Apple patent teases a future VR display for the iPhone

Apple secures a patent for a headset design that allows you to use your iPhone as a VR display.

@anthony256

Published Feb 18, 2015 3:39 AM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 1:09 PM CST

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The United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent that the iDevice maker filed all the way back in 2008 for a headset design that would see you use your iPhone as a VR headset.

Apple patent teases a future VR display for the iPhone | TweakTown.com

The design resembles the Galaxy Note 4-powered Gear VR, where you slot your iPhone into a device that sits on your face, where you use an external controller that helps you navigate through menus and more when motion tracking doesn't cut it. This is just a patent that Apple has filed, so we don't know if it'll turn into something just yet.

But judging by the amazing things Oculus VR has been able to do, all without a consumer VR product on the market, we don't think it'll be long before Apple unveils its own VR or AR headset.

NEWS SOURCE:appleinsider.com

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