Toledo-based company pioneers Apple glasses programming
When Apple released its iPhone 1 in 2007, it combined a phone, music player, radio, calculator or camera into one device. And he didn’t even have a store yet. Seventeen years later, it seems difficult to imagine life without the apps and utilities of this device and the others behind it.
Now Apple is again trying to revolutionize the technology market with the release of Vision Pro. Vision Pro is not just a virtual reality headset that is also much more advanced than the current ones; This is a very powerful computer with two screens, one 4K for each eye, that combines several products for work and play – the result of years of secret work. One of the first companies in the world creating content for the new revolution comes from Toledo.
As with the iPhone, Vision Pro is designed to integrate other devices such as iPads or virtual reality headsets, says Toledo developer Edgar Martin-Blas. For Apple, this is strategically important because first and foremost it is a computer that allows you to work in the real world and beyond. It scans the entire environment in real time and draws a world of virtual content on top of the real world. It allows you to open multiple layers on it with your desktop, video calls and background movie, all integrated in a simple and intuitive way that turns the glasses into a work item that needs nothing more than an iPad or laptop replacement. Video meetings can be held with an avatar that perfectly matches the user. All this is controlled with one hand and one glance, without the need for a mouse.
Toledo-based company pioneers Apple glasses programmingMoreover, Vision Pro integrates real-world spatial computing experiences and content into this building-scale world. A pet dinosaur can walk around the house and interact with anyone wearing glasses. For example, in a museum in Toledo, a visitor can meet a character outside the painting and interact with him. Apple already scans entire cities, and in future models pedestrians will likely be able to walk around Toledo and change the century or year at will (something that already happens indoors). The returns from education, culture and even science can be enormous.
The third way to use glasses is already in the virtual world. It allows, at a resolution not yet achieved for entertainment, movies in true 3D with the desired screen size, 180-degree videos without pixelation or video games. The new codec and 4K resolution displays for each eye provide an almost life-like immersion. For example, Apple has content deals with Imax and Disney.
Software content. Martin-Blas knows what he’s talking about because his company, Virtual Voyagers, has created a division dedicated to this new tool, Spatial Voyagers, which is one of the first five or six companies dedicated to developing content for Vision Pro. , glasses They have not yet arrived in Spain, they are only sold in the USA and will no longer be delivered until March, but there are already many customers who, given the potential of the product, have already started placing orders. with this Toledo-based company having more than ten years of experience in this sector.
Toledo-based company pioneers Apple glasses programmingSpatial Voyagers no longer work with computers. They recently traveled to Miami to pick up Vision Pro and now just work with them using the mirror of their Mac, chat with the whole team and video call. They can test their applications in their own room. The future of many jobs may lie in this, including remote work. Martín-Blas walks into La Tribuna wearing glasses and the newsroom is filled with floating screens and animation. Computers seem to be a thing of the past. If the look of a regular image is boring, this editor can change the view of the Alcazar to a beach, desert, jungle. We leave the Formula 1 car in the office and dinosaurs start coming out of the wall. For work and play, this tool seems unbeatable.
The developer explains that the new glasses will allow you to have applications in the application itself, similar to those on the phone. A travel agency will be able to put a model of the destination country on the client’s desk, he will choose what he wants and see the impressions from the first person. In this case, you will have a real-time video call from the seller and together you will be able to inspect the ship on which you are going to travel to choose a cabin.
Spatial Voyagers is already working on spatial applications that can coexist with a room; an experience that takes place simultaneously in the real and virtual worlds. The first orders come primarily from mass leisure, experience in places such as museums, as well as enterprises.
This is just the beginning, what will the future be like? Martin-Blas continues to compare these glasses to the iPhone 1 and wonders what will happen when the iPhone 10 comes out. He notes that in a short time glasses will only have clear lenses because technology allows this today, and they will eventually replace Also by phone. There is also a reaction from competitors such as Meta.