That’s AR and VRwithouthand tracking.
Apple Advantage
Apple doesn’t tend to come up with entirely new products.
It just does existing products better than anyone before.
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It will also have internal sensors to track their eyes.
One of Apple’s strengths is user interaction.
One imagines that any AR gesture-based interface will be similarly natural.
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This is the kind of thing Apple is very good at.
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Off Hand
But hand tracking can’t do everything.
With hand tracking, you lose all of that," says Alexander.
Likewise, for typing.
Generally, hand tracking technologies are a trade-off; they offer increased portability," says Alexander.
But that’s fine.
We don’t have to give up any of that.
Meanwhile, hand tracking can enable entirely new interactions.
New for computers, anyway, but old for humans.
Much of our communication is non-vocal.
We might point, give a thumbs up, or communicate via sign language.
