Ditto the release of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
Some people were apparently born without an imagination. A real shame.
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Kuo: Apple's AR Headset to Launch in Second Quarter of 2020
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Ditto the release of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
Some people were apparently born without an imagination. A real shame.
Yup. I've seen this exact same rhetoric over: credit cards, cell phones, CDs, VHS, caller ID, video on demand, Netflix DVDs, digital photography, computers of all kinds, AI, voicemail, etc etc.
Anytime. Glad I could give you a more clear view.oh wow! Thanks for sharing your vision of the future of AR.
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yah. Haha.
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Yah they still do blue hair, but more nose rings.
The mockups are way off base, IMO. Remove the camera, make it look like any normal pair of spectacles, and you pretty much have the Apple glasses.
Apple knows that the success of wearables, more than anything else, hinges on people’s willingness to be seen in public with them than their technological capabilities. They are not going to repeat the mistakes that google glass made.
Apple's augmented reality headset will enter mass production as soon as the fourth quarter of this year in time for an early 2020 launch, according to a new report out today from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and seen by MacRumors.
In his latest research note with TF International Securities, the analyst says Apple will cooperate with third-party brands to launch its first head-mounted AR product in 2020, with Changying Precision tipped to be the main chassis supplier.
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.
Back in July, a DigiTimes report claimed Apple had suspended its AR headset project, but just last month, code found in Xcode 11 and iOS 13 confirmed that Apple is still working on an augmented reality headset of some kind.
Within the internal Find My app bundle that MacRumors exclusively shared, there is also an icon depicting what appears to be an AR or VR headset that looks similar to the Google Cardboard.
Kuo understands that Apple's AR glasses will be marketed as an iPhone accessory and primarily take a display role while wirelessly offloading computing, networking, and positioning to the iPhone.
Designing the AR glasses to work as an iPhone accessory is also expected to allow Apple to keep the glasses slim and lightweight, rather than trying to pack in all the processing hardware into the one device.
As early as November 2017, Bloomberg reported that Apple was developing an AR headset. Apple originally aimed to have it ready by 2019, but the company was relaxed about not shipping a product until 2020. The report said the headset would run on a new custom operating system, based on iOS, and dubbed "rOS" for "reality operating system."
In addition, today's report underlines Kuo's previous prediction that the most important change to the Apple chassis industry chain in 2020 will be the upgrade of the 5G iPhone's metal mid-frame/chassis.
For Apple's 2020 iPhones, Kuo believes the company will adopt a new metal frame structure reminiscent of the iPhone 4, which will significantly increase the unit cost due to the increase in processing procedures and the integration of composite materials.
Today's report from the respected Apple analyst also covered Apple's iPad Pro and MacBook plans for 2020, which we've covered in a separate article.
Article Link: Kuo: Apple's AR Headset to Launch in Second Quarter of 2020
Apple's augmented reality headset will enter mass production as soon as the fourth quarter of this year in time for an early 2020 launch, according to a new report out today from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and seen by MacRumors.
In his latest research note with TF International Securities, the analyst says Apple will cooperate with third-party brands to launch its first head-mounted AR product in 2020, with Changying Precision tipped to be the main chassis supplier.
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.
Back in July, a DigiTimes report claimed Apple had suspended its AR headset project, but just last month, code found in Xcode 11 and iOS 13 confirmed that Apple is still working on an augmented reality headset of some kind.
Within the internal Find My app bundle that MacRumors exclusively shared, there is also an icon depicting what appears to be an AR or VR headset that looks similar to the Google Cardboard.
Kuo understands that Apple's AR glasses will be marketed as an iPhone accessory and primarily take a display role while wirelessly offloading computing, networking, and positioning to the iPhone.
Designing the AR glasses to work as an iPhone accessory is also expected to allow Apple to keep the glasses slim and lightweight, rather than trying to pack in all the processing hardware into the one device.
As early as November 2017, Bloomberg reported that Apple was developing an AR headset. Apple originally aimed to have it ready by 2019, but the company was relaxed about not shipping a product until 2020. The report said the headset would run on a new custom operating system, based on iOS, and dubbed "rOS" for "reality operating system."
In addition, today's report underlines Kuo's previous prediction that the most important change to the Apple chassis industry chain in 2020 will be the upgrade of the 5G iPhone's metal mid-frame/chassis.
For Apple's 2020 iPhones, Kuo believes the company will adopt a new metal frame structure reminiscent of the iPhone 4, which will significantly increase the unit cost due to the increase in processing procedures and the integration of composite materials.
Today's report from the respected Apple analyst also covered Apple's iPad Pro and MacBook plans for 2020, which we've covered in a separate article.
Article Link: Kuo: Apple's AR Headset to Launch in Second Quarter of 2020
I hope Apple is taking to heart the lesson of 3-d television. That bombed, not so much because of any inherent shortcomings in the technology, as because nobody bothered to supply it with a sufficiently large, varied and compelling library of media to play on it, so customers failed to see any point in purchasing the necessary hardware. Am I supposed to buy the equipment, say "Wow, this sure is cool" and use it for a half a week and then toss it into the sock drawer because I've run out of interesting stuff to look at?
