Apple Reportedly Developing Smart Glasses to Compete with Ray-Ban Meta Glasses

Sure thing, just a quick pause here. So, imagine this—Apple’s playing around with some new chip thing for these smart glasses. Yeah, a chip! But not just any chip. It’s, uh, like the ones in those fancy Apple Watches, but, you know, tweaked or whatever to save power? And handle a bunch of cameras. Sort of sounds like sci-fi, right?

Anyway, Bloomberg—thanks to some guy called Mark Gurman, who’s apparently in the know—says production for this might kick off around, hmm… 2026 or 2027? Give or take. Their favorite buddy, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is apparently the muscle behind this tech wonder.

So, Apple’s also dabbling in non-AR glasses using cameras to, I dunno, scope out the scene around you? Gurman explains this is like what Meta’s been fiddling with, but Apple’s still figuring out its plan. Because, well, AI isn’t exactly where they want it to be. Like, could someone just tell the robots to hurry up already?

Oh, the juicy bit from back in April—Tim Cook is apparently laser-focused on overtaking Meta with AR glasses. Like, he’s practically sleeping at his desk dreaming about it or something. Sounds intense, but hey, dreams are weird.

You’ve got Meta with their Ray-Ban Glasses—hit songs of the gadget world. Pics, audio, phone calls, even a voice assistant! Who knew glasses could multi-task like that? They’re killing it so much Meta’s probably working on a new version with a heads-up display. Just saying.

Okay, so full-on AR glasses? These bad boys are next level. Think Iron Man but less flying around. They throw digital stuff onto real life—fancy overlays, crazy displays, sensors galore. Suffice it to say, we’re talking some serious tech gymnastics to pull that off. Wonder how long ’til we’re living in some augmented future.