Apple Glass: with LiDAR sensors will we finally be able to see even in the dark?

Source: HW Upgrade added 30th Oct 2020

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A patent filed by Apple suggests the possibility that the phantom Apple Glass could allow, using the LiDAR sensors, to improve the perception and awareness of environments with low light

of Andrea Bai published on , at 16: 31 in the Apple channel

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The Apple Glass do not yet exist, except in the very secret laboratories of the Apple or in the mind of some visionary engineer, but speculations, rumors and forecasts on what will be ere – Apple’s next “big thing”: a device specifically dedicated to augmented reality.

Moreover, Apple has filed a large number of patents that describe ideas, concepts and projects referring to a device to be worn on the face to “improve” the perception and awareness of what surrounds us. Among other things, the use that Apple is making of some technologies, such as the LiDAR sensors , inside iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pros are able to suggest what the implications of using such technology on a pair of AR glasses might be.

With Apple Glasses to see better in the dark: patent filed by Apple

A recent patent application filed by Apple entitled “Head-Mounted Display With Low Light Operation ” fits right into this groove of assumptions by describing different ways of detecting the surrounding environment to those who wear a display on the face and in low light conditions. Which, in a way, is just what the LiDAR sensor does in the iPhone 12 Pro to assist the autofocus of the photo module when shooting at night or in suboptimal light.

In the patent the Apple describes various technologies and ways in which it could be possible to exploit Apple Glass to help the user to better perceive the environment in the dark : radar and LiDAR could work in synergy, in order to detect the depth map of the environment to be suitably processed to give the user a graphic display of what he is not able to perceive with the sole use of view. Apple also mentions ultrasound technologies, but more generally the purpose of the patent application is to protect the concept of a system that can accurately detect and measure the surrounding environment and present this information to the user in an immediately clear and usable.

It is certainly a visionary and also fascinating idea: raise your hand if you have never wanted to be able to see in the dark like cats or to have sonar sight like Daredevil!