Apple’s Mixed Reality Headsets May Take Longer to Ship in Mass

December 05, 2022 By Monica Green

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Recent intelligence reveals that mass sales of Apple's highly anticipated mixed-reality headset may be postponed until the second half of 2023, just days after reports that the company may be nearing an announcement. The information was provided by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose connections within Apple's supply chain have previously enabled him to correctly predict other Apple-related news. According to Kuo, the potential delay is the result of "software-related concerns." The Taiwan-based analyst stated that even though Apple would sell the headgear later than anticipated, it might still be unveiled in the first half of 2023 in a thread he shared on Twitter on Sunday, December 4. You need to scan your iris with the Apple AR/VR headset to use it

You need to scan your iris with the Apple AR/VR headset to use it

As noted by MacRumors, Kuo had previously predicted that the tech giant would introduce the headgear in January and begin distributing it in the second quarter of 2023. However, on Sunday, he stated that he was unsure of the status of the January unveil. But if the gadget doesn't debut in January, as now appears likely, Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June would seem like a likely timing for the company to eventually unveil its eagerly anticipated headset. To be clear, Apple has yet to make any formal announcements regarding its headset, which is anticipated to combine technology enabling both augmented reality (AR), which overlays virtual elements on top of the real world that you can see in front of you, and virtual reality (VR), which allows you to explore a virtual world made up of digital and video imagery. However, a number of leaks and statements by Apple CEO Tim Cook have all but confirmed the intention of the tech giant to release its own mixed-reality product in the near future. Apple headset

Following a story on Friday claiming that the operating system powering Apple's mixed-reality headset had been internally renamed to "xrOS" rather than the anticipated nickname "realityOS," Kuo has provided the newest information on the device. According to reports, the "xr" stands for "extended reality," a reference to the device's capacity to function with both VR and AR. The powerful Meta (formerly Facebook), which recently announced its high-end Quest Pro mixed-reality headset and is also investing a significant amount of time and money in creating the metaverse, a virtual world for work and play that you enter via its headsets, is one company that is closely monitoring developments. Check out what happened when a Digital Trends writer switched from his MacBook Air to Meta's Quest Pro for an entire work week to get a sense of the current state of Meta's technology and to obtain some insight into what Apple needs to do to launch with its own headset.

By Monica Green

I am specialised in latest tech and tech discoveries.

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