Latest Apple VR Headset News

Apple shooting for six times the pixel density of the iPhone for VR headset

Apple is aiming to produce displays with extremely high pixel densities for its virtual reality headset, with it requesting production samples for tools to make screens at up to 3,000 pixels per inch.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 2

Apple's first AR/VR headset will need to be connected to an iPhone

Apple's first augmented and virtual reality headset will need to be tethered to an iPhone for its most advanced features, much like non-cellular Apple Watch models, new chip details suggest.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 9

'Apple Glass' UI will let wearers smoothly select new AR scenes, settings

Apple AR devices, such as "Apple Glass," will work to avoid disorientating users by giving them control over where they move, plus previews of what they'll see.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 0

Apple refining room & floor mapping for mobile devices, virtual reality headsets

Apple is researching several types of 3D floor-mapping systems that could integrate with a head-mounted device like a virtual reality headset or "Apple Glass."

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 2

Apple's Measure app may gain instant, automatic measurements with AR

Apple is looking to add Apple AR technology to the Measure app on iPhone, making it more accurate and automatically annotating objects with their measurements.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 2

Sketchy rumor suggests Apple VR glasses that work with 'new iPod' coming at WWDC 2022

A highly questionable rumor from an equally dubious source suggests that Apple's first virtual reality headset will debut at WWDC in 2022 and could closely integrate with a "new iPod."

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 1

Apple researching how to use compressed LiDAR data in AR & 'Apple Car'

New research shows Apple is not only working to add LiDAR to "Apple Car" and its augmented reality efforts, but also how to make devices utilize the image data faster.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 2

Apple fine-tuning accuracy of AR movement and touch detection

Apple wants to make the connection between real and Apple AR objects seamless, so that when a user taps a specific virtual control, the system gets it right every time.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 0

Apple VR headset may monitor user's pose using neural networks

Apple's VR or AR headset could move an avatar of the user based on monitoring the user's body movements, while its battery life could be lengthened by some clever data transmission techniques.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 5

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