Apple is preparing glasses for augmented reality, together with the operating system rOS, for 2020

Rumors that Apple is preparing some augmented reality glasses have been circulating the web for a few months now. This is completely in line with how Apple has been approaching this segment lately and what potential it sees in it. Tim Cook himself has mentioned augmented reality several times over the past six months and has always exuded enthusiasm and confidence that augmented reality will be "the big thing" of the near future. Now, new and "guaranteed" information about how the new headset (or what the final product will look like) has appeared on the web.

According to the information provided by the Bloomberg server (so it is necessary to take it with a considerable margin), Apple is preparing its dedicated AR product for 2020. The device should contain a separate display with integrated computing units that would analyze the surroundings through cameras and convey information. These units should be part of a unified system (similar to the SoC in the Apple Watch) and run on a new operating system called rOS. He should have Geoff Stahl, who heads the software and technology development division at Apple, under his baton.

It is not yet entirely clear how the communication of the glasses with, for example, the iPhone would work. According to available information, Apple is said to be considering both voice control (using Siri), and touch (using touch panels) or control using gestures. The device is still in the form of designing a prototype, but the basic elements of the operating system are said to already be working, and Apple engineers are testing them with the help of virtual reality glasses from Samsung, Gear VR, when the device's display is an iPhone. However, this is only an internal solution, which allegedly will not see the light of day. Together with the development of this device, hard work is also being done to improve ARKit, the second generation of which should arrive next year and should bring, for example, functions for tracking and storing movement data or working with the persistence of objects in virtual space.

Source: 9to5mac