{"id":181795,"date":"2025-06-13T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181795\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:52:10","slug":"apples-liquid-glass-design-is-paving-the-way-for-ar-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181795\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Liquid Glass design is paving the way for AR glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Apple\u2019s WWDC 2025<\/a> event, the company announced its most dramatic software design change in over a decade: Liquid Glass.<\/a> This visual overhaul gives us a glimpse into what might be coming in Apple\u2019s rumored AR glasses<\/a>, which will reportedly debut next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Users are connecting Liquid Glass to potential AR glasses because the new design draws strong inspiration from that of Apple\u2019s Vision Pro VR headset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liquid Glass is named with the idea that each window on a phone is like a pane of glass, see-through and somewhat reflective. It gives the screen a sleeker look, though in its developer beta, Apple hasn\u2019t quite worked out the kinks<\/a> of playing with opacity.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image Credits:<\/strong>Apple<\/p>\n

The Vision Pro wasn\u2019t much of a commercial success \u2014 it cost $3,500, and unlike a computer, it isn\u2019t something that has proven essential for our lives. But nonetheless, the UX design of the Vision Pro is impressive because it makes wearing a headset feel a bit less disorienting.<\/p>\n

It can feel unnatural to be so immersed in virtual reality for an extended period of time, so Apple took advantage of its mixed reality capabilities by overlaying windows atop a user\u2019s real-world surroundings, rather than a synthetic background.<\/p>\n

Apple may not be able to convince people that they need a $3,500 headset, but to keep up with competitors like Meta\u2019s Ray-Bans<\/a> and Google\u2019s renewed attempt<\/a> at smart glasses, Apple needs to enter the arena of this lighter hardware. And one of Apple\u2019s strengths as a company \u2014 something that sets it apart from Meta and Google \u2014 is that it\u2019s known for elegant, modern designs (except for \u201cthe notch<\/a>\u201c).<\/p>\n

\"\"Image Credits:<\/strong>Apple<\/p>\n

According to reports from Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a>, these glasses would have cameras, microphones, and speakers like its competitors. Siri \u2014 which is still awaiting its own makeover<\/a> \u2014 would be built-in, and could assist with taking phone calls, playing music, live translation<\/a>, and turn-by-turn directions. On a display, users would be able to see notifications, pictures, and other overlays.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s the case, then Apple will need to master the style of these somewhat transparent design elements. If you\u2019re wearing AR glasses and get some form of notification, you\u2019d probably rather see that as something that blends into your surroundings, and not some giant colorful box that suddenly obscures your vision while you\u2019re walking around.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know much about the rumored Apple AR glasses yet, but we\u2019d be willing to bet we\u2019ll see Liquid Glass in them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Apple\u2019s WWDC 2025 event, the company announced its most dramatic software design change in over a decade:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[1662,74719,53,16,15,3243,3244,58701],"class_list":{"0":"post-181795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-liquid-glass","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-virtual-reality","14":"tag-vr","15":"tag-wwdc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114677569593623012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}