Apple Glasses are a high priority for Apple, so much so that the company has reportedly paused development of a lighter Vision Pro to focus on the Glasses product. A new rumor has helped make a lot of sense of that move, and has me more excited than ever for Apple Glasses.
visionOS could run on Apple Glasses, with full version unlocked by a nearby Mac
This weekend in his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman shared more details related to his recent reporting on the future of Apple Glasses products.
Mark Gurman writes at Bloomberg:
The smart glasses are also likely to run the Vision Pro’s operating system, visionOS, so all the work on that software isn’t going to waste. A future device could operate the full version of the OS when it’s paired with a Mac, and then switch to a lighter, more mobile-friendly interface when it’s linked to an iPhone, I’m told.
These details have me very excited, and also make a lot of sense of Apple’s overall head-mounted wearable strategy.
It’s seemed likely for years that AR glasses could be an iPhone-level technology revolution.
Apple Vision Pro was created as a unique AR/VR hybrid, and many assumed that its existence was a key stepping stone toward the eventual glasses form factor.
But the advent of AI and products like Meta’s smart glasses have led Apple to reportedly pivot.
Rather than progressively shrinking Vision Pro into a glasses-sized product, the company intends to ship AI glasses that, perhaps one day, could offer true AR functionality.
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