Apple reportedly freezes hiring except for R&D

Apple has reportedly paused hiring across its department except for research & development to help reduce its budget. The company is said to be looking for ways to cut spending as it anticipates a slow holiday period. The freeze won't affect teams working on future devices or long-term projects. But it will affect corporate functions and standard hardware and software roles. Apple will also still hire in some departments if the circumstances require it. 

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Apple reportedly hires Meta's AR public relations head

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Apple has been rumoured to be working on an augmented reality headset. And the latest rumour about this project is it gets a new public relations head. According to Mark Gurman's Power On newsletter, Apple supposedly hired Meta's AR public relations lead, Andrea Schubert.

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Apple is looking to hire someone to guide the development of its health products

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If one of the newest job listings from the company is any indication, Apple is looking to develop more health-related features for its existing lineup—and potentially develop new products. The company is in the process of hiring a clinical producer that will be in charge of the "overall development of health products" while in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The role calls for partnerships with clinicians to identify the critical areas of focus for Apple's products, technologies, and potential for customer impact. The new position requires 5+ years of experience in the health care industry, preferably those in regulated medical products and/or digital health products, with a proven track record of driving product development from concept to launch. As My Healthy Apple reported, the company has been adding new positions related to healthcare, including cardiologists, health sensing engineers, and more.

Founder of VR content startup Jaunt joins Apple

Arthur van Hoff (left) joins Apple as senior architect for unnamed team

Apple might be making strides towards improving its augmented reality plans with one of its latest hires. The company recently brought onboard Jaunt founder Arthur van Hoff to become the senior architect for an unnamed team. Jaunt specializes in virtual reality content. And van Hoff has history working with multi-camera systems and creating content for VR and AR as well as capturing 3D images with depth-sensing cameras. He has helped the company shift to AR until he left in December 2018. He’s brought to the company a couple of months after HoloLens co-creator Avi Bar-Zeev left following three years of work on a rumoured AR headset.

We can’t say if van Hoff will be picking up that work. But some have reported that Apple also has plans to add laser-assisted cameras into the iPhone for capturing depth data and van Hoff could lend his expertise there. Only time will tell what the Jaunt founder can bring to the company.

Source: Engadget