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- The iPhone has gotten boring; it feels like the same, or near-same design, year after year.
- But Apple is reportedly working on a far more exciting project: a pair of smart glasses, which are expected to be announced as early as next year.
- Apple's glasses have the potential to literally change how we see the world.
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We're about one month away from Apple's next iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 11.
But based on all of the reports, rumors, and images out there, the iPhone 11 doesn't look much different from the iPhone XS, which was hardly any different from the year-prior iPhone X.
Transform talent with learning that worksCapability development is critical for businesses who want to push the envelope of innovation.Discover how business leaders are strategizing around building talent capabilities and empowering employee transformation.Know More In short, the iPhone has gotten boring. But that doesn't mean Apple isn't cooking up something vastly more exciting.
According to rumors and reports dating back to 2015, Apple has assembled a massive team to design and build a pair of smart glasses, capable of augmented reality (AR) experiences - where you can see virtual or digital images laid on top of the real world. Apple has been investing in AR over the last several years: In 2017, it announced a toolset for app developers called ARKit, and Apple has continued building on that framework since then.
We've heard a lot about Apple's rumored smart glasses - like how it will run on a new "reality operating system" called "rOS," how it will be powered by Apple's A-series chips and leverage the computing and networking of the iPhone to keep the glasses lightweight - but what does this all mean? And why should you care?
Here are 7 reasons why you should be super excited about the potential of Apple Glasses.