A new rumor from the Financial Times suggests that Apple would be forming a team to work on a secret project that would exploit the technologies of virtual and augmented reality with a HoloLens type helmet.
As leaked, Apple has already been tinkering with virtual reality in the middle of the year 2.000 under the supervision of Steve Jobs, however the project was abandoned because it was considered that the technology was still in its infancy (and it was).
Now with the rise of devices such as HoloLens, Oculus Rift, Carl Zeiss VR ONE and others that explore both virtual reality in its maximum splendor and portable reality thanks to a mount and our smartphones, it seems that Apple wants to rescue its old project, and To do this, he made movements that indicated this intention in the past, such as the purchase of PrimeSense in 2013, the buying FaceShift, or the hiring of employees who worked on none other than Microsoft's HoloLens project.
The rumor indicates that Apple would make some more acquisitions and several hires before launching the development of this technology for their devices. If confirmed, Apple would join the war that Microsoft, Facebook, HTC or Samsung are fighting to take us to new worlds from the comfort of our home.
Tim Cook recently admitted in an interview that virtual reality is an interesting field and that it could have a multitude of practical applications.
In addition to this, Apple also has registered patents related to virtual reality And increased, this has always meant something, although it is true that it should not necessarily come true, when so many coincidences point to the same direction, it is that we are facing a real prediction of what is going to happen.
So go preparing the hype, because Apple gets on the bandwagon.