After reading various articles and looking at ink blots (seeing what I want to see), here is my latest SWAP (Super wild-ass prognostication)
The future (2008/9) for Apple may be via an "augmented reality" (AR) eye-phone. Let’s call them iShades.
Apple Insider hints at a “jaw-dropping device not due to hit the market until the following year.”
AppleInsider | Mac OS X key to Apple's consumer electronics strategy
Is this new product an AR iShades (eyewear)? No it will be very much more than Motorola’s Thumper (MP3/Sunglasses). With iShades you don’t just hear music, you also see many things* through the glass frames and you can chat with your OS (voice recognition built-in) or with friends via the incorporated iShades phone.
*To learn more about the “things” you might see in your field of vision, read Microvision (MVIS) Blog
The eyewear product manager for Mircovision has even hinted that an Apple logo might at some point appear on "augmented reality" (AR) eyewear. He didn’t mention his own company, but it's not a stretch to conceive of such a collaboration. And oh by the way, Microvision has just announced (Thurs., Dec 14th) a joint development agreement with a manufacturing partner. What are they cooking up? “Ultra-miniature laser projectors for mobile phones, personal media players, laptops and DVD players. Additional applications include lightweight color eyewear.”
Hmmm? Interesting! Hope it’s Apple. But darned if Microvision isn’t HQed in Redmond, WA. Too cold and rainy up there. And the Vistas aren’t very good there either.
~ Dan B.
The future (2008/9) for Apple may be via an "augmented reality" (AR) eye-phone. Let’s call them iShades.
Apple Insider hints at a “jaw-dropping device not due to hit the market until the following year.”
AppleInsider | Mac OS X key to Apple's consumer electronics strategy
Is this new product an AR iShades (eyewear)?
No it will be very much more than Motorola’s Thumper (MP3/Sunglasses). With iShades you don’t just hear music, you also see many things* through the glass frames and you can chat with your OS (voice recognition built-in) or with friends via the incorporated iShades phone. *To learn more about the “things” you might see in your field of vision, read Microvision (MVIS) Blog
The eyewear product manager for Mircovision has even hinted that an Apple logo might at some point appear on "augmented reality" (AR) eyewear. He didn’t mention his own company, but it's not a stretch to conceive of such a collaboration. And oh by the way, Microvision has just announced (Thurs., Dec 14th) a joint development agreement with a manufacturing partner. What are they cooking up? “Ultra-miniature laser projectors for mobile phones, personal media players, laptops and DVD players. Additional applications include lightweight color eyewear.”
Hmmm? Interesting! Hope it’s Apple. But darned if Microvision isn’t HQed in Redmond, WA. Too cold and rainy up there. And the Vistas aren’t very good there either.
~ Dan B.
