Apple and Foxconn are running trial production of AR lenses for Apple’s upcoming headsets
Many believe that Cook is absolutely right about the potential of AR and that devices like Apple Glass will eventually become a huge consumer product. In 2017, analyst Gene Munster said that Apple Glass (then rumored to be named Apple Glasses) will be bigger than the iPhone. In 2020, that seems hard to believe. And there are still plenty of challenges involved since people will have to place such a device on their face and master absorbing the information beamed right in front of their eyes at the same time they go about their everyday tasks.
For its part, the source cited by The Information revealed that Foxconn has been working on the lenses for three years and is currently developing them on a single production line. The factory where this is taking place is located in southwestern China where most iPad units are manufactured.