I think the big surprise in the next few years is going to be Apple coming out of left field and taking the lead in the hybrid AR/VR space. Why Apple? Think ab

I think the big surprise in the next few years is going to be Apple coming out of left field and taking the lead in the hybrid AR/VR space. Why Apple? Think about the level of software-hardware integration for the camera in the past few generations of iPhones. Imagine that expertise being channeled into an ultra-low latency, 90fps passthrough pipeline combined with exhaustive research on optical distortion, perceptual FOV, etc, and then layering the existing SLAM of ARKit on top of it, advanced by another generation or two. Apple may well realize the original Magic Leap concept videos before Magic Leap does.