Apple Glass: controls, authentication… your eyes will be at the center of the experience

Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes the datasheet that has surfaced around Apple Glass (the tentative name for Apple’s future virtual reality headset) points to the following: several directions. First, the helmet is clearly a the product is more “portable” than really mobilelike virtual reality headsets already on the market. We don’t expect a revolution in form factor or usability at this stage.. In fact, it will be a very high quality headset that competes with products like Valve Index and HTC Vive Pro.

But Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will find a solution to make the experience completely wireless., although there is potentially 8K video streaming in both eyes. At this point, the other information he got from the rumors we know is, everything indicates that Apple will use a very advanced new eye tracking system as the control interface.. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the helmet will be able to detect where your gaze is in the blink of an eye – and analyst bets Apple will implement iris scanner to aid authentication.

Glance will not only be used as a control in the interface. It will also allow the device to instantly optimize its performance.. For example, the area the user is looking directly at will be more detailed and accurate than what is around. This processing technique is similar to the way our gaze works. In the effect, the resolution of our eyes is really high only in a very small area of ​​the retina called the fovea. The rest of the retina renders colors more or less well and details are less precise.

By moving our eyes we move the fovea to a wider area. The brain does the rest to create a more complete image that gives us the illusion that our entire retina has as much definition as in the fovea. For the rest, Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will launch Apple Glass in 2022 at a price that should be around 1,000 euros. It’s going to be a de facto niche product like the AirPods Max or HomePod 1, and Apple isn’t expecting huge sales.

Source : 9to5Mac