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Apples long and choppy journey toward releasing a commercially available set of AR glasses just hit another snag.

If that sounds like a somewhat limiting design, it wasnt Apples first choice.

Apple Glasses render

And it does sound like it would have had limited appeal, even among Mac users.

The glasses wouldnt have been too far removed fromXreal OneorLenovos ThinkReality, according to Gurmans sources.

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