For a couple of years we have seen how Apple is investing many resources in the Artificial Intelligence and in augmented reality. Such is the investment that we can see results in development kits like ARKit. The evolution of this technology seen in the evolution of operating systems and in the App Store itself.
Patently Apple has uncovered new company patents and shows potential advancements in the world of augmented reality. In some of them we can see recognition of objects and elements in small spaces, street guide through the iPhone screen, and even glasses with a semi-transparent screen.
The evolution of an augmented reality that does not arrive
Sometimes engineers design and perfect patents that will never come to light, But it is important to record these ideas so that you can use them in the future. Ideas are power and Apple has to keep them safe for the good of the company and the future of its devices. One of the most developed technologies in recent years is augmented reality.
Augmented reality is a technology that allows virtual elements to be superimposed on our vision of reality.
Patents related to this technology have been published. They basically show how interactive elements could be superimposed on map applications on an iPhone screen. In this way, we could have information about nearby establishments, They could guide us with signs and arrows from the screen itself and, in addition, we could interact with the different elements that would appear on the screen.
Second, a patent is shown in which we can see some augmented reality glasses where all the previously mentioned functionalities are integrated. To select objects within the interface of the glasses, it would be enough to move our hands and fingers through the different interactive elements that would appear on the semi-transparent screen of the glasses.
Finally, Apple offers a third option which is to object recognition in confined spaces. In the case of the patent, we see the screen of an iPad pointing out different elements of the dashboard of a car. All this technology we will probably see in the future, but we do not know when, in what operating systems or how it could be carried.