Fair enough but that's like saying the Watch can work as an Apple TV remote, a camera remote shutter, controls media with Now Playing and so while the main purpose is Health, Fitness and Notifications. I can't find that main purpose for the Glasses.
Call me in 2025 when such a product might actually be desirable and not just an expensive tech demo.
Full disclosure… I still have never owned an Apple Watch and I’m only now even thinking about it at some point.
As I have gotten older, I personally only want the products when they are fully baked - not half done and pulled out of the oven early
Full disclosure… I still have never owned an Apple Watch and I’m only now even thinking about it at some point.
As I have gotten older, I personally only want the products when they are fully baked - not half done and pulled out of the oven early
When done right (and that can take several iterations) this can change the way we live. Look around, people have to disconnect from their lives in order to interact with digital world, be it computers, tablets, smart phones or TV/videos. Airpods made it easier for the average person to consume audio information on the go without being tethered to an audio player, smartphone or boombox. Imagine how much more we can interact with physical world around us if we didn't have to sit looking down at a screen for many hours a day to consume visual information. Iphone brought pocketable PC to masses. AR glasses can let people use pocketable computing while spending time with family, excersizing, shopping, gardening or working on something else. When done right, this will be the next generation of computer interaction that can give us more time for what really matters.
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It's primary purpose is to fill that vacuum of yet another
gimmicky, expensive & wholly unnecessary iPhone accessory.
"The difference between AR & VR:
AR looks fantastic in demo videos, but like garbage in actual use.
VR looks like garbage in demo videos, but fantastic in actual use."
-- SOMEONE VERY, VERY WISE
AR looks fantastic in demo videos, but like garbage in actual use.
VR looks like garbage in demo videos, but fantastic in actual use."
-- SOMEONE VERY, VERY WISE
Well, if someone told us about a telephone with no buttons in year 1999 we might not immediately realize that apps would be a multi-billion dollar business or realize that we'd be ordering pizza without having to talk to someone. I listed a lot of uses for AR, but I have never really used AR except for a few little things. The killer application for AR glasses might come about. Were Google glasses good for anything at all?
Maybe the killer app will be for people with senile dementia or alzeimers - putting a name to a face persistently and who knows what else.
It sure sounds interesting - at least to me.
To say that you can't find a main purpose hopefully doesn't dissuade your curiosity.
Don’t see many people with an iPod touch. I’d say the phone portion (cellular connectivity) is pretty damn important.
Look, he’s the one that said “no one” uses an “Apple” watch to tell time. You want to defend that statement further, be my guest. It’s a ridiculous statement.
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What no, that's ridiculous for a cyclist. Purpose of glasses are to keep wind, dirt and water away from your eyes. Cyclists with contact lenses still wear glasses for that reason.
A quick Face ID scan and your custom built Apple Vision glasses and shown in AR on your phone. Another scan for an eye test or something and you get the correct lenses. Then its off to the options for color and styles. Since eyewear is very personal I think wildly different options will be available.
My guess is that Apple may partner with other eyewear companies. I wonder if we might see a scenario where a customer goes to an Apple store to test out the AR glasses and, if he wears spectacles, have his vision tested as well. He then places an order for a customised pair of spectacles which is then delivered after a few weeks.
I am not sure if we will want to be seen all wearing the same pair of AR glasses, but glasses is something you can’t really customise after purchase either (you can’t swap out the frame like you can the bands of an Apple Watch).
Man, the logistics alone sound crazy enough, but it’s precisely because of problems like this that make Apple the most likely candidate to make smart glasses work. They have the ability to integrate hardware and software, have the distribution network, possess the user base with the propensity to spend, and have the design chops to make people actually want to be seen in public with them.
If anyone can pull this off, IMO, it’s Apple.
I’ve been in the business for several years and can
Yes, if anyone can disrupt businesses it’s Apple - I’m eagerly looking forward to their proposed solution and yet again standing at the cross road of design and technology.
Yes, it’s sounds crazy... I’ve been in the business, both designing and selling eyewear, for more than 15years and can’t quite work out how Apple will do this. They definitely need an optician for the prescription lenses, but they also need a “product” that can be applied to excising glasses.. or maybe not?
There are some rather big brands that have been experimenting with 3D-printed frames for a while, fitted perfectly to your face. The only problem with that is that the material isn’t quite up to the high-quality that acetate frames.
That being said, I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing them disrupt the industry - again standing at the cross road of design and technology. Exciting times we live in!
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Some problems are more difficult to solve than they seem 😉
But I’m eagerly waiting for Apples approach...
This is a major sell because display tech has stagnated.
One major question is how they would mirror a macOS screen into the display. Through an iPhone sending it data?
I actually think there is completely reasonable skepticism about this product’s impending release. And I had thought it was coming sooner than this at one point.
I think that the mothership and a host of other factors put the company back at least a year on a bunch of products, including the glasses.