Apple Boosts Augmented Reality Team with Former Twitter Engineering Exec, Report Says

In hopes of strengthening its growing augmented reality team, Apple has reportedly hired Michael Abbott, an engineering and investment veteran with past ties to Twitter, Microsoft, Palm, and others. The report was surfaced by MacRumors, which translated a MacGeneration post on Tuesday. Apple hasn't confirmed the hire publicly. Most recently, Abbott spent time at Stanford University's Computational Vision and Geometry Lab as a visiting scholar, where he's conducted technical research into computer vision technology since Sept. 2017, according to his LinkedIn profile. Video: . "Like you... more

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