Posted on Wednesday, November 08 2017 @ 15:23 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Word is going around that Apple is dedicating a lot of resources to an augmented reality headset. The tech giant aims to have the technology ready in 2019 and could ship a product to consumers as early as 2020. The device will be built from ground up, it will reportedly be a fully contained model with a new in-house SoC and a custom reality operating system (internally dubbed "rOS") based on iOS.
Apple hasn’t finalized how users will control the headset and launch apps, but is investigating touch panels, voice-activation via Siri and head gestures. Engineers are prototyping a range of applications, from mapping and texting to more advanced features including virtual meeting rooms and 360-degree video playback. The company has discussed pairing the headset with its own version of the App Store, where users would be able to download content, just as they do with the iPhone, Watch, Apple TV and Mac.
Via: Bloomberg
