Apple Plans To Start Selling Its AR Headset By 2020, Bloomberg Says (bloomberg.com) 63
Apple plans to have an augmented-reality headset complete by 2019, and begin selling it by 2020, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. The report claims that Apple has assembled a team called "T288" with hundreds of engineers to work on an AR headset that doesn't require an iPhone to work. The team is reportedly testing their work with HTC Vive VR headsets and "a device similar to an Oculus Gear VR headset," with goal to build a fully integrated headset that includes a display and cameras powered by a custom chipset. Apple is looking into using its knowledge in designing custom silicon to create a more power-efficient chip for the headset, the report said, adding the chip could be similar to the integrated system used on the Apple Watch.
AR Headset (Score:5, Funny)
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I own a M1 garand you insensitive clod.
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An assault rifle headset sounds really cool, but can your neck take the recoil is the real problem.
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An assault rifle headset sounds really cool, but can your neck take the recoil is the real problem.
You're not going to wear the AR on your head. The HUD will just be synced with scope on the rifle so you'll have an easier time aiming. Hopefully they'll include a feature that quickly identifies hostiles & prevents friendly fire.
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You're not going to wear the AR on your head. The HUD will just be synced with scope on the rifle so you'll have an easier time aiming
That sounds far more boring than twin AK-47's mounted to either side of your head like beer cozies.
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Nobody needs an Assault Rifle headset. This is just wrong. The 2nd Amendment never was intended for this purpose...What?...really?...sorry, nevermind, carry on.
Headset development prioritization list:
#1 - Work without needing an iPhone
#2 - Virtual porn
#3 - Better virtual porn
#4 - iPorn
#5 - iPorn with iSteve
#6 - iPornX
Don't worry. The only thing users will likely be assaulting, is themselves.
So when my mom tells me to take out the garbage (Score:2)
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All that I hear is "Go ahead, play your video game the rest of the night. Tonight is Friday."
Yeah, but what if taking out the trash is an in-game achievement [duckduckgo.com]?
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Or it could be a flop. However unlike other companies Apple at least tries to get into different markets. If they were still only making Macs like in the 1990s then Apple would be doomed. However they jumped onto the MP3 player market and the smart phone market. To keep the company current and to prevent being obsolete.
Apple tends to do a good job at perfecting existing technology and ideas and make a gimmick toy to a successful product that is widely used. But they are not perfect. VR and AR has been
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Just like we saw all kinds of applications for the stupid useless iwatch.
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iHead? (Score:2)
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iEye (Score:4, Funny)
iEye (Captain!)
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iClops
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That is why they removed the headphone jack. That little extra space allows room for natural battery expansion and prevent explosions.
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You'd be better off if you jumped in front of a real train instead of off a metaphorical one.
Hard to see an inconvenient wearable succeeding (Score:2)
You'd have to be really, really motivated. A watch, a walkman/iPod, fitness trackers to a degree... anything else? Plus most of those were not that inconvenient.
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I'm actually thinking of replacing my computer displays (work not gaming) with the Meta 2 AR headset. Saves a lot of desk real estate and it's 100% private. And really, really cool.
Still, there remains a tiny bit of motion detection lag, so I'm not sold just yet.
Accounts Receivables? (Score:1)
just in time (Score:2)
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with vive being available right now it seems like available in 2 years is about 2 years too late.
I guess you do what you have to do in order to stay relevant.
on the upside, maybe it means that they will actually upgrade their desktop hardware in order to run their headset. custom chips are great but you still need raw horsepower to do all the calculations involved in display relative to position, especially when you use some sort of marking system to track headset orientation (vive uses stereoscopic cameras and IR leds on the headset)
This is AR, not VR.
Huge computational difference.
Look what they are already able to do with iPhone hardware and ARKit. Not very far from this to full stereoscopic output.
http://www.madewitharkit.com/ [madewitharkit.com]
-Doug
A lot can happen in 2+ years. (Score:3)
Apple, who was also building a TV set and then they were going to build an electric car (but for some reason can't make Car Play work without being plugged in) is going to do AR. I'm pretty sure by 2020 something else will be out there to displace this.
I've given up trying to care what Apple won't do. I used to get my hopes up for some cool tech but now it's just a waste of time to care.
I can't even image what they are going to wreck on the next OS release.
Reality distortion field (Score:1)
If they had any sense of humor they would call it RDF, aka the Reality Distortion Field.
2020? But I want it NOW! (Score:1)
Make it so we can have virtual waifus and you've already sold millions of units in advance.
Unfortunately, being Apple, there's not going to be an optional hentai mode.
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That would require VR.
I'm no Apple fanboy... (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm no Apple fanboy but I suspect they will ship something in 2020 where as Magic Leap will ship another confusing video of how awesome they are in 2020.