After the rumors circulated on the network in recent months, the Californian company comes out in the open: Apple intends to implement AR technology on new devices
A few weeks ago they were just rumors, but now comes the official confirmation: Apple is betting heavily on augmented reality. With the number 9,488,488, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Cupertino the patent to create AR maps.
The news, in fact, was already in the air. Recently, in fact, CEO Tim Cook had hinted that the California-based company was working behind the scenes on augmented reality projects. A further confirmation had also come from some corporate acquisitions. Apple, in fact, had taken over companies that have been working in the field of augmented reality for years and had also hired the best software engineers on the market. Ora, quindi, con la concessione di questo nuovo brevetto, Cupertino esce allo scoperto. Il patent descrive una applicazione che, utilizzando la struttura hardware dell’iPhone, sovrappone al mondo reale delle informazioni virtuali.
Le mappe in realtà aumentata
Fonte foto: appinsider
l brevetto depositato da Apple
Come funziona il sistema AR? Sullo smartphone Apple, grazie a questa tecnologia, appariranno sullo schermo in tempo reale il nome delle strade e altri punti di interesse. L’applicazione interagisce direttamente con alcuni dei sensori presenti nell’iPhone, come ad esempio il GPS, la bussola e l’accelerometro. Il dispositivo, sfruttando la tecnologia che Cupertino intende implementare sui suoi prodotti, aumenta la realtà per gli utenti arricchendo il mondo reale con informazioni digitali. Mettiamo il caso che stiamo camminando in una città che non conosciamo. Using the iPhone's camera, the AR app will show us the road we are on and display a map that can change perspective automatically.
The patent, which was first presented in 2010 (only slight changes have been made in recent years), once again confirms Apple's desire not to lose ground to other hi-tech companies. Google, Microsoft and Facebook, in fact, have already started experimenting with their own VR/AR technology.