Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project
https://www.theverge.com/news/604378/apple-n107-ar-glasses-canceled
Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project
https://www.theverge.com/news/604378/apple-n107-ar-glasses-canceled
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It seems like Apple’s AR glasses project wasn’t received well with the higherups causing this project to be cancelled. It would have connected to a Mac display which kind of goes against the goal of AR as a mobile device to be used anywhere. It seems that even iPhone connected AR glasses wasn’t possible for Apple to produce so far.
Probably means their AR glasses plans are a long ways off.
Apple is really canceling a lot of their projects, they need to innovate something viable fast otherwise
I’d never wear AR glasses.. I dunno why anyone thinks this is progress
I still think Sunglasses that are light and comfortable but produce multiple screens to use when used with a phone or computer is a killer hardware item.
Not really sure why that has not been deployed? Then all you need is a powerful enough smartphone for “serious computing on the go wherever and whenever you need it.
I guess there are still issues eg prescription glasses wearers and weight? Or it cannot be sold for massive profits despite being so useful?
I wonder if they don’t have good content for it yet.
Honestly, with the state of technology these days, id love AR glasses that showed me how to do home renovations or fix my car. I’m sure there industrial purposes too considering the lack of skilled trades. They’re just going after the wrong market.
They are experts in software. They need to be the main source of AI
Im generally very much not an apple person.
But i generally one thing they absolutely do well is releasing products that are actually mature usable devices.
What i mean is if ya buy one or their products you dont need to be an engineer to set it up and use it.
They may not have the latest and greatest features the other guy has. But its a turn key thing when they get it.
And this is why i had pretty high hopes for their AR offerings.
Other AR offerings came and went. They are realy cool but between being uncomfortable, hardware limitations, and limited software support, they just aren’t practicle.
If ya can build a tool or application that benefits from an AR interface. And then that can start driving a market for them.
What comes to mind for me would be an ar/vr telepresence system.
Should mention they are [continuing to work on MicroLED](https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-still-working-on-microled-displays-for-ar-glasses/), so their timelines for AR have shifted to match hardware timelines. The glasses form factor people imagine for future mixed reality requires these kind of displays which are proving harder to bring to mainstream than originally predicted.
Its worth remembering that ~2 years ago, much of this was reported on with the same breathless credulity as AI is right now. Obviously AI will have more applications than this, but it should remind you to be very cautious of accepting tech’s narratives for unviable products.
Until we have reliable, cheap and effective solid state batteries all wearable energy hungry tech will fail.
It’s going to be really interesting when the day comes. Only thing close to it was when mobile/cell phones really started to take off because of lithium polymer cells.
Apple’s general strategy has been to take something at or near commodity-stage and make a luxury/premium version of it by pouring in lots of R&D and UX work. IPhone is the general exception, but you could say Palm/Windows Phone/BB were the predecessors. So, my guess is currently there aren’t enough AR devices released or too many patents to work around for Apple to move in
Why can they not just have a cord go to your phone or a mini computer in your pocket
What a bunch of flunkies. They couldnt design a calculator even if they knew math.