It seems not, but if we listen to the rumors, sooner or later we will have virtual and augmented reality glasses from Apple among us. Rumors set the launch in January 2023and also gives us some interesting details about his abilities.
According to The Information, what we’re calling Reality Pro for now, will have support for Apple Pay, payments and account login via iris scan. A way of identifying us that can greatly facilitate any management.
Lots of technology in lenses weighing only 722 grams
Currently, Apple provides us with various resources for biometric identification. On Macs and some iPads and iPhones we find Touch ID, on most iPhones and also on iPads we use Face ID. In the Apple Watch we use a code, since the system is able to detect when we remove the watch from our wrist and automatically block it.
It’s an approach Apple could have taken for the Reality Pro, but it looks like they’ll go much further with iris scanning. A system with which we hope to have to register this biometric data during the configuration of the device, and which we can then easily pay or identify us at the push of a button.
The iris scan requires determining where one is lookingsomething Apple’s glasses already envision in order to reduce graphical fidelity in our peripheral vision region to focus computing power where it’s needed most.
The Information also comments that the Reality Pro will look like “a pair of ski goggles” and that Apple worked with “mesh fabrics, aluminum and glass”. Some materials that may well remind us of the AirPods Max. Some materials that would also allow Apple reach a device of only 722 gramsan important step given the weight of other alternatives we see on the market.
Augmented and virtual reality glasses that we can even use if we need prescription glasses, since the lenses with the required prescription can be fixed magnetically. According to The Information, they will also include a outdoor screen so others can see our facial expressions
A whole display of technology that is, apparently, much closer than you think and which can mark a clear before and after in the use we make of our devices. A new way of working and communicating that, knowing Apple, will go far beyond the proposals we are currently seeing. In this sense, January is fast approaching.
