Bloomberg has published a report detailing Apple's plans for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), as well as the first steps the company will take with the integration of these technologies in a very preliminary way in its iPad and iPhone. A new iPad Pro with 3D capabilities that would arrive shortly after the iPhone next year, a device that would combine VR and AR in 2022 and AR glasses soon after. they would be the roadmap of the company that we develop below.
According to Bloomberg, in the first half of 2020 we will see a new iPad Pro with double camera and that would also incorporate a third module for the 3D system that would allow its users to create three-dimensional recreations of rooms, objects and people. This new 3D system would come later, after the summer, to the new iPhones that Apple would also launch that same year, which would also incorporate 5G technology.
Later, in 2021, perhaps 2022, Apple would have planned to launch a combined VR and AR system that would be focused on video games, multimedia content and virtual meetings. AR glasses would look like this by 2023, which is a delay compared to the initial project that was scheduled to launch in 2020, with a presentation this year 2019.
When all these products are launched, Apple's "wearables" category will grow considerably in terms of number of devices. This category, which now includes Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beats headphones, It is one of the companies with the highest economic growth, largely offsetting the fall in income from iPhone sales during these last years. It is expected that with the inclusion of these new products, the category "wearables" will become one of the main sources of income for the company in the not too distant future.