Lapho sesilinde ukufika kukaJuni ukuqala kweWWDC 2021 okuzoba ku-inthanethi ngokuphelele, UMark Gurman uqinisekisa ukuthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa sizokwazi ukubona izingilazi ze-Apple zokuqala emcimbini lapho kuzoba khona abakhona.
Umcimbi wokugcina we-Apple engingawuthamela umphakathi wenzeka cishe eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, ngoSepthemba 2019. Isimo somhlaba wonke ngenxa ye-COVID-19 sisho ukuthi zonke izimemezelo nezethulo zenkampani, kusukela lapho, zenziwa online kuphela amavidiyo adalwe kahle kakhulu kanye nejubane eliphakeme kakhulu abaningi abakhetha imicimbi yakudala (futhi kwesinye isikhathi eyeqisa ngokweqile). Kuhle ngokusho kukaMark Gurman Izinhlelo ze-Apple ukubuyela kulolu hlobo lomcimbi kungekudala, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, imemezela ukuthi yini engaba yintsha yayo yokuqala enhle eminyakeni engu-6: i-Apple Glass
Lezi zibuko zokuqala ze-Apple ngeke zibe ngumkhiqizo ocacile inkampani ehlela ukuwethula emphakathini jikelele, kepha kube yidivayisi ezohlanganisa i-Augmented Reality kanye neReal Virtual, kepha ayifuni ukuthi yethulwe ngendlela "ebandayo" njenge umcimbi online. I-Apple ifuna kube khona umphakathi, ukuthi abasebenzi bayo, onjiniyela nabezindaba bangaba khona. Kuzoba yidivayisi lapho kungalindelwe ukuthengiswa okuhle khona, kuphela amayunithi we-180.000 ngonyaka, futhi izofaka izikrini ze-8K, izokwazi ukulandela ukuhamba kwamehlo ngisho nezandla.
Lezi zibuko zokuqala zingavezwa kulo nyaka, lapho isimo sikabhubhidi we-COVID-19 sithuthuka ngenxa yomuthi wokugoma osuvele uqalile ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba. Kodwa-ke ukwethulwa kwayo ngeke kwenzeke kuze kube unyaka ozayo. I-Apple Glass ecacile, ezokwenzelwa bonke abasebenzisi futhi okulindeleke ukuthi izigidi zamayunithi zithengiswe ngonyaka, isazoba kude nokwethulwa kwayo, ngokusho kukaGurman, kusazothatha iminyaka eminingana.