- Apple’s allegedly shrinking plans for a pair of smart glasses connected to Mac
- According to Bloomberg, the glasses would have had “advanced projectors” for layering scars
- The smart glasses would have required a binder to Mac
If there is one thing with certainty around 2025, it is that the smart glasses sector warms up with lots of rumors of future meta-lasses that extend beyond the easily accessible ray-ran, Samsung and Google are working on a pair of and countless other competitors .
However, it seems that Apple’s reported work on a pair of AR -Smarte glasses that would have connected a Mac for Power has been canceled or shrinked this week, According to new reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The glasses themselves would have taken designed by regular glasses-like Ray-Ban’s Meta Smart Glasses-with-built-in screens and the ability to connect to a Mac to unlock fresh experiences. The product itself has been rumored for quite a long time, and like Apple Watch it would not have been a completely independent device.
The project, reportedly called N107, would have had “advanced projectors that could display information, pictures and video in the field of view of each eye,” as described by Gurman. There may be comparisons with Project Orion that Techradar got to demonstrate and were impressed with, and like Vision Pro – Apple’s $ 3,499 spatial computing headset – it can layer elements over the real world.
According to Gurman, the idea was to create smart AR glasses products for the masses, and the alleged smart glasses would have looked after this bill quite nicely, even if they required a connection to another device. It could have given Apple an offer to a lower price point than Vision Pro and more in line with Ray-Ban Meta’s smart glasses or even X-Real’s, which can also take a screen and release it much larger with a pair of glasses.
Gurman writes, “The company closed the program this week according to people with knowledge of the move.” In addition, he shares that the internal test did not hit the right brand with testers and that before Apple chose the route for these connections to a Mac, the original target was an iPhone.
While this pair of apple smart glasses are reportedly allegedly shrinking – on classic Apple fashion, the company never ever confirmed its existence or development – tech giant is reportedly still working on a more affordable Vision Pro, probably without ‘pro’ in name. At some point in the future, the goal is still to create “a set of standalone ar -glasses.”
It is clear that the possible target is glasses as they are the best known design for consumers. Heck, I wear glasses every day, like countless others, and this is likely to lead to greater adoption. We’ve got a taste of these with Ray-Ban Metas, and while these are missing a screen, the built-in cameras, speakers and microphones add some tips, such as snapping a photo without having to pull your phone or listening to music while it is In a full, completely discreet transparency state.
This news comes right after Gurman shared more information about allegedly in Works AirPods with cameras, which could be seen as a way to go after the market that is currently filled with Meta’s Ray-Ban. Potentially, even helping Apple Intelligence and Siri to be more useful through sight.
We also know that Samsung and Google work together on a pair of smart glasses running Android XR, but a headset called ‘Project Moohan’, or whatever the actual product name may be, must first arrive. Snapchat has a new pair of glasses that Techradar’s editor-in-store Lance Ulanoff has tried, and Meta has Project Orion, which is likely to arrive as a consumer product as early as 2027.
The experience that Apple created with Vision Pro is a compelling experience and determined among the best blends of hardware, software and features I have tried. One of the biggest problems, however, is price – at $ 3,499, it’s not a product that you might just buy on a vortex and Apple has to work to get the price down. It is clear that it is a goal as well as giving future iterations a more comfortable everyday form factor.
Gurman confirms that a more affordable Vision Pro Head is in the works and promises to share more soon in this latest report. In addition, smart glasses that do not require a binder from another device and other wearables, including AirPods with cameras, are still any target.
