The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has approved Apple’s 2007 patent for an augmented reality helmet. In this respect informs Patented Apple Portal.
The illustrations and descriptions feature a device that looks and functions similar to the Apple Reality Pro AR headset introduced in the summer of 2023. The documents do not include the term “augmented reality”, but describe the effect of superimposing a graphical interface on a real picture. In the patent, this phenomenon is called the “movie theater effect”.
Also, according to the description, the device was supposed to track head and hand movements. To change the operating modes, a button similar to the Digital Crown will be used, which is exactly what Reality Pro serves.
The patent for this device was taken in 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone. In fact, this document confirms that Apple’s founder has captured the beginning of the development of the company’s most innovative product, which was released to the public only 16 years later.
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