Last month, famous technology blogger Robert Scoble broke the news that Apple is working with optical component manufacturer Carl Zeiss to develop an AR eyewear that is expected to be released later this year.
On February 5th, at "This Week in Tech," Scoble said his sources were all from "the highest level." It is said that this AR glasses will probably be released with the new iPhone 8 and the launch conference itself will be the unveiling of Apple's new headquarters building. Apple AR glasses will be released as early as the summer of 2017. However, he also pointed out that this device is still likely to be released until next year.
He expects Apple's AR glasses to be very light and needs to be used with an iPhone or other wearable device.
But with reference to Scoble's previous remarks, his predictions for Apple's products are not so reliable. Previously, Scoble had predicted that Apple will release a fully transparent iPhone this year, which is obviously unrealistic.
Regardless of whether Scoble's source is reliable, it is undeniable that Apple has been investing heavily in the development of AR technology.
A few months ago, Apple CEO Cook said in an interview that "VR and AR technology are exciting, but I personally think that for now, the prospect of AR is even greater."
In May 2015, Apple acquired the German AR company Metaio, and thus obtained 171 global patents related to AR. Since then, Apple has acquired FaCEShift, a real-time facial tracking and animation company, EmoTIent, which uses facial expression analysis to determine people's emotions, and Flyby Media, which has worked with Google's Project Tango project.
Not long ago, Apple's latest AR patent "wearable information system with camera" was exposed. According to the patent description, this technology is likely to be used in a head-mounted display, and the camera mounted on the display can receive the same as the display. Information on the perspective.
The first patent is described as "a wearable information system equipped with at least one camera", which is a hardware device with intelligent target recognition.
The patent describes it in two high and low performance modes. When the camera detects more than one object in a certain field of view, it switches to high performance mode. The system also automatically monitors the surrounding environment and presents some content in an AR manner.
It is understood that this technology may be used in a head-mounted display, and the camera mounted on the display can receive information from the same viewing angle as the display.
The second patent highlights two different performance modes. The switching between high and low modes depends on the object detected by the camera, while the camera can also detect "grayscale, color and depth of field information."
However, the patent maps look very abstract, but they are basically related to AR. We can wait and see what the actual application is.
Considering Cook's remarks about AR and Apple's various actions, Apple's launch of AR glasses may be a matter of time. Although Apple has not yet launched related AR products, their research on AR technology has not stopped. Recently, Apple has successfully obtained two new patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), which again hints at Apple's ambitions on AR.
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