Such images confirm the potential of Apple Glass

The Home app to control all your connected objects? It isso2020. Apple has just filed a particularly striking patent where the firm details precisely what the AR functionalities of tomorrow will be, if they see the light of day. For example, it would be enough to install connected glasses in front of your eyes to see all the controls of your different devices appear superimposed in front of them, like the HoloLens headset. The diagrams below rely on a mobile.

When arriving at a location where an event is planned, this technology would allow, for example, advertisers to offer tickets to passers-by. Another scenario: you are in your kitchen, you point the camera in front of you and you are then asked to trigger the programmed preheating of the oven, or of the recipes. An idea which is reminiscent of that ofSamsung's excellent smart fridge, namely the Family Hub.

Object recognition

In order to complete its mission, the software can identify different elements such as a chair, a tree, or a door, making it possible to categorize the analyzed image or even geolocate the user. With nowits own equivalent of Google Street View, Apple will only have to compare what you observe to know your GPS position.

Services

Where the revenue generation that could arise from this system would be maximized is also because Apple proposes to display a remote control in front of your TV, where a shortcut to TV+ would be included. A snub already ready to fight against future French legislation,who would like to block the Netflix and Amazon Prime Video buttons on flat screen remote controls in favor of local alternatives like Salto.

With a monthly price of 4.99 euros per month, the Cupertino video-on-demand platform is currently one of the most affordable on the market, what's more with numerous “original” content in the catalog. A price which seems derisory in view of that at which frames equipped with augmented reality are charged, but which promises to be very competitive compared to the metaverse announced by Facebook (VR). Especially if, as is already the case for Macs, iPads and iPhones, Apple offers this option free of charge to buyers of itseyewearfuture.