The rumors about an AR glasses brand Apple do not tear off. Now claims a Taiwanese news site that Apple works with Valve on a corresponding device. The AR glasses could appear in the second half of 2020.
This reports the news portal Digitimes, Yes, right: this is the same page that claimed this summer, that Apple stopped its AR eyewear project due to technical hurdles, Now it is said that Apple has switched to working with Valve, rather than put the AR plans completely on hold. The news portal relies on industry-related sources.
What exactly is Valve's role, the report says. It is only known that the Taiwanese electronics manufacturers Quanta Computer and Pegatron Apple's AR glasses to build.
Apple and Valve have already cooperated: companies worked on it for a year, SteamVR and HTC Vive compatible with MacOS, It is quite surprising that Valve Apple should help in the AR context: The company was researching augmented reality around 2011but later switched to Virtual Reality.
Apple AR glasses: The rumors are condensing
According to Digitimes, the AR goggles are expected to be available in the second half of 2020 at the earliest. This time forecast contradicts another report: well-informed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed in October that the AR goggles already in the second quarter of 2020 goes to the start.
Rumors of an Apple AR glasses circulate since 2017. At the time, Bloomberg reportedthat Apple is working hard on an AR device with its own operating system. In recent weeks, these rumors condensed: Bloomberg confirmed Kuo's report and wrote that the AR glasses are connected to the iPhone to show text, e-mails, cards or games in the field of view.
More notes on an iPhone glasses delivers the code from iOS 13: There are various prototypes named by name including information on the field of view.
The basis for AR software Apple put 2017 with the appearance of ARKit. Since then, the AR software has been constantly evolving. Now only AR glasses are missing.
Source: Digitimes (via MacRumors)