Ngokusho kwencwadi yakamuva evela e-United States Patent kanye ne-Trademark Office, i-Apple isanda kusayina uchungechunge lobunikazi kudivayisi yehadiwe le-Augmented Reality (AR) enekhono lokuthuthukisa ikhompyutha, kanye nesoftware enendlela entsha yokwengeza imininingwane ebonakalayo endaweni yangempela.
Kushiwo izixazululo zizonke, kungasinika umbono omusha womqondo i-Apple emhlabeni we-AR nokuthi ikusasa lenkampani licatshangelwa kanjani kuleli gatsha lobuchwepheshe elingaba khona.
Njengamanje, ukukhubazeka okukhulu ekuthuthukiseni okukhulu kwalolu hlobo lobuchwepheshe yi ukusetshenziswa okukhulu kwezinsizakusebenza ezikudingayo. Kodwa-ke, ilungelo lobunikazi elisha lenkampani yaseCalifornia liyaqhubeka. Indlela esebenza kahle yokuqapha imvelo inemininingwane enikeza imininingwane ngezinto ezitholiwe.
U-Apple uyakuphawula lokho inqubo inezigaba ezithile ezidla inani elikhulu lezinsizakusebenza kunezinye. Ngakho-ke, iyabandlulula phakathi kwezimo lapho kunokusetshenziswa okukhulu kwamandla (lapho kulandwa imininingwane kusuka emvelweni, ngokwesibonelo) nezimo lapho lokhu kusetshenziswa kungaba phansi (njengalapho uhlelo lusemodini yokuskena imvelo).
Ngakho-ke, i-Apple ihlukanisa inqubo ngezigaba ezintathu ezilandelayo:
Ukutholwa kwesici: indawo emvelweni wezinto esingaxhumana nazo.
Izici incazelo: incazelo ngayinye.
Ukwenza imephu: indawo esikhaleni se-AR
Esikhundleni sokuncika ezindleleni zokubonisa zekhompiyutha ezikhona, I-Apple iphakamisa inqubo entsha ehlelekile esebenzisa i-Hardware nedatha efundwe ngaphambilini.
Ukwenza ukuvalwa kwamaphutha ezinhlelweni zokubuka zamakhompyutha zamanje, I-Apple iphakamisa ukusetshenziswa kwamamodeli wejiyometri, izinzwa zokujula, idatha yokubeka nobunye ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe obungabonakali kakhulu kumadivayisi wanamuhla e-AR.
Kukho konke lokhu, i-Apple idinga uhlelo lwe amakhamera amabili ukudala imephu yokujula ongahlanganisa ngayo yonke le mibono. Lesi sinyathelo sesivele sithathiwe ngokufakwa kwekhamera yesibili ku-iPhone 7 Plus entsha, ngakho-ke manje kungenzeka ukuhlangabezana naleyo mfuneko. Ngalawo malungelo obunikazi, le mephu yokujula izosetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza amamodeli wejometri lapho idatha ebonakalayo ibekwe khona.
Kusenemininingwane eminingi yokwazi ngalobu buchwepheshe. Kodwa-ke, ukufaka ubufakazi be-patent ku-hardware ne-software ehlobene ne-AR kusikisela ukuthi inkampani esekwe eCupertino ibeka imizamo emikhulu kulokhu.