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Did Apple just leak the design of the 1st-gen Glass in #iOS14? Here’s why I think this Animoji’s glasses are it. 👇 [THREAD]

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This is what tipped me off:

The new Stickers & Memoji icons in #iOS14 feature a gold Memoji wearing purple glasses.

I noticed it because it was such a high contrast icon — almost as if they want you notice the glasses.

Why would they even include glasses at all?

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I was curious, so I took a look at the original Stickers icon.

To my surprise, the glasses wearing Memoji was there! Just chillin’ in the background, but as a purple Memoji with gold glasses instead.

Why did they end up picking the one with the glasses for the new icon?

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Next, I wanted to see if there was a reason why they picked those glasses, over the others.

After comparing to the rest, I realized they felt a little out of place. Turns out, they were the only eyewear that had one piece of “glass”, rather than 2 distinct glasses.

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Which got me thinking: Is that why it’s supposedly named Glass (singular) and not Glasses (plural)?

I recall this 2017 patent. It shows one display, for both eyes.

Memoji launched in 2018, so the timeline still fits.

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It all clicked when I saw this patent published a few days ago. It shows a *single* glasses-shaped display, connecting to some arms.

By far, this is the closest plausible hardware design we have for the N421 light-weight Glass we have.

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Bonus find:

The patent goes to reveal different “arms” for the glasses too. That just makes me think Glass will be more similar to Watch than we think.

Just like you mix and match a watch case with bands, you’ll get to customize with glass frames with arms too.

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One last thing:

I know Apple will design a desirable product — but in no way will it be traditional.

They’ll be cool enough to use regularly, but different enough turn heads: “it’s provocative... it gets the people goin’”

Glass will SCREAM: Eyewear designed by Apple.

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To recap, my predictions & wishes for 1st-gen Glass so far:

🥽 Single glass display for both eyes
⌚️Customization through glasses arms
👾 80s, retro-future aesthetic

What did I miss?

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