Apple

Founded in Steve Job’s garage along with Steve Wozniak Apple Computers was a forerunner in personal computers with their Apple I and Apple II machines. Apple innovated with graphical user interfaces as seen on the original Macintosh computer. In 2007 Apple released the original iPhone ushering a new age of smartphones and mobile computing. As of August 2018, Apple became the first American company to reach a valuation of 1 trillion dollars. Apple released ARKit in 2017, an augmented reality software development kit for iOS devices making it easier than ever for iOS developers to create AR applications. Recently Apple has acquired augmented reality technology companies and Tim Cook has stated Apple is putting “a lot of energy on AR”.