It is already official that WWDC 2021 will be held from June 7 to 11, being the opening day in which Apple will broadcast a live event presenting iOS 15, macOS 12 and the rest of the software for its devices. However, the hardware could also be accommodated with a new reduced-size Mac Pro and augmented reality glasses? We analyze the possibility of seeing the Apple Glass in this event, since the company could have given some clue in its invitation.
Jon Prosser already predicted something for WWDC 2021
Despite being left without eyebrows for his bet on an event on March 23, which did not happen, analyst Jon Prosser remains one of the most relevant sources in the panorama of rumors around Apple. Several months ago he claimed to have been able to see photos of the Apple Glass prototypes and even dared to predict that at this year’s WWDC we would see something. He did not play it saying that they would be presented, but we can guess that he was referring to an introduction of concepts or even an advance of the development that is being carried out. If we take into account reports from other sources, we can intuit that it is not a product that is already ready to be launched.
Apple could be giving clues about it
Apple is a company that dominates marketing to perfection and is that even the promotional materials are thought to the millimeter to the point that on many occasions they have indirectly revealed some detail of their next launch. In the image with which this year’s WWDC promotes we not only see a Memoji attached to a MacBook and with its mouth open in surprise (a nod to its vice president Craig Federighi), but we also see glasses carried by that Memoji and in which the day, month and year of the event are reflected.
Last year the Memoji were used in front of MacBook in a clear sign that it was the first event of the company broadcast 100% online for health reasons, but in the end it also served to anticipate that the Mac would have a lot to say in that event thanks to the new macOS 11 that was presented then and the advance of the Apple Silicon that would end up being launched at the end of 2020. This time there is one more curiosity and that is that all the Memojis used by Apple to represent this event wear glasses, something that does not It happened last year and it is curious to say the least.
It could be simply a resource to be able to show a reflection of the date of WWDC 2021, but inevitably we remember information like Prosser and we tend to fit pieces. Could this event really serve as a preview of one of Apple’s most relevant products for the future? For many years now, it has been showing augmented reality actions, added LiDAR sensors on iPad and iPhone, so this year the company could give us some information about this project as it did last year with its ARM chips.
At the moment everything is conjecture and, luckily or unfortunately, we will not know anything until that day. As these projects are carried out entirely in the Apple Park, there are more remote possibilities of information being leaked, so very interesting surprises could come both for the developers and for the users themselves.