iGass
One of the topics that we have been dealing with the most in recent weeks is the topic of augmented reality. Apple didn't know it was going to cause such a stir among developers weeks after unveiling its development kit: ARKit. We have seen examples of all kinds: measuring the surface of a room, seeing a spaceship land in a pool or measuring objects in a simple way.
Since WWDC last June, there are not a few people who predict a promising future of augmented reality and that is why Apple would be preparing smart glasses called iglass, a smart glasses that would have their base of operation in the ARKit.
Sensors and advanced technology + ARKit: iGlass?
The company CNBC published a note in which he talked about possible iGlass with augmented reality technology. In addition, this medium compared this supposed device with Microsoft's Hololens:
We can imagine a pair of glasses with Apple design par excellence (iGlass), which allow a Hololens-type experience
The editors of this communication medium were betting on some iGlasses that would share data with iPhone continuously which would mean great processing power and a powerful augmented reality system whose base could be the ARKit, which many developers are working on on a daily basis. The amount of information received by the iPhone can be enough to feed the iGlass system and allow the user to have all the data in front of their eyes.
[…] The amount of computing power and sensors required probably represents a serious design challenge. If Apple could find a way to send huge amounts of data from the glasses to the iPhone, where most of the computation would occur, the glasses could have a more attractive design. The problem then becomes how to transfer massive amounts of complex data between devices quickly.
Although it is true that it would not be a bad idea, I personally don't see a future for smart glasses based on augmented reality based on the concept that Apple has of this technology. In the last June keynote, Tim Cook emphasized that there are billions of iOS devices on the market, and that lattice network could generate an incredible amount of information.