Apple acquires Akonia Holographics, specialized in Augmented Reality
In the past few hours Apple has officially announced the acquisition of Akonia Holographics, a company specialized in Augmented Reality eyewear lenses. Where are we with Apple Glasses?
The facts are linear. For years, in Cupertino, we are secretly working on a pair of Augmented Reality glasses, and now the giant has apparently started to move. The apple has in fact bought the property of Akonia Holographics, a startup that claims to produce “the world’s first wave-reflecting holographic lens, commercially available for transparent displays in smart glasses.”
Thanks to the technology developed by this company called HoloMirror, it is possible to achieve “ultra-clear full color performance” on the world’s thinnest and lightest AR “. A remarkable result achieved by the founders, two scientists with previous experience in data storage on holographic media.
It is not clear when the acquisition took place, but according to Reuters Akonia had become strangely “silent” in the last 6 months, a sign that since then things have become more or less concrete.
Tim Cook has never kept Apple’s interest in this field of application secret, whose repercussions on society could be profound and extreme. But the fact that only last year was acquired Vrvana (specialist of Mixed Reality) and now Akonia, lets think that the research and development carried out in recent years is finally to lead to a real product like iGlasses 8K or the 3D camera of the iPhone expected in 2019. It is not an immediate revolution, mind you, but if you ask us it is not so far in the future.
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