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Apple Ramps Up R&D Intensity to Pre-iPhone Levels

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Re: Apple Ramps Up R&D Intensity to Pre-iPhone Levels

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seatac76 wrote: post #2

Wonder what they are cooking ? - AR Glasses would be one but they still feel like a decade away - Whatever happened to the Apple Car? - Apple Watch with more sophisticated medical sensors for sure must be in there. Wonder what else?

component chips maybe: https://www.reuters.com/technology/qualcomm-supply-apple-wit...

Also, battery technology might be overcoming a hurdle. https://electrek.co/2023/12/20/welion-reportedly-expects-to-...

Re: Apple Ramps Up R&D Intensity to Pre-iPhone Levels

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seatac76 wrote: post #2

Wonder what they are cooking ? - AR Glasses would be one but they still feel like a decade away - Whatever happened to the Apple Car? - Apple Watch with more sophisticated medical sensors for sure must be in there. Wonder what else?

I guarantee LLMs are a big piece of it. Not necessarily ChatGPT-like interfaces but instead dynamic interfaces/behavior that intuit what you want the device to do, especially on mobile where the user device interaction bandwidth is quite constrained.

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seatac76 wrote: post #2

Wonder what they are cooking ? - AR Glasses would be one but they still feel like a decade away - Whatever happened to the Apple Car? - Apple Watch with more sophisticated medical sensors for sure must be in there. Wonder what else?

There are unlabeled, very slick looking LIDAR enabled cars driving around the Mountain View area - I've been told by a few folks on HN and IRL that 'everyone knows' they're Apple vehicles.
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