Departure of HoloLens Inventor Raises Questions about Future of Apple’s AR/VR Headset Project
Avi Bar-Zeev, the co-inventor of Microsoft’s HoloLens and a pioneer in AR and VR technologies, left Apple last month, according to a new report by Variety. Bar-Zeev confirmed his departure, saying that he left his full-time position at Apple in January, but that he “had the best exit one can imagine” and “has only nice things to say about Apple.” He also declined to speak on any specific product plans, noting only that he plans to continue consulting in augmented reality technologies while “noodling” on the next big thing.
After leaving Disney, Bar-Zeev founded KeyHole, which was later acquired by Google to underpin its Google Maps and Google Earth projects.
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