag) now, is there?
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No one wears a watch to tell time. Stopped reading after that. Moving on.
 
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Like most concepts of new product categories, MacRumors commenters (as usual) look only to their microscopic world of what they and their small circle of like minded people want or will use. As usual, and as always, forgetting that there's a whole world of people out there who have product desires that are COMPLETELY different from you and your little circle of 10 friends who all share the same beliefs. There are people on here who STILL talk about how useless AirPods are and what a stupid product they are - they are the second or third highest selling apple accessory ever. Everybody uses them and everybody wants them.

You know what regular people will think of these if they're priced right? "I already pay $500 for glasses just to see, and these are a couple hundred more and will show me notifications while I'm on the train without having to pull my phone out of my pocket. I can use Siri on them. When I'm driving they'll display turn by turn directions with street name overlays. etc etc" and they'll buy them. People who don't wear glasses will say "these are cool as hell because of *all the previously listed reasons* so I'm getting them". Then they become a status symbol like AirPods did, and then the snowball has rolled into an avalanche. You and your ultra techy snobby friends might turn your noses up at them just to be contrary for the sake of being contrary, but the whole rest of the world is not you and your friends.
 
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Abazigal said:
No one wears an Apple Watch to tell time. Yet when it can detect your EKG and alert emergency services in the event of a serious fall, the benefits may well be too tempting to ignore.

Same here. Nobody is forcing someone with perfect eyesight to wear glasses, but he might be tempted by the benefits it brings all the same.

And if said user is already wearing glasses anyways, then there really isn’t any downside here (besides a heftier price tag) now, is there?
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Well if the Apple Watch didn’t tell time I wouldn’t wear it. Of course if it did nothing more than tell time I wouldn’t wear it either.

I am highly skeptical we will see a AR glasses from Apple in early 2020. The events they typically have in the spring aren’t for new products/categories but refreshing existing products.
 
Only when I see it will I believe it. Still vapor-ware, no matter how much Kuo suggests this thing will launch soon. Remember Magic Leap? Yeah, not so relevant now, are they?
 
AntiNotchScreen said:
Apple AR will be a huge failure without any onboard SoC and need extra device to be usable. The user might not like to carry an extra device.
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You mean like the Apple Watch or AirPods?
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Rogifan said:
Well if the Apple Watch didn’t tell time I wouldn’t wear it. Of course if it did nothing more than tell time I wouldn’t wear it either.
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I would wear fitness trackers even without any display. I 'wore' a Fitbit One for while (which has a display but not one you see as easily).
 
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hendot said:
So nothing has changed?
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The second financial quarter of 2020 runs from January to March 2020 (they're shifted...for example we are currently into the 1st quarter of 2020). So it means that these glasses could be released much earlier than the original prediction.
 
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GreenPixel said:
As a cyclist I could not agree more. I would love a pair of "sport style" glasses that could give me an effective HUD while riding.
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Hell...let's go the full monty and just wish for AR contact lenses then? Glasses can fall off, whereas contact lenses can't. Best solution really...
 
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