Apple
Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS
Apple's broad embrace of VR this week shows that the company has had virtual reality support on its roadmap for quite some time. During a session at WWDC, Apple and Valve confirmed they've been working together for nearly a...
Here’s the Star Wars VR Demo Apple Showed During Their Keynote
At yesterday’s keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017, Apple revealed the new iMac Pro and updated 27” Retina iMac, both of which are VR-ready, along with a slew of other VR related product updates. John Knoll, chief...
Apple’s ARKit is Bringing Augmented Reality to “hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads”
Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is here, and today's keynote saw a number of VR-specific announcements including Apple's first VR-ready computers to go along with the launch of the company's newest macOS High Sierra. While the company is finally...
Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers
Apple has finally made a commitment to VR, announcing on stage today at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 that not only will they offer an external GPU developer kit for MacBooks capable of meeting the graphical demands of VR, but...
Apple Points to VR as One Reason Why Next Mac Pro Needs to be More Powerful
At present, modern VR headsets are for the most part unsupported on Apple computers, largely because many of the company's computers do not meet the recommended hardware specifications. Apple may rarely hint at it, but the company is thinking...
Apple Reportedly Could Have Over 1,000 Engineers Working on AR in Israel
According to UBS analyst Steven Milunovich, Apple could have over 1,000 engineers working on Augmented Reality technology in Israel, mostly at its major R&D centre in Herzliya. Milunovich maintains Apple might introduce AR features similar to Google’s Tango in the...
Apple CEO Continues to Set the Stage for Rumored AR Play: ‘AR is for everyone, like...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again affirmed his belief in the significance of augmented reality technology. Interviewed during a recent trip to Europe, he spoke broadly about how AR could benefit everyone’s lives in the future, highlighting the way...
Apple’s New Patents Mark More Territory in AR Hardware and Software
Steve Jobs once said to a gathering of senior advisers that when it came to the first iPhone, “we’re going to patent it all,” (New York Times reports). While Apple has certainly changed in the years since Job's passing,...
Apple AR/VR Product to Debut in 2017, Predicts Sony’s Head of Worldwide Studios
To many, the question of an Apple AR or VR headset has become a "when" rather than an "if". The President of Sony's Worldwide Studios thinks 2017 is the year that Apple introduces its first immersive device.
Apple does R&D...
Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus
Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future.
On the subject of virtual and augmented reality Apple is still largely...
Apple Job Listing Seeks Game Technologies Engineer That is “comfortable with AR and VR concepts”
Posted earlier this summer, yet another Apple job listing seeks candidates with AR and VR proficiency.
Apple says that their 'Game Technologies Engineer' role falls under the company's Interactive Media Group, which "provides the media and graphics software foundation across...
Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on...
Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. While the company didn't have any announcements on the AR/VR front, it's clear that it's only a matter of time before they enter the fray.
It's...
Apple Granted Patent for High Field of View AR Display
Apple has just been granted another AR/VR related technology patent, to add to their growing list. In this case it's a transparent, high field of view display which looks to be aimed at the augmented reality sector and, alongside other...
Apple is Selling the ViewMaster Virtual Reality Viewer
Buying a new toy to go with your iPhone on Apple's online store? Now you can toss in a View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack with your purchase.
Despite the fact that Apple is selling the VR viewer for MSRP -...
Figment’s Take on the VR iPhone Case May be the Slickest Yet
For 'causal' virtual reality to take off—the kind that you and I can create and share as easily as we do with photos today—it needs to be accessible. Google Cardboard has made important strides in introducing people to...















