Apple may be working on ‘privacy glasses’, here’s what it means

Apple has filed a new patent for a new glass that will only let owners of an iPhone to view content on the display. The patent application filed by Apple at US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) describes it as ‘privacy glasses’ that prevent others around you from viewing the content on your iPhone’s screen.

Patently Apple has reported that the patent application talks about a new system that can display vision-corrected graphical outputs and standard graphical outputs on an electronic device.

What makes this new patent from Apple interesting is the ‘Privacy Eyewear’. The eyewear is designed to prevent others from viewing screen content. What this means is Apple’s privacy glasses will first register a user and determine the corrective eyewear scenarios for vision deficiency.