When data-offer-url=”https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/10/apple-ceo-tim-cook-thinks-augmented-reality-will-become-central-to-our-lives/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/10/apple-ceo-tim-cook-thinks-augmented-reality-will-become-central-to-our-lives/"}” href=”https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/10/apple-ceo-tim-cook-thinks-augmented-reality-will-become-central-to-our-lives/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>discussing the development of AR and AR devices back in 2016, he said that most people wouldn’t find it acceptable to be “enclosed in something … because we are sociable people at heart.” He was spot on.
It turns out that what people really want at this moment is to just wear something that looks good and feels like a normal pair of glasses, with use cases that are actually, well, useful. And no, Tim, that’s not to watch Ted Lasso on their ceiling.
Coming to smart glasses in 2027 will feel…
