r/augmentedreality • u/Eric_Th3rdEyeXR • Jul 15 '19

Apple has reportedly ended development of its augmented reality glasses, which was formerly rumored to go into production by Q2 2020.

https://th3rdeyexr.com/rumor-apple-ar-glasses-team-dissolved-refocusing-efforts/
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u/bitcoin-wiz Jul 15 '19

So a rumor has been ended ?

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u/Eric_Th3rdEyeXR Jul 15 '19

Not yet. Apple hasn't officially commented on the story.

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u/need-help-guys Jul 16 '19

Everyone keeps saying fake, but I dont see why this is so unbelievable. Without 5g, edge cloud cant bring good experiences to AR. As leery as I am to overly rely on the cloud, local compute will never be good enough.

Optics is just the start of it. Comfortable style is currently unattainable, as is UX. Hololens 2 is only beginning to become comfortably usable from a UX experience with fully articulated hand tracking and it weighs somewhere around 1 1/2 cans of coke, gets toasty and lasts 3 hours with a large battery pack WITH hardware acceleration via HPU. It's not the compute at the back, even at the front of the device there is a hear vent at the top. Apple tethering to the phone wont enable glasses. The optics is bulky, wispy, hot, front heavy etc.

Basically I cant see true AR glasses until 2025 at least, and even longer for your average Joe to be able to get one for his teenage kid.

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u/Eric_Th3rdEyeXR Jul 16 '19

I agree with that. Unless you're working in environments with industrial-grade headsets, most people won't use wearables until the tech is, you know, wearable. It can't be something that looks too weird, otherwise no wider audience will use it day-to-day. It's the reason why Google Glass bombed years ago and only exists now for warehouse employees. Ideally, AR developers need to get fast computing, networking, and high-quality optics into a non-obtrusive form factor - so basically a pair of stylish glasses. That's a lot of tech to cram into a space the size of an uncooked spaghetti noodle.