Apple has already made clear what it thinks of Virtual Reality, and that its short and medium term intentions do not include developing this type of technology, but something very different is Augmented Reality. Isolating yourself in a fake world doesn't seem like it has much more application outside of the video game market, but enriching the reality that we perceive with relevant information is in the company's plans, and in fact, as reported by Bloomberg, will already be beginning to test the first devices: Augmented Reality glasses, similar to Google Glass that have already been forgotten.
The company would have already asked some suppliers for parts to create a few test units. We are talking about small quantities of screens adapted to be close to the eye and other elements of those glasses, but never in sufficient quantity to suspect an immediate mass production to market, but rather they would only allow to create a few units to begin the tests of these new «wearables». To this information should be added the purchase of various companies related to this technology, and the result would be a clear interest by Apple in developing a device in the medium term.
The obligatory question would be "What has Apple seen in the Augmented Reality glasses after Google scrapped the project?" The Google Glass, which generated a lot of excitement in its presentation and of which pages and pages were written in blogs and other specialized media, were buried by Google. It seems that the problems with its design, with its autonomy and especially the doubts about privacy that they generated were key to the abandonment of the project.. Design and privacy should not be a problem for Apple, which will have to improve the autonomy of these glasses to really achieve a product that is successful in the market. We will have to wait at least until 2018 to see something come true, if it ever becomes one.