claimed that Apple had planned to launch the glasses in 2027. However, now Apple
is “accelerating work” with the aim of producing “large volumes of prototypes”. According to the timeline, Apples plans to accelerate may be due to Meta’s smart sunglasses and their imminent arrival on the market. Gurman said that the Apple smart glasses would have microphones, speakers, cameras and will be used to make phone calls, play music, perform live translations, provide turn-by-turn navigation, and use multimodal AI. Apple calls this Visual Intelligence. Gurman said previously that the glasses would use an Apple-designed chipset based on the highly-efficient S-series chip used in Apple Watch, with support for cameras. Gurman said that Apple hopes the glasses will be “better built”, but Gurman also wrote that some employees are “concerned about the AI failings of the company”. Meta isn’t going to stand still either. Mark Zuckerberg’s company plans to release previously in late 2018 along with reports equipped with a small HUD (heads-up display) on the right eye, and a neurowristband that detects finger gestures as input. Meta will also launch its first real AR glasses in 2027. These will be sleeker than
and have a smaller field of view. Gurman has reported that Apple, too, is working on AR glasses. Gurman reported last month that Tim Cook was “hell-bent ” on releasing “industry leading” AR glass before Meta. Gurman cited sources that claimed that Cook “cares nothing else” and is “only focused on this from a product-development standpoint”. Gurman breakout success also said that Apple’s AR Glasses will be ready in “many more years”, and executives do not expect to see a launch before 2028. Google’s plans