There has been a remarkable development regarding the US-based technology giant Apple. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the experienced Apple analysts, announced that the company will come up with a brand new product in 2026 or 2027. According to Kuo’s claim, Apple has been working on a new metalens technology for a while, and this technology will appear as a real product in a few years. So what about this product?
According to Ming-Chi Kuo’s claim, Apple continues to work on a new smart glasses. This augmented reality-based glasses will be called “Apple Glasses”. Mentioning that Apple will first develop the new technology for iPhones and iPads, the analyst states that we will meet Apple Glasses in the next stage.
Coming to iPhones in 2025 or 2026
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will first use the new technology it is working on for Face ID. In this context; Pointing to the years 2025 to 2026, the analyst says that metalens will enter mass production in 2024, and then they will be transferred to iPhones. It is claimed that in the years 2028-2030, Apple will change the camera lens in all of its products such as iPhone, iPad and Mac and switch to this new technology.
So what is this metalens?
As a matter of fact, metalens have been one of the issues that the technology world has been focusing on for a while. Metalens, which comes across as a flat lens technology, uses special surfaces to focus the light. The technology, which provides many advantages, offers features such as the elimination of camera bumps and the absence of the need for lens movement for zooming. The technology, which is still in its infancy, seems to become a standard in the coming years.