# This is nothing to get excited about because Apple can still choose to position themselves wherever they feel they have the best chance to make an impact on the market. But interesting points nonetheless that even if they come out with a VR/AR product in the next couple of years, they could be working on a mixed reality solution:
http://www.techradar.com/news/weara...le-s-ar-and-vr-plans-might-take-shape-1329543
When can we expect to see some products?
Don't hold your breath for exciting new hardware. While Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that Apple is working on several
"mixed reality" projects, he projects that initially they will be software-driven and on iOS devices.
According to Seeking Alpha, Munster predicts that Apple may offer a VR/AR API to hardware developers, much like the Made For iPhone program by 2018 โ but a glasses-style
"mixed reality" headset is at least five years off.
Who's involved?
Apple's AR/VR team includes some big names, including computer science professor and immersive 3D interface expert Doug Bowman, former
Magic Leap computer vision engineer Zeyu Li and former Oculus research scientist Yury Petrov.
Apple has also acquired multiple AR/VR companies, including real world object-tagging company Flyby Media, facial capture firm Faceshift, augmented reality developers Metaio, 3D sensor firm โ and Kinect creator โ PrimeSense, computer vision startup Perceptio and facial analysis developer Emotient.
In addition, Apple is believed to have hired people from
Microsoft's Hololens AR project and from innovative camera firm Lytro.
