Apple has been granted a patent that shows it’s working on “Apple Glasses” — a VR/AR device more akin in design to regular eyeglasses than the Vision Pro. However, the patent shows some truly funky looking eyeglasses.
About the patent
Apple is purportedly conducing an in-house survey on the feasibility of “Apple Glasses.” We’re not likely to see such a device for a few more years, but Apple has been granted multiple patents for such a device
The latest patent — dubbed “Managing Devices Having Additive Displays” — show some eyeglasses that look like Harry Potter’s glasses reconfigured with a steampunk look. The It generally relates to computer-generated reality environments, and, more specifically, to methods and techniques for managing devices having additive displays for use in computer-generated reality environments.
Users often use wearable devices, such as head-mounted display (HMD) devices and VR/AR gadgets, to interact with computer-generated reality environments. However, Apple says the use of a wearable device is often limited by the amount of the wearable device’s battery life.
Apple says one or more techniques are needed to manage power usage to conserve battery life in wearable devices. The newly granted patent involves methods to deal with the issue.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “One or more techniques for managing virtual objects between one or more displays are described. In accordance with some embodiments, exemplary techniques for displaying a virtual object are described.”
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