The display technology is so advanced that if Apple's headset ships next year it will not contain this technology. Micro OLEDs should be thinner, lighter and more power-efficient than glass-based displays. (TSMC) to develop what has been described as "ultra-advanced" micro OLED displays "less than 1 inch in size" at a secret facility in Taiwan, according to a report in a Japanese business publication. Peripheral images will be low-rez.Īpple is working with a company called Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. It appears that eye-tracking will control which parts of the screens are full resolution. The full resolution on both screens is unlikely. The "real world" of your immediate physical environment will be displayed on the screens just like virtual objects will be. What we know about Apple's mixed reality headsetĪpple's first smart glasses product will function like virtual reality (VR) goggles, meaning that you look at screens instead of through glass. Here's everything we know so far about Apple's mixed-reality headset, and also about Apple's AR eyeglasses. Apple's entry into a new platform matters because that company takes ideas that have been in the air and productized on the fringe and turns them into mainstream, culture-changing products.Īnd I believe Apple's "iGlass" products (we don't know about the branding) will bring smart glasses and 3D holograms a part of everybody's everyday life and work to the mainstream. It was also true that other companies sold PCs before the Apple I, music players before the iPod, touch-screen phones before the iPhone and tablets before the iPad. Yes, other companies have already launched glasses, goggles, headsets and other facetop devices of every description and none has taken the world by storm. Let's dismiss the naysaying naysayers right from the start. The first is a mixed reality headset, and the second is an augmented reality (AR) glasses device. Thanks to reporting from multiple sources, especially Bloomberg and The Information, analyst speculation, as well as published patents, we can be reasonably sure that Apple is working on two major face-worn headset or glasses platforms. The future of Apple's glasses projects is coming into focus.
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