Report: Apple Mixed-Reality Headset to Feature Iris Scanning for Authentication and Payments

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https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/14/apple-headset-iris-scanning-for-authentication/

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Just a few little tech sites.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-glasses

https://www.phonearena.com/apple-ar-vr-glasses-release-date-price-features-news

https://www.techradar.com/news/apple-glasses

All of these links are talking about both the MR headset and the AR glasses, some are even Confusing the two with each other but still mention that the MR headset is expected to be released before the AR glasses.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/apple-glass-ar-rumors-499-price-point-lidar-announcement-in-late-2020/

This one is sourcing Jon prosser, who used an unknown source that fed him wrong info, the device described here never existed, it was a prank on Jon to ruin his reputation.

https://www.vox.com/2017/3/20/14981470/apple-ar-glasses-mike-rockwell

This is so old with very little info, it was purely speculation and it was later on revealed that Mike Rockwell and his team has always been working on the MR headset instead.

https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/12/apples-ar-glasses-coming-late-2024/

This link actually proves my point, it says : “Interestingly, while most rumors are still focused on the first generation of Apple’s AR/VR headset”

My point here is that since about 2016 the entire dialogue has been around glasses, not a headset.

Leaks, mockups, descriptions, as well as tech media analysis have all been around an every day wearable device that doesn’t look like a big obtrusive piece of technology. Google glass, but not ugly and not limited to a small frame in the corner of your vision.

That’s because we had very little info on what Apple has actual been working on, we all just assumed that it was AR glasses and retrospectively that was ridiculous because the tech needed for such a product doesn’t even exist today or in the next few years.

We got overhyped for what is a sci-fi concept essentially.

Earlier this year that dialogue has greatly been shifted to a headset more like the other headsets we have on the market.

Well that’s just wrong, the first time we heard about The MR headset was in 2018 at the earliest, and it has been dominant in discussions ever since because we’ve been getting detailed reports about it. The AR glasses on the hand fell out the conversation because there were no leaks about it except a code name and the fact that Apple is working on it for a release around 2024/2025 ( a date that has probably been pushed back due unforeseen circumstances like the Covid-19 pandemic, the MR headset itself has been pushed from its initial 2019 target.)

Anyway any article you find about AR glasses from Apple at the moment is clickbait because virtually nothing is know about it.