Rumor: augmented reality coming in 2 years at Apple on the iPhone then in the car

Although Apple maintains secrecy about its projects,
it was almost public that Tim Cook's firm was working on aelectric autonomous car project. But the last
rumors on the subject seem to indicate
a change of direction. The objective would have been reduced to the software part and
to interaction within the automobile in a vehicle framework "without
pilot".

Today, Apple specialist analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, still very good
informed by its information from Asia, as close as possible to partners and
Apple suppliers, has just given details on the arrival of new
technologies at Apple.

He confirms that Apple would have turned to the software part of control
automatic. This would use augmented reality to offer a
so-called innovative interface. But that's not all and the forecast concerns
also thearrival of augmented reality(addition of data
virtual applications in a real environment) within 3 to 5 years in products such as
the iPhone, the iPad or even the Apple Watch and Apple TV, with the objective of
revolutionize the interface.

This remains very vague, especially at this rather distant deadline, but the
first pieces of the augmented reality puzzle made in Apple would arrive,
still according to the analyst, in around 2 years, on the iPhone first. According to
him, this technology is expected to supplant virtual reality between 2018
et 2020.

It is difficult to know concretely what form these new features could take.
take, but one thing is certain, Tim Cook made it clear to
several times: Apple believes more in augmented reality than in
virtual reality, more user-friendly because it is shared. Apple has made several
recruitments
in the fieldand would have a dedicated research laboratory.

We will have to wait several more months before we can verify whether
Ming-Chi Kuo is as accurate in the long term as he has been in the shorter term
when he announced or confirmed the new features of upcoming iPhones.

One thing remains certain, the
Apple's R&D budget continues to grow!

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.