Apple’s AR glasses might pack new tech I’ve been wanting for years

[Chris Smith]

• A new Apple patent describes a technology for augmented reality glasses that would allow the head-mounted display to authenticate the wearer into any nearby Apple devices that he or she might want to use.
• The smart glasses would interpret contextual data, and determine the user’s intention to access a function on a device that’s locked, and unlock that device accordingly.
• The technology would allow Apple to offer customers instant, continuous authentication for all their devices, further improving user experience.

When Face ID arrived, I could not be more excited about the sophisticated unlocking technology that Apple packed inside the iPhone X. I said at the time that Face ID would be ubiquitous in Apple’s future lineup of products, providing fast, instant, perpetual authentication, whether you use an iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other gadgets that might pack Face ID components. We’re not quite there yet, but Face ID has grown tremendously since then. Face ID is even faster since the first version and even easier to use. It now works on the iPad Pro, and most iPhones that Apple sells come with Face ID notches. Face ID also works with any password-protected app and service, delivering fast, passive, secure authentication. Mac support might be coming at some point in the very near future, at which point users entrenched in Apple’s universe of products will have an even simpler authentication experience. Rather than using a password or Touch ID on a Mac, the simple fact that you’re looking at the screen could be enough to unlock all the apps you need.

It turns out that Apple is indeed interested in offering ways for Apple device users to unlock all the nearby devices with a single gadget. And that gadget might be a head-mounted device that we’ve been informally referring to as Apple AR glasses.

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