[shian]

Apple has been toying with a heads-up display or video glasses since 2006 and they've already been granted a patent for their invention. Then earlier this month Apple's video glasses project won a surprising second patent which we covered in our report titled "Apple's Special Project for a Video Telephonic Headset Wins a Second Patent." Today, the US Patent Office published a new patent application from Apple regarding a future heads-up display that focuses on delivering Retina Display like quality to a smaller display that's powered by a much smaller battery than an iPhone. While today's patent fills a need in Apple's video glasses project it has to be one of the driest reads of the year. For those interested in the finer details of this invention, check out Apple's latest patent application titled " Display Resolution Increase with Mechanical Actuation."






Although Apple's patent application presents this oddball heads-up display graphic, one has to bear in mind that this isn't a design patent. In a patent application, Apple isn't obligated to reveal the end product that will make its way to market. The graphic simply represents a "generic" heads-up display concept, period. We all know that Jony Ive and his legendary team of industrial designers will work night and day to come up with the coolest design in its class whenever the time is right to bring this to market.



And lastly, Apple also notes in their filing that "other embodiments may take the form of other types of display devices such as television sets, computer monitors, projection systems, and so forth."

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patentl...o-glasses.html

Incoming lawsuit

[Occlusion]

I love the stylish WW2 helmet accessory.

[goon165]

Looks retarded.

[usaokay]

shian posted:

Incoming lawsuit

Apple sues first.

[Biotoxsin]

Sounds like another bullshit patent that shouldn't have been granted

[ILY]

goon165 posted:

Looks retarded.

Occlusion posted:

I love the stylish WW2 helmet accessory.

"The graphic simply represents a 'generic' heads-up display concept, period."

[JimmyA]

usaokay posted:

Apple sues first.

not if google already patented their google glasses thing

[Andokool12]

It can stay on the screen thanks

[SCopE5000]

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

[Arachnidus]

ILY posted:

"The graphic simply represents a 'generic' heads-up display concept, period."

Which is what's troubling. Something this general should not be allowed a patent.

[DentalDoctor]

fuck off apple

sunglasses are not where we should be going

[smurfy]

Arachnidus posted:

Which is what's troubling. Something this general should not be allowed a patent.

Read the actual patent, it's actually a very specific way of making the display work

[Ezhik]

Hopefully in this market the company making the big breakthrough won't end up suing everyone like Apple did.

[Rents]

I think we should call these things auggles, short for augmented reality goggles. "Google glasses" sounds dumb and they hardly invented the idea.

[GameDev]

They stole Cookie's design



he should sue

[Derp Y. Mail]

Sure, why not? I mean, it's good to have several alternatives, right?

[Amiga OS]

SCopE5000 posted:

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

It will be shinier, sure.
But when you really get down to it, Glass will simply do far more.

[TheSporeGA]

SCopE5000 posted:

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

Nah it will look better, but break within 5 minutes of getting it, then when people complain they will sue Google for some reason.

[Timebomb575]

SCopE5000 posted:

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

hahaha

haha

ha

No.

[Derp Y. Mail]

TheSporeGA posted:

Nah it will look better, but break within 5 minutes of getting it, then when people complain they will sue Google for some reason.

I don't get where people are pulling this "Apple devices break easily" stuff.
I've dropped my 4S a few times and it barely has a scratch. Gorilla glass is amazing.

[SCopE5000]

The reason I say that is because Apple's displays, in particular tend to be awesome, in part due to their IPS (in-plane switching) and also cause they splash out on decent materials like glass and aluminium instead of cheap shitty plastic.

[SGTNAPALM]

Derp Y. Mail posted:

I don't get where people are pulling this "Apple devices break easily" stuff.
I've dropped my 4S a few times and it barely has a scratch. Gorilla glass is amazing.

It shatters incredibly easily though. Every single one of my friends who have an iPhone have huge cracks running down the front of the screen.

[Derp Y. Mail]

SGTNAPALM posted:

It shatters incredibly easily though. Every single one of my friends who have an iPhone have huge cracks running down the front of the screen.

Welp, I guess your friends shouldn't be allowed to have technology. Because on this end no iPhone I've ever used nor my friends have ever used broke on the screen.

[SGTNAPALM]

SCopE5000 posted:

The reason I say that is because Apple's displays, in particular tend to be awesome, in part due to their IPS (in-plane switching) and also cause they splash out on decent materials like glass and aluminium instead of cheap shitty plastic.

IPS is neat, but everyone does that nowadays. (Hell, even the cheap Nexus 7 does that.) But I think for any HUD they should be going OLED, because to my knowledge, LCD screens can't be made transparent and OLEDs can.

[Liem]

SCopE5000 posted:

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

If by Better, you mean more expensive and less innovative, then yes, yes it will be

[DentalDoctor]

Derp Y. Mail posted:

I don't get where people are pulling this "Apple devices break easily" stuff.
I've dropped my 4S a few times and it barely has a scratch. Gorilla glass is amazing.

