https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/20/apple-facebook-microsoft-battle-to-replace-smartphone-with-ar.html

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with

Smartphone sales have dropped for the last two years straight, and all the big tech players are casting around for the next big thing.

They seem to have settled upon augmented reality – a face-worn computer or glasses that superimposes computer-generated objects on the real world.

Apple’s plans have started to leak, and everybody’s waiting to see if it can revolutionize AR like it did with smartphones.