Tuesday 16 March 2021

"Apple Socks" with touch simulation patented for future AR/VR devices

Apple socks—who'd have thought it? has brought to our attention yet another of Apple's legendary approved by the US Patent & Trademark Office. We didn't think last week's patent could be topped out so quickly, but it would seem Apple is trying to extend its ecosystem to our wardrobes with sensor-fitted footwear.

The patent details a variety of sock-like concepts, "foot-shaped support structures with components such as magnets" which, in a hybrid system, could include "a foot platform components with corresponding electromagnets [...] on which a user may stand."
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