Apple's Vision for Spatial Computing
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Apple's Vision for Spatial Computing
NASA’s efforts to send astronauts to space have led to a wide variety of new technologies that have benefitted people back on Earth, with items like LEDs and cordless vacuums. That’s the beauty of big goals like exploring space. The research along the way leads to everyday advances and conveniences.
I expect the same will be true of Apple Vision Pro and visionOS whether or not it’s a commercial success. We likely won’t know for years, if ever, given the company’s secrecy, which new features and technologies were driven by Apple’s efforts to build a mixed-reality headset, but I want to cover two features that feel like they may have started as experiments in spatial computing: Universal Control and StandBy.