Two separate instances in the report talk about eye problems faced by employees after testing a prototype device
Apple has been tipped to be working on AR glasses for a while and now a leaked injury report suggests that the company may already be testing prototypes. An incident report compiled by an Environmental Health and Safety contractor working for Apple has been mistakenly sent to the company’s employees and Gizmodo has managed to get its hands on it. While there were over 70 incidents in the report, two of them hint at the AR glasses.
The first occurred on February 21 and involved a prototype unit at Apple’s De Anza office in Cupertino. It states, “After BT4 user study, user advised study lead, that she experienced discomfort in her eye and said she was able to see the laser flash at several points during the study. Study lead referred her to optometrist and secured prototype unit for analysis.” Another incident occurred on March 2 in which an employee at Apple’s Vallco Parkway office in Cupertino complained of eye pain while working on a prototype. “Employee reported eye pain after working with new prototype, thought it may be associated with use. He noticed that the security seal on the magenta (outer) case had been broken and had thought the unit may have been tampered with,” it reads. Both these incidents suggest that Apple may be working on some sort of a headset that may use lasers to track the user’s eye.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook has already expressed his interest in Augmented Reality technology. In an interview with The Independent in February, Tim Cook said he was excited about the potential of Augmented Reality as unlike Virtual Reality, it doesn’t close out the world.
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