TechVRApple’s AR glasses haven’t been cancelled. Here’s whyOf course Apple is working on a headset first. AR glasses are a long-term playWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechVRApple’s AR glasses haven’t been cancelled. Here’s whyOf course Apple is working on a headset first. AR glasses are a long-term playWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Of course Apple is working on a headset first. AR glasses are a long-term play
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple Stock)
(Image credit: Apple Stock)
A newreportclaims thatApplehas canned its plans for augmented reality glasses, preferring instead to concentrate on itsAR/VR headset. According to the usually reliable Bloomberg, Apple planned to release the AR glasses in 2023, put them back to 2025 and then decided not to make them at all – confirming the views of some unnamed Apple employees who don’t believe that Apple will ever make AR specs.
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The most likely explanation for what’s going on here is that Apple is indeed making an AR/VR headset that at least resembles some of the current AR/VR crop such as theHTC VIVE XR Eliteor theMeta Quest Pro, and that in the very long term it hopes to bring an evolution of that tech to AR glasses too.
I think it’s important to look at the history of Apple’s flagship products here. When Steve Jobs unveiled theiPhone, apps weren’t a thing (even 3G wasn’t a thing). When he unveiled theiPad, it was pretty clear that while it was clearly cool, Apple wasn’t entirely sure what it was for. It took a while for theApple Watchto find its groove. And so on.
I suspect we’re going to see the same with the Apple AR/VR headset. The first version is likely to, ahem, Think Different from rivals – but like the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch I think it’ll take a few generations before Apple really nails it, let alone finds a way of putting it into normal specs. For the next few years at least, I’ll see you in SpecSavers.
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