![]() It appears the headset isn't ready for its first public appearance. Even then, that group wasn’t allowed to see "Siri or the virtual keyboard” among other things in action. The Information points out that not a single Apple executive or employee has put on the headset “in front of a live audience” outside of a select group. It’s unknown why Apple removed full-body tracking from the reveal, but the report implies the technology will arrive at some point.Īlthough the Vision Pro is set to release in about six months or so in early 2024, there’s still work to be done. Instead of full-body tracking, we got digital personas for FaceTime. It’s meant to make everyone feel like they’re in the same room. This tech works by scanning a person’s body, face, and hands to track movements before “representing their likeness in 3D space.” The idea is to portray realistic movement when talking with others via headset. But this, too, appears to be a starting point rather than an end state.It’s unknown if any of the previous four entries will ever be released, but one that is said to still be in the works is full-body tracking. And Apple says it won’t collect such information unless people explicitly give their okay.Įvans says machine learning appears to have a wide range of uses and sees the technology being "applied very broadly across the industry and not for things that look like obvious database/machine-learning problems."Īpple is starting with a few specific areas, such as emoji and deep links within applications. Until now, Apple had been seen as being at risk of falling behind in this area, especially given its strict privacy policy, which limits the amount of data it collects.Īpple says it now feels it can both collect the data it needs to get better at things like categorizing photos while also protecting users, using an approach known as differential privacy. That’s tech that could come in handy for other add-ons well beyond headphones.Īlso, with iOS 10, Apple is moving further into machine learning. While the AirPods do use Bluetooth, Apple has done a lot of work in silicon and in software to make wireless connections simpler and more power efficient. Apple’s wireless headphones, called AirPods, also show Apple’s ability to seamlessly connect the iPhone to other devices. The dual cameras, only available on the iPhone 7 Plus that goes on sale Friday, are seen as the most tangible way in which Apple’s future is on display in its new phone. ![]() "Some things have been left for the future or third parties." "It seems to me they have the hardware ready, but they don’t have everything worked out yet," Light co-founder Rajiv Laroia said in an interview. Even with two cameras, Apple could do more out of the gate.īut Apple is letting other companies make their own use of the data coming from the two cameras, potentially meaning others could create virtual reality and other applications ahead of the iPhone maker. That’s the approach taken by startup Light, which uses 16 different smartphone modules in an attempt to take on SLR cameras. ![]() Still, Evans said this represents a big step, reminding people that Apple added a fingerprint sensor to the iPhone a year before it introduced Apple Pay.Īdding even more camera modules could lead to even more imaging ability. "As you know, Apple likes to ship a new hardware feature with one use case first and add uses and iterate over time," mobile expert Benedict Evans told Recode. Apple has also said it will add a depth portrait feature later this year that will combine the images to offer a blurred background. As the iPhone 7 ships, the dual cameras are being used only to offer zooming capability. And while Apple didn’t talk about virtual or augmented reality on tage last week, it has expressed interest in the markets and made acquisitions to better position itself, including PrimeSense and LinX.Īpple’s initial use of the two cameras is far more modest. That, he said, puts Apple on equal footing with other players in the space including Intel’s RealSense, Vuforia, Leap Motion and Google Tango. Capturing depth information, he said, allows for capturing a three-dimensional scene, positional tracking and gesture recognition. "Dual camera means depth, and depth means three things," said Alban Denoyel, CEO of 3-D company Sketchfab in an email interview with Recode. ![]() The dual cameras, in particular, suggest a future that could be a step toward a broader play on virtual reality. While many have noted how similar the iPhone 7 is to its predecessors, its subtle changes may actually tell us quite a bit about where Apple is headed. ![]()
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