Xa sele silinde ukufika kukaJuni ukuqala kweWWDC 2021 eya kuba kwi-Intanethi ngokupheleleyo, UMark Gurman uqinisekisa ukuba kwiinyanga ezimbalwa siza kuba nakho ukubona iiglasi zokuqala zeApple kumsitho apho kuya kubakho abantu abazokuzimasa.
Umnyhadala wokugqibela we-Apple endinokuya kuwo esidlangalaleni wenzeka phantse kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, ngo-Septemba ngo-2019. Isimo sehlabathi ngenxa ye-COVID-19 sithethe ukuba zonke izibhengezo kunye neenkcazo zenkampani, ukusukela ngoko, zikwi-intanethi ngokukodwa, kunye neevidiyo ezenziwe kakuhle kunye nesantya esiphezulu esithandwa ngabantu abaninzi kwiklasikhi (kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ecothayo) kwimicimbi yobuso ngobuso. Ewe ngokukaMark Gurman Izicwangciso zika-Apple ziya kubuyela kolu hlobo lomnyhadala kungekudala, Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, ebhengeza ukuba yeyiphi eyona nto inokubaluleka kwayo okokuqala kwiminyaka emi-6: i-Apple Glass.
Ezi ziglasi zokuqala zeApple aziyi kuba yimveliso ecacileyo inkampani eceba ukuyivula kuluntu ngokubanzi, kodwa sisixhobo esiya kudibanisa ubunyani bokwenyani kunye neNyani eyiyo, kodwa ayifuni ukuba iboniswe ngendlela "ebandayo" njenge isiganeko online. I-Apple ifuna ukuba kubekho uluntu, ukuba abasebenzi bayo, abaphuhlisi kunye noonondaba babekhona. Iya kuba sisixhobo ekungalindelwanga ukuba kuthengiswe kakhulu, kuphela malunga neeyunithi ezingama-180.000 ngonyaka, kwaye iya kubandakanya izikrini ze-8K, iya kuba nakho ukulandela ukuhamba kwamehlo kunye nezandla.
Ezi glasi zokuqala zinokuboniswa kulo nyaka, xa imeko yesifo se-COVID-19 siphucula umbulelo kugonyo esele luqala kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, ukumiliselwa kwayo ngekhe kwenzeke de kube ngunyaka olandelayo. I-Apple Glass ecacileyo, eya kuthi ijolise kubo bonke abasebenzisi kwaye kwezigidi zeeyunithi ezithengisiweyo ngonyaka kulindeleke, isaza kuba kude nokuqaliswa kwayo, ngokuka-Gurman, isazothatha iminyaka eliqela.