People are generally assuming Apple is also developing these internally. They just don't show off their tech until it is ready. But I would love to know where they are in comparison with respect to weight, size and field of view. I know it is not obvious unless you are very in the scene, but 70 degrees field of view here in this form factor is a massive breakthrough. Most similar glasses are struggling to do 45 degrees.
Apple delayed their effort 'indefinitely' to work on cheaper Vision Pro. They are at least 3-5 years behind Meta at this point. And if past is any sign of the future, Zuck is not slowing down this effort anytime soon for Apple to catch up.
This is going to be a very interesting platform battle to watch.
Around 10 years ago, in an obscure private close-knit investment chat group, a senior Apple engineer inadvertently blurted out how Apple has mostly solved iris gaze tracking and foveated rendering. When I pressed him why in the world Apple would be investing R&D dollars in this (I failed to make the logical leap to Apple mixed reality devices), he clamped up.
Apple plays the long game clearly. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Apple Vision Air already exists in an early beta form in their labs.
