Apple has been concerned about AR (augmented reality) technology for years, but it has also emerged that it will launch its own AR headset next year. At present, AR is widely known as a cool system that overlaps information from the digital world on camera images of smartphones. The technology is well known for game apps such as Pokemon Go, but it is expected to be installed on headphones in the future. Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) said in an interview with the author four years ago that the beauty of AR lies in its ability to add new information in real space, rather than blocking the world around it like VR (virtual reality). In addition, at another opportunity, he said that AR is the core technology that hides the possibility of helping people's daily lives, but there are some things to be discovered before it becomes mainstream. Renowned analyst Min Qi Kuo predicted in a November report that Apple will launch another AR headset next year. However, the author believes that Apple only needs to debut this product on the WWDC in 2022, and it will be available in 2023. Apple routinely disclosed this information when it entered a new category before the product was launched (the Apple Watch was released in September 2014 and went on sale in March of the following year), giving developers time to deal with the new platform. Kuo said it is expected to go public by the end of 2022, but I think this is highly unlikely. Kuo says Apple's AR headset has the same processing power as the Mac, which will differentiate it from its competitors. Kuo also predicts that it will become a stand-alone device, rather than pairing with the iPhone, as it did with the first Apple Watch. Kuo further said that I am skeptical that Apple's goal is to make the headset an alternative to the iPhone within 10 years. Apple has never tried to replace one product with another, but has always aimed at complementing each other. Furthermore, it is hard to imagine a future like wearing headphones regularly, even if it was in 2032. Kuo further said that Apple's AR headset will be equipped with two Sony 4K micro-organic EL displays that support not only AR but also VR (virtual reality). Kuo also said that the company's AR headset will use at least six to eight optical modules to achieve AR images, requiring a processor with significantly higher processing power than the iPhone. In contrast, in the case of iPhone, a maximum of 3 optical modules are used.
