Latest Apple ar & vr news

Apple's latest acquisition points to future augmented reality smart glasses By Andrew Williams 30 August 2018

Apple has bought Akonia Holographics, a company that specialises in the kind of “waveguide” displays used in augmented reality glasses.Big companies... Read more

Apple's standalone headset with AR and VR support might launch in 2020 By Elyse Betters 27 April 2018

Apple is rumoured to be making a headset of some sort, and now, there's a new a report with details about it.According to CNET, the headset is a standalone... Read more

Apple's AR/VR headset pops up in new patent for head-mounted display By Elyse Betters 9 February 2018

Apple is definitely working on a headset or a pair of smart glasses.We know this thanks to leaks about the company talking to parts suppliers at CES 2018... Read more

Apple ramps up AR glasses project by talking to parts suppliers at CES By Elyse Betters 12 January 2018

Apple was at CES 2018 in an effort to speed up its augmented reality glasses project, according to a new report.Bloomberg claimed Apple representatives... Read more

Apple might introduce its augmented reality headset as soon as 2019 By Elyse Betters 8 November 2017

Critics of Apple want to know when it will release its "next big thing".It's been 10 years since the iPhone debuted, and although Apple has innovated with... Read more

Apple's CEO thinks the tech for quality AR glasses 'doesn't exist' yet By Elyse Betters 12 October 2017

Apple's CEO wants you to fawn over ARKit, not its rumoured AR device.Tim Cook is a huge fan of augmented reality. He talks about it a lot. So much so that... Read more

Ikea Place uses Apple ARKit to show you new furniture in your own home By Rik Henderson 20 September 2017

Ikea has released its promised augmented reality app, as announced during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.Ikea Place is available in the... Read more

Apple's latest patent imagines an AR headset similar to Google Glass By Elyse Betters 27 July 2017

Some people expected Apple to unveil AR glasses in June.But instead, while at its WWDC 2017 conference, Apple unveiled ARKit, a development platform... Read more

Apple's AR platform: These demos show what ARKit can do in iOS 11 By Elyse Betters 13 July 2017

Apple sees a lot of potential in augmented reality.Ever since Pokemon Go exploded in popularity last summer and subsequently revived interest in both... Read more

Apple Glasses AR headset: What's the story so far? By Elyse Betters 5 June 2017

Apple could be gearing up to enter the augmented reality headset market with the launch of Apple Glasses and they could be announced at WWDC 2017. We're... Read more

Apple's rumoured AR smart glasses might finally debut this summer By Elyse Betters 7 February 2017

Apple may introduce a lightweight pair of AR glasses soon.Facebook-owned Oculus VR, Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Google, and others are all dabbling in virtual... Read more

You could be wearing Apple iGlasses soon, smart specs in development By Rik Henderson 15 November 2016

Apple is said to be working on its own augmented reality glasses, much like Google's failed Glass device or Microsoft's HoloLens headset.Bloomberg claims... Read more