When Apple hires for something, you know they’re focusing on a new area.
The company has issued six recent job postings for Augmented Reality (AR) positions which are thought to be for a Maps-related project.
The postings are as follows:
Apple AR Job Postings
Title Posted Date
AR Application Engineer
8/10/2018AR Applications Engineer
8/20/2018Senior AR Applications Engineer
8/20/2018Technical Artist, AR Applications
8/21/2018Senior FX Artist, AR Applications
8/22/2018UI Artist, AR Applications
8/22/2018
These jobs might connect to Maps based on mentions of AR in some other Maps jobs postings. It would make sense for Apple to work on integrating Maps with its extensive AR efforts, or perhaps it would make more sense for Apple wanting Maps into its AR platform.
Unfortunately, there’s little chance that these job postings impact a near-term project that might be demoed at Apple’s September 12th media event. Instead, these could center around something related to iOS 13 or iOS 14.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and Thinknum