Apple working on AR/VR headsets

Apple has been working on AR and VR tech for several years and, although the company has already implemented some of its research into the IPhone and Ipad.

N301:

The Silicon Valley-based company is reportedly working on two headsets at the moment.One of these products is codenamed 'N301' which has both virtual reality and augmented reality capabilities.Apple has been developing the headset in question for years via the Technology Development group, Which is secretive team of 1,000 engineers devoted to VR and AR development.But in late 2018 the company dramatically shifted its efforts following disagreements between former Chief Design Officer Jony Ive and TDG lead Mike Rockwell regarding the direction of the project.The 'N301' headset was initially meant to be an extremely powerful device capable of graphics and processing speeds like nothing ever seen before on a wearable product according to sources speaking to Bloomberg.

However ,the technology require and the heat it produced made it impossible to cram everything into headset.A hub that allegedly resembled a small Mac was meant to connect to the headset via a wireless signal to enable everything.

There was a 'independent mode' that lowered the graphics and processing output while also removing the need for connection with the hub

N421:

The second headset being worked on by Apple at the moment, and the one favored by Jony Ive according to people familiar with the matter, is a lightweight pair of glasses codenamed 'N421' that incorporates key AR technologies designed to blend seamlessly with the real world

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