您现在的位置是:熱點 >>正文
【】
熱點65人已围观
简介Will we ever be able to have Apple-designed virtual reality adventures using our iPhones? The tech g ...
Will we ever be able to have Apple-designed virtual reality adventures using our iPhones?
The tech giant's approach to VR has been cautious and quiet compared to peers like Google and Samsung, which are diving headlong into the development of practical consumer platforms. But that doesn't mean Apple isn't contemplating how it might someday dominate the space when the time is right.
The company today was granted a new patent for a remote controlled head-mounted display system to house an iPhone. The language of the patent never explicitly mentions VR as the main function for the setup, but there's no other use we can imagine that would require you to glue your phone that close to your face.
SEE ALSO:Finding your chill in VR is easy when you can meditate on MarsRather than just clipping the iPhone into the housing like some basic VR units do today, the patent describes a truly connected platform. The iPhone would be be integrated into the headgear via its port or some other connection method so the two separate devices could function better together.
Once the iPhone is housed in the VR unit, the design proposes it would be controlled via remote control (which looks more than a bit like the classic iPod Click Wheel in the drawing) or even touch panels on the side of the headgear.
Credit: USPTOSince this is just a patent, there's no timeline for the release or even development of an Apple VR set. This isn't the first time we've seen something like this from the company, either -- this design is part of a continuation of another patent from 2010, and another version of a head-mounted display surfaced after being rejected by the USPTO in 2014.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is on record about his qualms with VR. He thinks it "closes the world out" to its users, and instead believes augmented reality (AR) could be the next big experiential tech, calling it a "big idea like the smartphone. Notably, one of the biggest rumors about upcoming iPhone 8 is about a new camera and sensor system, which could possibly be harnessed for AR functions.
Make no mistake, though -- if VR platforms continue to develop and gain popularity and Apple finds itself in the position to capitalize on a head-mounted rig, there's a good chance you'll be reading about a brand new Apple VR experience shortly after, no matter what Tim Cook says.
Featured Video For You
How virtual reality is changing storytelling
TopicsAppleiPhone
Tags:
转载:欢迎各位朋友分享到网络,但转载请说明文章出处“夫榮妻貴網”。http://new.maomao321.com/news/03b5299944.html
相关文章
Is Samsung's Galaxy Note7 really the best phone?
熱點On this week's。 MashTalk。, Lance, Pete and I talk about the new hot smartphone in town: Samsung's Ga ...
【熱點】
阅读更多Millie Bobby Brown reps March For Our Lives at Kids' Choice Awards
熱點Millie Bobby Brown, your favorite actor from the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, backed March For ...
【熱點】
阅读更多'Game of Thrones': How the Starks got their accent
熱點Ned Stark may have only survived one season on Game of Thronesbut he left a lasting impression on hi ...
【熱點】
阅读更多
热门文章
- You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies
- Obama in talks with Netflix
- The tech talent gap is real. Increased diversity is the solution.
- Tom and Abby from 'Queer Eye' are officially engaged and we are rejoicing
- 'The Flying Bum' aircraft crashes during second test flight
- People are really jazzed about 'Lumines' coming to Switch. Why?
最新文章
Make money or go to Stanford? Katie Ledecky is left with an unfair choice.
'Game of Thrones' actor Ian Glen isn't sure everyone will love finale
Jennifer Lawrence is a germaphobe and thinks 'dick is dangerous'
Snapchat tests 'Connected Apps' as people choose to delete Facebook
Whyd voice
BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Kia, more unite to launch electric