The Apple Glass might be paired with a magnetic glove to interact with the company’s long rumored AR and VR gadget. This product would use magnetic fields to determine the location of the users’ individual fingers.

According to an AppleInsider report, current day VR headsets arrive with a hand held controllers face an issue. While these systems can tell the location of the users’ hand in relation to the headset, these controllers are not able to accurately finding out the position of users’ individual fingers. in other words, hand held controllers might not be a great tool with AR headsets (augmented reality), where one might have to grab onto a physical object or other items necessary for AR applications.

Thus, this magnetic glove might be even more useful for the Apple Glass, which is the Cupertino based giant’s long rumored AR glasses that may be paired with a controller less system for its interaction. This glove was seen in a recent patent that was filed by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent was titled “Magnetic sensor based proximity sensing.” This suggests that the iPhone maker could be creating a smart glove gadget that can accurately map the location of the users’ fingertips.

The patent states that this can be achieved through magnetic sensing technology. Apple could be implementing this technology through coil based magnetic field generator with a specific modulation, which would be situated on the back of a hand. These magnetic sensor could then be attached to each fingertip that would enable accurate mapping of the distance between these tips and the source. Unfortunately, it is unknown if the company is actually working on such a product or is just covering all bases, so stay tuned.

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Samsung, which has been focusing on making a flexible smartphone for the past couple of years, seems to have moved on to working on another smartphone design. The company had filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) in June 2018 which was published earlier this month, giving us details about the company’s plans.

The company’s patent describes a unique smartphone design through which smartphones can be magnetically connected with each other. While it is not a foldable smartphone nor does it use a foldable display, the functionality is quite similar.

The patent shows two smartphones, both having their own housing and internal components, and both can function independently of each other. However, the phones have three magnets, which creates numerous possibilities to use the devices by connecting each other.

There’s a cylindrical magnet placed over the entire longitudinal axis of the phone, which allows connecting two smartphones side by side, giving double-sized display surface. The devices can also be connected on the backsides. With such a setup, users can use the main camera as a selfie camera, while the second housing can act as a viewfinder display. It has a lot of possibilities and the content can also be adjusted based on the setup.

Meanwhile, the company is yet to launch its flexible smartphone. While the company has already demonstrated the phone during the Samsung Developers Conference last month, it is yet to officially unveil the phone. There were reports suggesting that the company could showcase the phone at CES 2019 but we are yet to hear anything even though the CES has already started.

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While it seems to be a long wait until we can use such experimental smartphones, Samsung is currently gearing up to launch its next-generation Galaxy S-series smartphones. As per the reports, the Galaxy S10 will be launched on 20th February, a week ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019) in Barcelona, Spain next month.

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