News Jony Ive confirms he is working on an OpenAI hardware design project

[Admin]

Jony Ive has confirmed he is working with OpenAI on a new mobile hardware product. The famed former chief design officer at Apple is again hoping to contribute his design flair to the world of tech, after five years of keeping a low profile.

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[Heat_Fan89]

The media tends to overlook that it wasn't just Jony Ive's hardware designs. It was a collaboration between Ive and Jobs. Much has been written that Jobs at times, had to reign in Ive's designs. The two made for a great partnership at Apple. So let's see what Ive's cooks up before we past judgement that it will be a winner.

 

[waltc3]

Ives' presence likely means it will be overpriced and under powered...😉 I'm afraid I have never been able to tolerate Apple--going back decades. Jobs always gave me indigestion, as I've never much cared for snake oil...and right now Ives & AI = snake oil of the third kind...😉

 

[ThatMouse]

Most people don't know that Jony invented the apple!

 

[SSGBryan]

So, it will be thin, expensive, and not all that functional.

 

[bit_user]

I fail to see how this can be anything other than some form of AR glasses. By now, you can get minimally functional AR glasses that look almost like normal eyeglasses (not unlike the old Google Glass project). If they just act as an I/O device that's dependent on your phone for connectivity and processing power, they can be quite small.

Eyeglasses are the right height and perspective for AI to see and hear what you're seeing and hearing . That's exactly what it needs, in order to be sensitive to the context around you. They also provide ways it can present information to the user (i.e. via heads-up display or bone-conduction audio) that are private to the user and less disruptive than looking at & swiping on a phone.

The AI amulet/pin wearable is the next option, but really a distant second. It can't see or hear what's behind you, it's disadvantaged by being at a lower height and not held as steady as your head, and doesn't really solve the problem of user interaction that glasses would. It would also lack the attention cues that a head-mounted device gets, based on where your head is pointed (even better, if the device can see your eyes, so it knows where you're looking).

The only other options I see are some other kind of head gear. Like, a headband, maybe? I am reminded of old sci fi movies and art, which sometimes featured such accessories. It's not maybe such a crazy idea, for those who don't want to wear eyeglasses and are content to receive only audio feedback.

 

[ThomasKinsley]

The best form factor for this device would be earbuds. Literally the entire device crammed into earbuds.