Semitransparent Apple AR lenses enter trial production
What you need to know
- Apple's semitransparent lenses have entered trial production.
- That's according to a new report from The Information.
- These lenses would feature in a new Apple AR device of some kind.
Apple has reportedly started trial production of semitransparent lenses to be used in an AR device of the future, according to reports.
According to the report, the lenses are at least one to two years away from mass production, as is the product they are being created for. It is not established within the report whether these lenses are for Apple's AR/VR headset, or its lightweight notification glasses dubbed 'Apple Glass', Apple is working on both. The report notes Apple needs to establish whether it can "reliably manufacture" millions of lenses in order to mass-produce these devices.
Most recently in June, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman detailed that Apple is working on two distinct virtual/augmented reality products. Codenamed N301, one is a VR headset that looks like a smaller Oculus Quest, focused on gaming. The second product is AR Glasses, from the report:
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