Apple is reportedly working on an augmented-reality headset that would ship as early as 2020, according to a Bloomberg report.Apple's headset will purportedly have its own display and run on a new chip and operating system. The company is seeking a breakthrough product to follow the iPhone and aims to have the technology ready by 2019. It's considered an aggressive development timeline which could change.
The group of engineers working on AR projects is led by Mike Rockwell and has grown to several hundred. The team is working on multiple hardware and software projects under the umbrella code name of T288. It's first project was ARKit, an interim step to the new headset. Similar to the Apple Watch, Apple is designing a new SIP component that will provide graphics, processing power, and AI capabilities while consume less power.
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