Augmented reality and virtual reality are components whose weight and importance have been increasing in recent years. There are already many rumors that Apple could be preparing a virtual reality glasses baptized as AppleGlasses. However, we do not have clear indications that this project is progressing nor do we have official statements. The only official thing we can hold onto are the patents registered by the big apple. In some of his latest patents we can see an abstract concept of what could be virtual reality glasses with removable elements such as headphones or cameras.
How would Apple Glasses with removable elements evolve?
The patents that are published daily in the US Patent and Trademark Office are nothing more than ideas recorded by scientists and engineers. In the case of Apple we know from experience that not all registered patents finally come to light. That is why rumors are based on real data and patents are registered data, so patents can help us imagine where Apple wants to take a product.
In the case of Apple Glasses, one of the latest patents has the title: "Electronic devices with electrically adjustable optical layers". The basis of this patent is one of the most important problems of virtual reality glasses. If we do not imagine using them on the beach, in a place with a lot of light or even raining, we can understand that situations are unfavorable for the different sensors that make up the device. These sensors could be cameras, proximity and luminosity sensors and a long etcetera. With this patent, Apple aims to create a adjustable optical layer that allows modulating the adaptation of situations so that the sensors continue to function perfectly.
In other patents whose title bears: «Display system that has an audio output device. In this case we see how Apple tries to add an extra auditory information to glasses that would only carry audiovisual content. It is about coupling to the structure of the Apple Glasses a support audio or headphones that would be wired in a way that they would work in unison calibrated by an operating system. Esto nos puede hacer pensar que el concepto de Apple Glasses es un dispositivo al que se le pueden sumar diferentes extras dependiendo del uso que se le quiera dar.