Secretive, ex-Apple startup aims to kill iPhone

June 14, 2022

Imran Chaudhri is a soft-spoken Brit who helped develop the first iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.

He was an interface superstar at Apple, key to developing many of the technologies that are pervasive today.

Chaudhri has a new startup called Humane that aims to kill the iPhone.

The secretive company has quietly amassed more than 60 ex-Apple staffers -- and funding from blue-chip VC firms.

Humane hasn't made any official announcements, but patents show it's working on a wearable device that ditches a screen in favor of a laser-projection system.

Powered by AI, the wearable can detect objects, people and places in the real world. It uses lasers to project information onto surfaces (like your hand) that can be interacted with.

Curiously, it's nothing like the AR/VR headsets Silicon Valley is hoping will supersede smartphones.

It sounds completely original and intriguing.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

The people that invented the iPhone are trying to invent what comes after the iPhone, and it sounds bonkers. A secretive San Francisco startup called Humane appears to be developing a wearable, screenless device that uses low-powered lasers to project information out into the wearer’s environment. And there’s not an AR/VR headset in sight.

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"You go to your TV when you want to turn your brain off. You go to your computer when you want to turn your brain on. Those are not the same." -- Steve Jobs

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