Apple is betting big on Augmented Reality (AR) and has already made giant strides with a chipset-level integration of the technology with A11 Bionic processor . The company is working on a standalone AR headset that is likely to be commercially available by 2020, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Apple’s push to the standalone AR headset also includes developing an independent operating system optimised for augmented reality, just like we’ve seen with watchOS (Apple Watch) and tvOS (Apple TV). The company is reportedly using the popular VR headset HTC Vive as a reference for its own version, which most likely be designed in-house. That being said, Apple may include Virtual Reality (VR) support in the reported headset, but it’s unlikely to be the USP.

Source: Hindustan Times November 10, 2017 07:30 UTC