On March 22nd, Apple and the FBI will head to federal court to determine whether or not the government can force Apple to open up an otherwise deeply-encrypted iPhone used by terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook leading up to the San Bernardino shootings.
Though phone-based AR is the big news lately with the release of iOS 11 yesterday, Mira is still hoping to ensure that the iPhone opens up a world of hands-free headset AR to consumers as well.
Instead of an app drawer, the applications button opens up a truly blatant aping of the iPhone's app layout.
When used in conjunction with the Gorillacam app, it opens up a world of new possibilities for iPhone owners and encourages "iPhoneography".
Way back in March, Apple announced that the latest and greatest build of the iPhone OS would open up a whole new world to third parties: richly featured accessories, complete with tie-in software.
Last December, mobile data swapping startup Bump opened up its iPhone API in a small, private beta.
Apple has opened up its iPhone trade-in scheme to UK shoppers, giving traders money for their old Apple handsets with up to £175 towards the purchase of a new iPhone.
That's in large part thanks to Apple's App Store, introduced last year, which opened up the iPhone software to outside developers.
While Apple has opened up iOS to iPhone 6S and later, there are still a whole lot of iPhones in use that don't have access to AR tracking.
In other words, if you read a direct message on Twitter for Mac (for example), then opened up Twitter for iPhone, the DM would still show up as unread.
