Apple has filed for another patent (number 20200326847) involving “Apple Glasses,” the rumored augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD). It’s for using a keyboard with a HMD.
In the patent filing, Apple says the operation of a keyboard, another input device, and/or any surface can be enhanced by features of a head-mounted device, which can display feedback, outputs, or other features based on the user’s actions.
For example, the head-mounted device can display text generated by the user’s operation of the keyboard. The text can be displayed in a manner that allows a user to readily see the keyboard, the user’s hands, and the text that is generated by operation of the keyboard.
The HMD can further display features that facilitate the user’s operation of the keyboard. For example, suggested text, keystrokes, or other features correlated with keys of the keyboard can be displayed for selection by a user. By further example, the keyboard can be displayed in a position and orientation that conforms to an arrangement of the user’s hands within a field of view of the head-mounted device.
When it comes to Apple Glasses, such a device will arrive next year or 2022, depending on which rumor you believe. It will be a head-mounted display. Or may have a design like “normal” glasses. Or it may be available in both. The Apple Glasses may or may not have to be tethered to an iPhone to work. Other rumors say that Apple Glasses could have a custom-build Apple chip and a dedicated operating system dubbed “rOS” for “reality operating system.”
