Google yesterday created waves showing deep Gemini integration and a set of light smart glasses characterized by deep Gemini integration and an alternative in-lens display. Demo has given Apple interest in its smart glass project, which has been a matter of rumors for almost a decade. There is a repetition here where things are standing.
Current development status
Apple is actively working on new chips designed specifically for smart glasses that will compete with Google’s XR glasses and meta ray-ban smart glass. As BloombergThese chips are currently in development, Apple has targeted mass production in 2026 or 2027 for a possible launch within the next two years.
BloombergMark Gurman noted that while such products would not be a proper promoted reality tool like Apple Vision Pro, it would include AI capabilities, microphones and cameras to create “very good user experience”.
Smart Glasses are designing apple, allegedly involving several cameras, microphones and integrated AI functionality similar to the offer of Meta’s Ray-Ban. They will possibly support features such as capturing photos, recording videos and offering translation options. Apple may potentially integrate a visual intelligence-like feature that will allow wear-wear to scan their environment, obtain product information and get instructions.
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Custom Chip Apple is developing for these glasses is based on Apple Watch SOCs, which consume less energy than iPhone chips. Apple has already adapted to improve power efficiency for this application.
Smart glasses trip
Apple’s smart glass project is anything but smooth. The company was searching for the true enhanced reality glass designed to be pairing with Mac computer for power, but Bloomberg It was reported in January that the project was stopped. The initial concept included glasses that looked like regular ievier but offered AR abilities.
Apple Engineers determined that AR glasses would need to provide iPhone performance with a tenth part of the power consumption, otherwise the chip would simply be very hot. Adding batteries to glasses will also be problematic due to weight.
Initially, Apple wanted glasses to connect to iPhones, but iPhones had enough power and battery lack of life. The company then published MACS to use as a power source, but the authorities were not eventually assured that the approach would be successful, leading to the cancellation of the project.
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Apple glass
Despite the failures, Apple CEO Tim Cook remains “Hale Bent”, which can achieve the same feat before bringing the goggles of correct enhanced reality before the meta, according to, according to, according to, BloombergCook has clearly made glasses “supreme priority” for the company and has been individually invested in product development efforts.
Bloomberg It is said that it will take “many years” to get ready for true AR glasses, with many techniques still require perfection, including high-resolution displays, high-demonstrations and small batteries capable of daylight power. Meanwhile, Apple is advancing the development of low-ambitious ray-ban-style smart glasses.
Development continues
Apple is studying user in its offices to reduce the appeal of various characteristics and interfaces. Code In “Atlas”, these studies are allegedly led by the product system of Apple within the Hardware Engineering Division. The company is also developing a version of Visionos that will run on glasses.
Meta Smart Glasses Prototype
Work continues in a secret facility in Santa Clara, a city away from Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, where employees focus on AR technology. Apple also holds a manufacturing facility there for testing future performance technologies.
Expected time
Gurman believes that Apple can create a “smash hit” if it can “bring its design skills, airpods-level audio can offer quality and integrate glasses tightly with iPhone.” While Apple is actively pursuing these meta ray-ban contestants, it continues to grow parallel to the goggles of true enrichment reality, although it is more ambitious products from market readiness years away. Based on the current information, we can expect Apple’s smart glasses expected to potentially reach consumers around 2026-2027.
