Apple explores push into smart glasses with ‘Atlas’ user study


Creating a successful face-worn device has been a challenge. Apple’s US$3,499 Vision Pro headset (pic), released in February, is seen as too cumbersome and expensive to become a mainstream product. — Reuters

Apple Inc is exploring a push into smart glasses with an internal study of products currently on the market, setting the stage for the company to follow Meta Platforms Inc into an increasingly popular category.

The initiative, code-named Atlas, got underway last week and involves gathering feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Additional focus groups are planned for the near future, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the work is secret. The studies are being led by Apple’s Product Systems Quality team, part of the hardware engineering division.

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