TechVRApple could be bringing the iPhone’s Handoff to your headThe same Continuity features that unite iPhone, iPad and Mac could be in Apple’s AR/VR headset tooWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechVRApple could be bringing the iPhone’s Handoff to your headThe same Continuity features that unite iPhone, iPad and Mac could be in Apple’s AR/VR headset tooWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The same Continuity features that unite iPhone, iPad and Mac could be in Apple’s AR/VR headset too
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The closer we get toApple’s AR/VR headset launch, the more we’re hearing aboutApple’s plans – and sometimes the source of that information is Apple itself, albeit indirectly. For years, Apple watchers have rifled through Apple’s patent filings, reading the technological tea leaves to predict future Apple products and features.
The latest such find is about Continuity, the feature that enables seamless Handoff transfers between youriPhone,iPadand Mac – so for example you can move calls from device to device, start work on your phone and pick it up on your Mac and so on. The patent, “Multi-Device Continuity for use with Extended Reality (XR) Systems”, extends that to the AR/VR headset and does it with some style.
Why these predictions aren’t patent nonsense
I’ve been reporting on Apple patents formumblemumbleyears now, so I’m well aware that a lot of Apple’s filings are purely speculative: they’re often moonshots, or ideas so far in the future that the tech to make them real is still years away. But sometimes, like this patent, they’re much more focused on the near future.
That doesn’t mean this feature will be in the first generation AR/VR headset. But it appears to be on Apple’s to-do list at the very least.
This is all genuinely exciting stuff, but I don’t think we’ll see it in the first generation Apple AR/VR headset that’s expected to launch this summer. But the features Apple describes in its patent have exactly the kind of wow factor that make AR feel like something you’d actually want to use, so we may well see it in thesecond, more consumer-oriented headset generationthat Apple is currently designing.
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