It would be unbelievable the fight is going to be vicious and the public will have to get involved….If indeed Apple has a much better way to continually monitor blood sugar and they are prohibited from bringing to market there will need to be an outcry of Biblical proportions..
John > On Jul 31, 2017, at 1:28 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote: > > The biggest money maker and useful product Apple has ready but may not get > past the huge companies selling test strips is the watch reading blood sugar. > Billions dollar industry for readers and then expensive strips for life. Just > what Medicare pays is tremendous. Every diabetic would buy Apple Watch. > Praying it gets approved. > Tom > > On Jul 31, 2017, at 6:16 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> >> >> >> This is where we are headed folks, it’s simply amazing….When the new iOS for >> the iPhone and iPad comes out in the fall the AR will be built into the >> operating system, and with the AR Kit Apple is providing developers we are >> going to experience a massive change in the way we interact with our >> surroundings…..Apple is betting heavily on AR, more so than AI. >> >> If you played the Pokemon GO you have had a small taste of what this >> means….my son-in-law and grandson were playing it in our home, the little >> guys were appearing in our fireplace, on our table…everywhere in the >> house…just think what this will mean if applied to personal and commercial >> applications. >> >> If you want to get a bit of the reality of this follow the link, scroll down >> to the video and watch an amazing 4:00 minute video… >> >> >> >> https://buy.metavision.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=ppc&utm_content=bloomberg&utm_campaign=us+bloomberg+oof+nb+in-stream&utm_adgroup=bloomberg+terms+contextual&utm_placement=youtube.com&ads_cmpid=887158995&ads_adid=47155275809&ads_matchtype=&ads_network=ytv&ads_creative=207944059659&utm_term=&ads_targetid=kwd-12703886&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&ttv=2&gclid=CMb80KyPqtUCFRC1wAodUhIAMw >> >> <https://buy.metavision.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=ppc&utm_content=bloomberg&utm_campaign=us+bloomberg+oof+nb+in-stream&utm_adgroup=bloomberg+terms+contextual&utm_placement=youtube.com&ads_cmpid=887158995&ads_adid=47155275809&ads_matchtype=&ads_network=ytv&ads_creative=207944059659&utm_term=&ads_targetid=kwd-12703886&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&ttv=2&gclid=CMb80KyPqtUCFRC1wAodUhIAMw> >> >> >> >> Is this Apple's next big product? Tech giant files patent for glasses >> By Chris Ciaccia >> <http://www.foxnews.com/person/c/chris-ciaccia.html>Published July 31, 2017 >> Fox News <http://www.foxnews.com/> >> <1501260289461.jpeg> >> >> >> >> As Apple looks to its next big product, the company is increasingly placing >> bets on augmented reality, a revolutionary technology that combines the >> digital and physical worlds and appears poised to drastically change the way >> we experience everyday life. >> >> Apple has filed a patent >> <http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20170213393&OS=20170213393&RS=20170213393> >> for an intriguing glasses-style device that harnesses augmented reality >> (AR), showing how the technology could work with a device and overlay >> information on real world objects. In this case, the technology could be >> used in conjunction with a smartphone, but also with “semi-transparent >> spectacle or glasses" or both devices in tandem with each other. >> >> For example, the technology could show something as simple as the year a >> building was built, or its architectural design. Or it could be much more >> involved, potentially overlaying video and statistics on a car's dashboard. >> >> The patent was originally filed by augmented reality software company >> Metaio, a startup Apple acquired in May 2015. It was first originally >> spotted by Patently Apple >> <http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/07/apple-patent-reveals-the-exciting-possibility-of-augmented-reality-smartglasses.html>, >> a website focused on Apple-related patents. >> When asked about the patent, an Apple spokesman declined to comment. >> >> Apple's future >> >> Apple has filed a number of augmented reality patents over the past several >> years, but this particular one goes a bit further than the others. It hints >> that Apple may indeed launch a pair of glasses, a topic that has been >> speculated about for years. >> >> "I imagine they’re spending a lot of money doing research and development >> work around glasses and headsets, and would think we’ll see something from >> them in that category over the next few years," Jackdaw Research analyst Jan >> Dawson told Fox News via email. >> >> Earlier this year, Bloomberg News reported >> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/apple-s-next-big-thing> >> Apple was working on a number of augmented reality products, including >> digital spectacles. >> >> Apple CEO Tim Cook has talked extensively about the prospects of augmented >> reality and its potential. From these comments, it's clear Apple is clearly >> placing a large bet on the technology. >> >> In an October 2016 interview with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, Cook >> likened AR's potential to being almost essential to humanity. >> >> "I do think that a significant portion of the population of developed >> countries, and eventually all countries, will have AR experiences every day, >> almost like eating three meals a day," Cook said >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkV78RZ73Mw>. "It will become that much a >> part of you, a lot of us live on our smartphones, the iPhone, I hope, is >> very important for everyone, so AR will become really big." >> >> Huge opportunities right now >> >> At its June developer conference, Apple publicly showed off its first steps >> and impact AR will have, introducing ARKit as part of its upcoming mobile >> operating system, iOS 11. >> >> ARKit will allow app developers to "create unparalleled augmented reality >> experiences for iPhone and iPad," >> >> Apple said on its website. "By blending digital objects and information with >> the environment around you, ARKit takes apps beyond the screen, freeing them >> to interact with the real world in entirely new ways." >> >> In a June television interview with Bloomberg following the conference, the >> normally reserved and measured Cook said Apple's plans for the technology >> made him "just want to yell out and scream." >> >> With ARKit, Apple has vaulted itself among the leading augmented reality >> platforms, opening it up to the hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads >> around the world. >> >> According to M&A advisory firm Digi-Capital, Apple, via ARKit, could have as >> many as 400 million AR-enabled devices by the end of next year. >> >> The firm said that Apple could "own [the] augmented future," having >> dominance and profitability in the four waves of AR: software, hardware, >> tethered smart-glasses and stand alone glasses. "Dominance across all four >> AR waves looks like it could be the innovation for which Tim Cook is >> remembered, and take Apple beyond Steve Jobs’ legacy to make it a 100 year >> company," Digi-Capital wrote in a July blog post >> <http://www.digi-capital.com/news/2017/07/the-four-waves-of-augmented-reality-that-apple-owns/#.WXsxVITyumx>. >> >> >> Big money at stake >> >> The fight for AR supremacy could mean big dollars for these tech behemoths. >> Digi-Capital estimates that the combined virtual and augmented reality >> market could be worth $108 billion by 2021, with AR accounting for $83 >> billion of that. >> >> "AR has the potential to one day play a role in Apple's entire product >> line," Neil Cybart, an independent analyst who runs the Apple-focused Above >> Avalon website, told Fox News via email. "We are talking about everything >> from the Mac being used for AR creation to wearable form factors allowing >> people to interact and consume AR. >> >> "Pokemon Go," often credited with bringing augmented reality into the >> everyday lexicon, has already shown the promise of the riches to come. In >> its first three months, it generated more than $600 million in revenue for >> its owners and is back as the top grossing app in Apple's App Store, more >> than a year after its launch. >> >> Dawson said that ARKit should help Apple's business, saying it will help >> separate iOS and iPhone from the competition and "help drive loyalty and >> switching over the next couple of years, because there’s really no mass >> market competitor out there doing anything similar for now." >> >> Any hardware would be similar in scale to the Apple Watch, potentially >> producing billions of dollars in additional revenue, but would grow over >> time, he added. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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