What We Know About Apple’s Reported Plans for an AR/VR Headset

Apple is working on an augmented reality headset. This we’ve “known” from a handful of reports over the past few months, perhaps most notably from Bloomberg, which revealed that the company was readying the technology for a 2019 debut. These reports always come with some degree of uncertainty, but in recent years, such leaks have often proved accurate. Outside this brief glimpse at Apple’s purported timeline for the project, we’ve had little insight into how Apple would tackle this project: just a patent illustrating how Apple might approach a headset and the features offered in Apple’s ARKit, its augmented reality resource kit for developers. On Friday, however, CNET published a detailed report on the company’s plans, which look more ambitious than previously imagined. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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M. Night Shyamalan's 'Servant' series hits Apple TV+ on November 28th

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[ Engadget | 2019-10-04 08:15:00 UTC ]
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Bleacher Report now has three hit animation series

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[ Digiday | 2019-10-04 04:00:27 UTC ]
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Apple News+ Launches in the UK with The Times and Hearst on Board

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-01 19:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple News+ launches in the UK with The Times and Hearst on board

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[ Digiday | 2019-09-30 18:05:44 UTC ]
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New PEN America Report Condemns Prison Book Bans

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH-backed StorySign app launches on Apple iOS

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 00:27:16 UTC ]
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'Oprah's Book Club' is coming to Apple TV+. Here's her first pick

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-23 17:53:47 UTC ]
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[ Betanews | 2019-09-23 16:50:07 UTC ]
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Oprah’s Book Club is coming to Apple TV+

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[ Engadget | 2019-09-23 14:19:00 UTC ]
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Oprah’s Book Club is coming to Apple TV+, kicking off with Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Water Dancer’

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Oprah's Book Club Reimagined Via Partnership with Apple

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 21:53:36 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 16:16:17 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-18 14:42:56 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-12 09:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2019-09-11 10:16:33 UTC ]
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Profile reports 4% turnover dip but steady profit in 'solid' year

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:34:54 UTC ]
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BookNet Canada’s First ‘State of Independent Bookselling’ Report Cites a Rise in Print Revenue

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BookNet Canada’s First ‘State of Independent Bookselling’ Report: Print Revenue up

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