- The plans that would have put aside Apple for a pair of intelligent glasses connected to the Mac
- According to Bloomberg, the glasses have had “advanced projectors” to overlap ar elements
- Smart glasses would have needed a tie to the Mac
If there is one thing for sure at 2025, it is because the intelligent glasses sector warms up with many rumors on future meta glasses that extend beyond the easily available Ray-Ban rays, Samsung and Google working on a pair and countless other competitors.
However, it seems that Apple’s reported work on a pair of AR intelligent glasses that would have connected to a mac for food have been canceled or put aside this week, According to new reports by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg.
The glasses themselves would have taken the design of ordinary glasses-just like the smart meta-lunes of Ray-Ban-with integrated screens and the possibility of connecting to a Mac to unlock new experiences. The product itself was supposed to be a while, and like the Apple Watch, it would not have been a fully autonomous device.
The project, which would have been nicknamed N107, would have had “advanced projectors that could display information, images and videos in the field of vision for each eye”, as described by Gurman. There may be comparisons made to Project Orion, that Techradar has reached the demonstration and has been impressed, and like the pro vision – the $ 3,499 space headphones from Apple – it can superimpose elements in the real world.
According to Gurman, the idea was to create Smart Ar Glasses products for the masses, and the alleged intelligent glasses would have adapted this invoice, even if they required a connection to another device. It could have given Apple an offer at an price lower than the pro vision and more online with the smart glasses of Ray-Ban Meta or even the X-Real, which can also take a screen and diffuse it much larger with a pair of glasses.
Gurman writes: “The company has closed the program this week, according to people knowing this decision.” In addition, he shares that internal tests do not reach the right brand with the testers and that Apple opted for the itinerary of these connecting to a Mac, the original lens was a iPhone.
Although this pair of intelligent Apple glasses would be interrupted – however, in classic Apple fashion, the company has never confirmed its existence or its development – the technology giant would have always worked on a more affordable vision, probably without “ pro ‘in the name. At some point in the future, the objective is always to create “a set of autonomous AR glasses”.
It is clear that the possible objective is the glasses because they are the most familiar design of consumers. Heck, I wear glasses every day, just like countless others, and it would probably lead to a greater adoption. We have tasted these with Ray-Ban Metas, and although these lack screen, cameras, speakers and integrated microphones add possibilities, such as taking a photo without having to remove your phone or to listen to music in a complete and completely discreet transparency mode.
This news comes just after Gurman shared more information on work in AirPods works with cameras, which could be considered a way to follow the market currently filled by Ray-Ban de Meta. Potentially, even by helping Apple’s intelligence and Siri to be more useful to sight.
We also know that Samsung and Google work together on a pair of smart glasses running Android XR, but a helmet nicknamed “Moohan Project” or whatever the name of the real product that should arrive first. Snapchat has a new pair of glasses launched by Ulanoff de Techradar has tried, and Meta a Project Orion, which will probably arrive as consumption product from 2027.
The experience that Apple has created with Vision Pro is convincing, and certainly among the best mixtures of hardware, software and features that I tried. One of the biggest problems, however, is the price – at $ 3,499, is not a product that you could simply buy on a whirlwind, and Apple must work to lower the price. It is clear that this is an objective as well as to give future iterations a more comfortable and daily factor in shape.
Gurman reaffirms that a more affordable vision of vision pro is in preparation and promises to share more soon in this last report. In addition, intelligent glasses that do not require an attachment from another device and other portable devices, including airpods with cameras, are always a possible objective.
