Future Siri may adjust speech based on environmental conditions, user input
Apple is researching how to detect environmental noise levels and user voice patterns so Siri can respond with a yell or a whisper as needed.
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patent
Wesley Hilliard
Apple may create macOS in AR, and suspend it when you need a break
Future MacBook Pro devices could be fully virtual as Apple is investigating creating them in AR, and also assessing when we need a screen break.
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William Gallagher
PanOptis presses for iPhone royalties following $506 million patent win
Having beaten Apple in a patent dispute, PanOptis is asking for the courts to also award it permanent royalty payment per infringing iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, sold in future.
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Future iPhones may detect user touch even through gloves
If Apple's research on how to have its devices register touch without you even needing to press on the glass, you won't need to take off your gloves off to answer your iPhone in the future.
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Future AirPods may use haptic feedback to direct wearer's attention
Just as Apple Watch can tap to tell the wearer to turn left or right when walking, so Apple wants future AirPods to be able to direct a user.
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Apple refining controls for 'Apple Glass' users, including Digital Crown & gestures
A series of Augmented Reality-related patent applications demonstrates that Apple is researching multiple ways that "Apple Glass" wearers can control their devices, and interact with or adjust what they're viewing.
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MacBook Pro could run faster, hotter in future with new ventilated chassis
Apple is investigating how to build a MacBook Pro which could lift itself automatically to provide greater ventilation in intensive work when components are running hot.
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Apple investigated Apple Watch design with flexible display across band
Instead of the familiar square Apple Watch design with separate band, Apple has also researched making a single piece from a curved, or wrap-around, display.
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'Apple Glass' could have lenses that automatically adapt to a wearer's eyesight
Apple is researching having adjustable lenses in "Apple Glass," which detect a user's eyesight and reconfigure themselves to present the clearest vision.
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Malcolm Owen
Mike Peterson
