Apple Glasses Are Coming - Here's Why

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Smart, Augmented Reality glasses are on the way, and Apple is the perfect company to make them.

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A great article on the topic by Apple blog Above Avalon: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/7/27/apple-glasses-are-inevitable

Hype Cycle: https://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp

IKEA clip from FightClub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYd2dHnJqyg

Tim Cook Pokemans Comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb991jotDVg

Jony Ive Aluminum clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_HMXVm9zFs

Hype Tech names generated from: https://www.makebullshit.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology

https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/top-trends-in-the-gartner-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies-2017/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/long-island-iced-tea-micro-cap-adds-blockchain-to-name-and-stock-soars.html

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3004483/tim-cook-says-ar-has-more-potential-than-virtual-reality

Chocolate study: https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800 and http://ds-wordpress.haverford.edu/psych2015/projects/chapter/science-journalism-sensationalized-headlines/

Magic Leap: http://digg.com/2018/magic-leap-demo-video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

http://blog.evocator.org/2010/04/hype-chasm.html

Jony Ive Aluminum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_HMXVm9zFs

Magic Leap Bug Eyes: https://mashable.com/2017/12/21/magic-leap-one-mixed-reality-headset-design-reactions/#tf_5BjXRlPq6

https://www.apple.com/ios/augmented-reality/

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/11/google-patent-reveals-google-glass-being-reinvented-using-micro-led-displays-a-technology-apple-is-exploring.html

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/08/apple-granted-52-patents-today-covering-3d-glasses-in-air-gesturing-and-a-micro-led-patent-for-future-idevice.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paullamkin/2017/07/31/apple-ar-smart-glasses-detailed-in-patent/#46c8402d1e06

https://www.enjoyvue.com

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/09/advances-in-micro-led-displays-are-being-made-and-apples-luxvue-owns-a-key-patent-to-advance-production.html

https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/6/20/15838284/apple-leak-leak