Before I realized Apple products just reel you in to buy more, I've broken my iphone 3g, iphone 4 and my ipod touch 6 from falls at around 2-4 feet, each.

[Trumple]

SCopE5000 posted:

Knowing Apple, it'll be much better than Google's.

The sad fact is that many ignorant people will agree with you and splash out loads on something that does less and costs more. But oooh, it has an apple on it

[SGTNAPALM]

Derp Y. Mail posted:

Welp, I guess your friends shouldn't be allowed to have technology. Because on this end no iPhone I've ever used nor my friends have ever used broke on the screen.

After looking at a few videos on Youtube, I can see that, at least for the iPhone 4S, it only takes one accidental drop face down on concrete to break it.

http://youtu.be/fdfrkNt0SRA
http://youtu.be/elKxgsrJFhw
http://youtu.be/PbL7ciKmT7g

Then again, I guess every phone can break if you drop it on concrete so I don't know.

[SCopE5000]

Liem posted:

If by Better, you mean more expensive and less innovative, then yes, yes it will be

Innovative?

I'd call 2800x1800 on a 15" screen pretty innovative.

[Neo Kabuto]

SGTNAPALM posted:

It shatters incredibly easily though. Every single one of my friends who have an iPhone have huge cracks running down the front of the screen.

Same here. And then they whine about how awful it is before they go and get the new one to break again... :sigh:

I do have to say it's impressive how well the touchscreen held up, though. I know a guy with a old iPhone that is mostly cracks at this point, from years of abuse. You can barely see what's on the screen, but the touch still works as good as always.

[Hakita]

omg stolen design sue apple!

[Elspin]

SCopE5000 posted:

Innovative?

I'd call 2800x1800 on a 15" screen pretty innovative.

Higher resolutions are not innovative, they're technology getting better as time goes on. Innovative means new ideas and approaches to problems, and I highly doubt no company has ever thought of putting a higher resolution in to their laptop.

On another note, I bet people are still going to say Google copied apple

[hexpunK]

SCopE5000 posted:

Innovative?

I'd call 2800x1800 on a 15" screen pretty innovative.

That's a funny definition of "innovation". What Apple did there was progress the technology as it would naturally. A higher pixel density is the logical conclusion to display technology. Not a new idea for display technology. And shit, they probably weren't the first to go for silly DPIs, the first probably wasn't a company trying to sell it, just a group of researchers.

[Amiga OS]

hexpunK posted:

That's a funny definition of "innovation". What Apple did there was progress the technology as it would naturally. A higher pixel density is the logical conclusion to display technology. Not a new idea for display technology. And shit, they probably weren't the first to go for silly DPIs, the first probably wasn't a company trying to sell it, just a group of researchers.

Digital camera viewfinders have an even higher DPI than retina displays.

1280x1024 at 0.61"

[[EG] Pepper]

SCopE5000 posted:

Innovative?

I'd call 2800x1800 on a 15" screen pretty innovative.

Even though IBM did it before apple

The T221 has a resolution of 3840 x 2400 and is a 22 inch monitor.

Released in late 2003.

[Badunkadunk]

SGTNAPALM posted:

It shatters incredibly easily though. Every single one of my friends who have an iPhone have huge cracks running down the front of the screen.

Same here, I just fuck with them and bring up that their phones are always fucked up because I'm one of those 1st gen cellphone elitists. Everyday in class people were dropping their phones and smashing them because they're designed like greased sausages and idiots try to be slick and text in the dumbest positions.

[SGTNAPALM]

Badunkadunk posted:

Same here, I just fuck with them and bring up that their phones are always fucked up because I'm one of those 1st gen cellphone elitists. Everyday in class people were dropping their phones and smashing them because they're designed like greased sausages and idiots try to be slick and text in the dumbest positions.

I've found that investing in like a $.50 silicone or rubber case can exponentially increase the lifespan of your phone.

[Uncle Bourbon]

Derp Y. Mail posted:

Welp, I guess your friends shouldn't be allowed to have technology. Because on this end no iPhone I've ever used nor my friends have ever used broke on the screen.

True. My old 1st gen iPod touch has slipped from my hand and dropped on the floor numerous times but it's screen is fully intact with no scratches.

[[EG] Pepper]

I hate the shiny back on iPod touches, I've had my 4g for a year and a half and the back looks like i took sandpaper to it.

[PowerBall v1]

Apple don't invent many technologies, but they make them work, and make them accessible and useful to the average comsumer.

See:
*Personal Computers - Apple II
*Music Players - iPod
*Online store for digital media - iTunes
*Smartphone - iPhone
*Touch screen technology - iPhone
*Tablet Computers - iPad

Take a look at the market before and after the releases of the above products and you'll see what I'm talking about. Take the iPad for instance. Up until the release there was so much doubt whether a tablet computer had any use at all. But it was a huge success, and look where we are today - there is a enormous market for tablets and there just about as common as laptops in my experience. So even if you don't like Apple's products you still benifit from them taking initiative.