Mark Gorman, technology journalist bloomberg And a source with a proven track record of anticipating future Apple announcements, reveal The Cupertino company has focused a large number of resources on developing mixed reality glasses. Although the rumors about this device are already several years old, this time Apple will put the developments and updates of other products in the background to focus on this new class of devices.
This equipment, which can cost up to three thousand dollars, about 2800 at the current exchange rate, should be offered in the spring – that is, somewhere between the end of March and the end of June – and the first units should be offered to customers from September.
The device will support content in virtual reality and augmented reality — a combination defined by the industry as mixed reality — and must be configured with the new Apple xrOS operating system. Selected programmers will already be given access to a special presentation of the hardware – known as Reality Pro – in order to start developing applications for that hardware.
As Ming-Chi Kuo, a technology analyst specializing in Apple products, revealed last week, the presentation of this headset seemed likely to the press and the general public in the spring or in June, before the big annual programmers’ conference. WWDC Corporation.
There are many rumors about the potential capabilities and functions of these glasses, which go through iris scanning for identity verification, authentication and automatic payments, a physical switch to ‘off’ VR mode or integration with AirPods Pro that allows ultra-low latency mode on the audio part.
There is still no official confirmation from Apple regarding this information.
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