A new battlefield is brewing between the big tech companies: the world of virtual reality. Y Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), He does not seem to want to miss the opportunity or get off the hook from this career, or at least that is what he shows in one of his latest patents filed in the United States.
Apple jumps on the 3D bandwagon.
In recent weeks, and even months, we are observing how from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), Interest in the sector of the virtual reality and 3D. We have seen it in other patents, from some more "simple" such as the creation of 3D avatars of ourselves in our iPhone, until the recent interactive holographic display. But the latest demonstration of those from Cupertino in this regard comes from the hand of some 3-D glasses.
Although perhaps the most striking thing about this patent is precisely that it makes no mention of virtual reality, it is taken for granted that we are not facing sunglasses and, before the great starting gun given by the Oculus Rift and its enormous acceptance and success by the technology community, it is evident that indeed what it has presented Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an idea of three-dimensional glasses.
According to this new patent, the device presented could connect to any video source either through a cable or wirelessly via Wi-Fi or, perhaps, Bluetooth, in such a way that it would allow us to view the image as if we were about five meters from it.
This license, presented on December 6 of last year under the subtle title of HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY (head-mounted screen), presents a whole series of plans and details that show us how different screens would be mounted on a new gadget with an elegant shape like glasses.
At the moment there are no more details but the important thing about this document is not so much the device as the demonstrated intention.
SOURCE: USPTO
