It's certainly not official just yet, but the rumors swirling around a future set of augmented reality glasses with an Apple logo persist. Today, for instance, a new report says Apple is one step closer towards a final product.
Augmented Reality
The best free educational AR apps for adults on iPhone and iPad
With augmented reality (AR) apps, you can put objects right in front of you. We’ve already shown you some of the best AR apps for home design. These apps let you see what furniture, wall décor, and more look like in your own home before you shell out the cash.
If you want to take augmented reality a step further, check out these free educational AR apps for your iPhone or iPad. You can discover constellations and stars, use a geometric calculator, explore historic civilizations, and even learn to draw.
Take advantage of technology and expand your mind at the same time with these educational augmented reality apps.
Check out an AR surprise for the upcoming “One more thing” Apple Silicon Macs event
Apple is holding its last media event this year on Tuesday, November 10, and the consensus among the commentariat is that the prerecorded product presentation will largely focus on the first Apple Silicon-powered Mac computers. Apple's augmented reality surprise hidden in the “One more thing” invite indeed suggests that Mac notebooks will make the transition first.
The best AR home design apps for iPhone and iPad
Ready to redecorate your home and not sure where to start? These AR home design apps put the products right in your room to help you decide what to buy.
How to see Apple’s AR surprise hidden in the “Hi, Speed” new iPhone 12 event invite
Apple yesterday confirmed that its upcoming online video presentation to announce new products, without specifically mentioning new iPhones, will take place next Tuesday, October 13. Apple's landing page for the upcoming event with the tagline “Hi, Speed” hides a cool augmented reality Easter egg in plain sight, here's how to see it.
Bloomberg: AR-based content coming to Apple TV+ next year ahead of Apple headset in 2022
According to a report Wednesday from Bloomberg, the Apple TV+ streaming service may incorporate augmented reality (AR)-based bonus content ahead of the company's rumored headset in 2022 thought yo be built around augmented and virtual reality (VR).
Amazon’s shopping app brings enhanced AR tools
Augmented reality has a few quite legitimate use cases, like home furnishing. Ikea uses augmented reality in its Place app to a great success, and now Amazon's expanded augmented reality capabilities of its shopping app with a new Room Decorator feature making it easy to create more than a hundred different configurations consisting of dozens of virtual products.
Apple buys AR/VR technology platform Spaces, a former project of DreamWorks Animation
Apple has apparently acquired Spaces, an augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology startup that was spun out from DreamWorks Animation in 2016, for an undisclosed sum.
Apple ostensibly snapped up Israeli AR and camera startup Camerai last year
Apple acquires small startups for their technology at a rate of one per every few weeks, TechCrunch reported Thursday, citing a report earlier today by Israeli newspaper Calcalist.
Semitransparent lenses for Apple AR headset allegedly in trial production
Contract manufacturer Foxconn has apparently moved semitransparent lenses for Apple's upcoming augmented reality (AR) headset from the prototype phase to trial production.
Bloomberg details how Jony Ive urged Apple to change course on AR/VR wearable development
It's been taken for granted that Apple wants to build an augmented reality accessory rather than a virtual reality device, but a new report Friday from Bloomberg paints a picture of the company's AR/VR team altering their original plans due to internal divisions.
Apple’s AR glasses once again rumored to arrive in 2021
The rumor mill is really starting to ramp up attention on Apple's oft-rumored augmented reality glasses, which could be a strong indicator that they are actually going to launch at some point in the near future. Or maybe we're all just getting worked up for nothing.