Apple R&D: connected glasses, convertible Mac and blood pressure monitor on Watch

VR & AR

Face ID

A patent filed in the United States explains how Apple hopes to make its biometric unlocking even more efficient by also embedding it on possible virtual reality headsets. Only problem: this risks overheating the device, but here too Cupertino seems to have found a solution thanks to conductive pipes which would regulate the temperature.

Learn more(in English).

Object Tracking

Another paper details an ingenious optical system that could detect objects in front of aeyewearto then track them. This could make them function like a game controller, with various items such as a shoe, a racket or a shuttlecock.

Audio

A speaker built into your smart mount? Bose is already there, but will now have to facethe alternative proposed by Apple.

Augmented reality

To be as close as possible to your real environment with an AR headset, the glass of which can possibly distort its content, Apple considers that using mirrors which reflect it directly in your retina is a good idea.Details.

Reverse recharge

As already seen earlier, MacBooks and iPads could act as wireless charging stations for Apple mobile devices (Watch and iPhone in particular). An ingenious way to exploit the empty space surrounding the touchpad on the sides.

Removable screen

It's not always practical to show what's displayed on your laptop screen to a friend if they're sitting across from you. And if the slabcould just rotate? Better yet: this would take place automatically in order to follow your gaze... and the screen could simply separate from the Mac to become autonomous, like the keyboard + iPad duo.

Smart sleep

Soon, you might just have to sit down in front of your Mac and it will wake up and start again. It would automatically detect your presence. (source)

Apple Plans

Apple is already competing with Google Street View withLook Around, but would like to use drones to go faster. Backpacks too, as Alphabet already does for remote places that are difficult to access by car.

More information here(patent in English).

Apple Watch

The watch could soon detect high blood pressure. (source)

Autonomous car

In case some people still doubt that Apple is indeed working on a driverless vehicle,an additional patentconfirms this theory. The firm talks about the use and importance of LiDAR to avoid obstacles.