Apple looks for ways to make ‘Apple Glasses’ water and dust resistant — Apple World Today

Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,823,971) for “dynamic seals for adjustable display devices.” It involves making the rumored “Apple Glasses,” an augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD) more comfortable. The goal is to make such a device water and dust resistant.

High-resolution display devices, such as wearable HMDs, for example, include a variety of delicate internal components (e.g., display panels and lenses) that are often highly sensitive to water, moisture, particulate, debris, dust, etc. Apple says that this means there’s a need to house such components in a sealed internal compartment. However, during use, however, it’s often necessary to adjust the position of the display panel and/or the internal lens along one or more axes to adjust focus, correct distortion, alignment, or field-of-view issues, improve content accommodation, etc.