Development of Apple's smart glasses continues despite massive hurdles
Development of Apple's smart glasses continues despite massive hurdles
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Renders of what Apple Glass could look like. The long-rumored Apple Glass may eventually become Apple's wearable future, with development of the smart glasses hitting hurdles that even Apple's rivals are having to deal with. The Apple Vision Pro is Apple's first attempt at a head-mounted display, as a project that sucked a considerable amount of resources to produce. That device is far from the end goal for Apple, with the ultimate aim being the introduction of smart glasses.
It's been a long road so far, but there's still a lot more distance for Apple to travel in order to get to that goal. Apple is still keen to get there, despite seeing its competitors face difficult hurdles and the prospect of spending even more on a project that's still years away from realization.
In Sunday's newsletter, Bloombergwrites that Apple is still working on the technologies behind the concept, but knowing full well it's years away from release. Within Apple's offices, it is reportedly conducting user studies to determine the appeal of various features and interfaces that the glasses could use. This also reportedly included creating a version of visionOS meant for use with the glasses.
Apple's use of in-house testing for head-mounted technologies has been going on for quite some time already, though it has taken extraordinary circumstances for that secretive work to come to light. In 2017, it was revealed in a leaked report from an Apple Environment Health and Safety contractor that a person required "medical treatment beyond first aid" after testing a prototype. Eye discomfort was reported, after they saw a laser flash multiple times.
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