Details of Apple’s virtual and augmented reality headset continue to emerge, and some features are making an impact. The sources of the information were able to know that the ‘Apple Glass’ will have no less than 14 cameras between those outside and those inside the device.
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The cameras would not only serve to create an augmented reality interface above the real world: there would be a series of cameras inside the glasses which they would detect our facial expression and represent it in a virtual avatar
The viewer wouldn’t have any type of command or controller. This first model would only be used with the hands (I remember Steve Jobs ditching styluses when the original iPhone was introduced) which would have led to complaints from the development team as it would drive the device away from the market games. A market that has served headsets like those of Oculus to achieve some success. At most we are talking about a small clip that we would use on our fingers for certain actions.
Jonathan Ive is also said to have worked on the design of the product, giving his advice and suggestions externally after the designer left Apple to create his own agency. Apparently there was a debate about the battery, since there were those who proposed to place it in the strap of the glasses but I preferred that the user had it in another place so as not to weigh down the device .
Regarding the power, it was first believed that the CPU / GPU of the “Apple Glass” was going to be separated and kept somewhere in our body in order to gain power and use an M1 Ultra chip. But as has already been said recently, Apple preferred that the viewfinder be completely autonomous and equipped with at least an M2 chip. The source expects this device to be launched in early 2023.
