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Apple Plans To Start Selling Its AR Headset By 2020, Bloomberg Says (bloomberg.com)
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.
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.
All that I hear is "Go ahead, play your video game the rest of the night. Tonight is Friday."
Possible name?
Sent from my TARDIS
Of course apple would want to go all out on this integrating everything into it so they can probably slap a $2000+ price tag on it, instead of going the simpler route with an accessory like the gear VR. Not to mention their new "notch" probably would fuck up the effect of such an accessory, just as it does for full screen video, unless you want to zoom out the video and end up with "bezels" that eat up more of the face of the phone than any other phone they have ever released.
Can't wait to see the results of exploding batteries in this device. Maybe they can co-op with Samsung.
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 problem markets. While cool not necessarily overall useful.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Apple doesn't enter a market unless they can bring a compelling competitive advantage with them, whether it's better UI, economy of scale, etc.
If they offer an AR device, I expect we'll see all kinds of entertainment and productivity applications for it in very short order. The latter are the most interesting to me.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
AppleAR, or, the iHeadset as everyone will call it, will perhaps be popular, but... before long they'll come out with a new version that won't have lenses. You'll have to buy iLenses separately, and the lenses will, for some reason, require charging, and the charger will be separate and require charging itself, and the charger for THAT will only work with a proprietary Apple connector...
So glad I've decided to jump off the iApple iTrain now, and not be sucked into buying even more overpriced stuff I don't need.
Our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed. Summon the meteors.
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.
iEye (Captain!)
crazy dynamite monkey
Apple is going to start selling an accounts receivable headset? I don't even understand that. Is it just a way for "customers" to send money to Apple even faster than they already do?
I don't respond to AC's.
just in time for the election so cnn can replace all their touch sceens and kinects
well, except for the target identification... not sure you can automate that. will be nice to see the price come down though once some competition gets into the market.
https://www.tracking-point.com/shotglass/
Just like we saw all kinds of applications for the stupid useless iwatch.
The Apple Watch is saving lives, sparky. What have you done for your fellow man lately?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
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)
You're hilarious.
As any heart rate monitoring device can do. Your shilling is pathetic.
What have they done to save lives?
its a matter of how many patents will they steal doing it?
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.
If they had any sense of humor they would call it RDF, aka the Reality Distortion Field.
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.
#DeleteFacebook
Can it make my wife hot?
It would be nice to know how much extra money I will have in 2020 when this is a useless tech bauble I don't buy because it sounded way better when it was just a sci-fi concept. If they tell me know, I can invest the money for the meantime and come out that much further ahead!
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.
Exactly. The Apple Car revolutionized transportation. Just look around. We are all driving Apple cars now.
Too many people are being hit by cars or falling while staring at their phones and walking, driving, biking, etc. plus it is causing neck injury. By the same token, head worn HUD units inherently distract people while also reducing their selectively evolved attractiveness. The future UI will be verbal and occasionally projection based.
Loaded like a hype train
Flyin like an airplane
Feelin like a space brain
One more time tonight
Just wait until the Apple iWheel is released, it will revolutionize the wheel and iCar. I can see it now: all white, Bluetooth enabled, and no valve stem to save more space for iAir, a special blend of nitrogen far superior to air. Don't worry, they will have special adapters to convert air into iAir though you'll still need to visit a certified Apple Genius to add it. It'll show so much courage.