Apple Launch new iphone5 3D

Well, the answer to that may come sooner than expected.  But, first of all, Apple never follows.  It builds, innovates, and perfects.  We just wanted to make it clear that we understand that.  And now a new job offer at Apple is a sure sign that we may get 3D on our mobile devices yet!  And this is a great step forward especially now that Apple knows that it really has to step up its game.  We all respect that they lost a great leader in Steve Jobs and that all they could really come up with until now were upgrades to the iPhone 4 and iPad.  It makes sense.  But now is the time that they really push things forward and we have no doubt that they will.

Take this ad that they have out, for instance.  They are now looking for a “Computer Vision specialist to strengthn its multi-view stereo research group.”  It goes on to say that the candidate should have a vested interest in “Computer Vision, Image Analysis and 3D geometry.”  And it gets even hotter as we realize that they are looking for an iOS Software Engineer!  All that rolled into one sweet offering to anyone out there who can give us the technology that we all want: at the very least, 3D screens on our mobile devices.

The ad continues to show how one might qualify for the said position with the following text:

To qualify for this position you should have a Ph. D. Degree in a Computer Vision related field such as Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science.  You should be a confident and experienced C programmer.  Most importantly, you should have experience within one or several of the following areas:

Multi-view stereo and 3D reconstruction

Inpainting of occluded geometry and texture data

SLAM

Mesh texturing techniques

Large scale bundle adjustment

Cameras and surfaces in a 3D environment

That last requirement shook us up again.  Of course, we are just end-consumers hoping for the best.  But Apple has been known to give us what we need and rarely what we experiment on.  And this is a good thing!  Sound off in the comments if you think you are qualified for the job so we can push your story if you actually get in Apple.  And let us know what you think Apple is going to do with whoever they hire to fill in these really big shoes.