Apple researching AR pop-up booths to remotely demonstrate devices
Pop-up retail booths could let customers interact remotely with Apple personal shoppers, as they demonstrate iPhone or other devices through video and AR. Apple has already experimented with virtual demonstrations in the Apple Store. It's created in-store HomeKit hands-on demos for lighting too. And it's researched having Apple personal shopper staff appear in your home through AR. Now a newly-revealed patent application shows that Apple is looking at how to create demonstration units, devices "for remotely demonstrating products to customers in a fluid, visually-appealing manner." It's a ...