Munster: Apple could use augmented reality in iOS 9

According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple is planning on making augmented reality a major feature on iOS 9. On Monday, Munster told his clients that Apple had successfully gone after Microsoft’s Nick Thompson, who was a lead engineer on the software giant’s HoloLens team. Apple has also picked up a pair of companies that work in the AR space, including software startup Metaio and PrimeSense. The latter is the firm that developed the sensor employed on Microsoft’s Kinect, and the former brings 171 augmented reality based patents into the fold.

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