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WEARING THE TECH WITH
APPLE GLASS

hat Apple Inc. has more recently adjustments to adapt to the work as an accessory to the iPhone,
increased its research and wearer’s changing vision over and come with a wireless charger.
Tdevelopment spending by a time, doing away with the need to Although fitted with a scanner
huge amount is common knowledge change one’s lenses as the power on the temple, the eyewear is
in tech circles. Last year it was a record changes, for near-sightedness and expected to look smart and trendy
16.22 billion US dollars, including on farsightedness. or else it is not likely to attract
innovations in core technologies that How the glasses are expected buyers. This first generation of
could power devices that have yet to work is that it sees inside the Apple Glass will in all probability not
offer an option of tints, so it would
to be built. This includes wearable wearer’s eye and bends the optic not work as sunshades.
devices such as Apple Glass (in to correct vision, so one pair of
the offing), which are consumer glasses can adapt to different vision However competitive the
augmented reality (AR) glasses. conditions much like bifocals, and price, considering the costs
adapt to any change in power that is involved, Apple Glass cannot but
The futuristic eyewear with almost certain to develop over time. be much more expensive than
AR lenses which could redefine normal optical eyewear; so
wearable computing is expected Unlike the Apple Watch potential buyers may be limited,
to run on a proprietary operating which shows you notifications particularly in older prescription
system. The company has recently from your phone so others can glass users who may not fancy the
received a patent for its smart see you looking at your watch concept. Still, Apple products have
glasses that correct vision. What is (undoubtedly a social gaffe), the die-hard fans, making predictions of
not known is when the product will smart glass alert would be right any kind untenable.
be launched. there in front of the wearer’s face,
According to unofficial reports, yet invisible to others.
‘leaks’ and speculation, Apple Glass With its ‘spatial computing’ of
would eliminate the requirement augmented reality, the wearer will
for prescription lenses as the smart be able to compute while engaged
glasses have been designed to in other activities such as walking
automatically adjust for people or driving, so it offers access to data
with poor eyesight using an ‘optical while on the move.
subassembly’. This would mean a
major technological advancement Unofficial reports also indicate
of glasses with virtually infinite that Apple Glass would probably

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