Okay, so picture this: Apple apparently cooking up some new-fangled chip thingy for smart glasses. Like, we’re talking some sci-fi sunglasses kinda deal, apparently going toe-to-toe with… oh, those Ray-Ban Meta glasses everyone’s buzzing about. I stumbled upon this nugget from Bloomberg, thanks to Mark Gurman — or maybe I was just procrastinating again. Who knows?
Anyway! From what I gather, they’re whipping up this chip based off the low-energy doodads in Apple Watches. So, think super power-efficient, and apparently, it could juggle multiple cameras. Cameras! Plural! ‘Cause why not, right? But brace yourself: we’re not seeing this until maybe 2026 or 2027. Yep, that’s what they’re saying. Apple’s trusty partner, Taiwan Semiconductor (sounds fancy, huh?), is supposed to make this all happen.
Now, this is where it gets juicy. Apple’s playing around with glasses that do some magic camera stuff and tap into AI. Not quite AR, they say — more like smart goggles with a sprinkle of AI wiz-bangery. Gurman’s saying Apple is still kinda grappling with the whole how-actually-to-do-it bit. Fair, right? We all wrestle with tech sometimes.
Oh, and remember Tim Cook? Yeah, apparently the guy only cares about crushing Meta in this AR race. Like, he’s got tunnel vision — maybe literally.
Quick sidebar: Smart glasses now? Kind of like multi-tools you wear on your face — think audio, photos, calls, like the works. Meta’s been on it and now, they’re supposedly brewing the next-gen with a single heads-up display. Seriously.
Back to the main event about AR glasses — these are a whole new ballgame. That whole blend-real-with-digital thing? Not magic, just a ton of advanced gizmos. Sensors, magic transparent displays… the works. Apple, Google, Meta — they’re all in this wild chase to slap digital stuff over our eyeballs while we still see where we’re going.
Wow, got carried away there. But hey, tech dreams, right?
