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We’ve been trackingApple AR/VR headsetrumours for months now, including recent reports that it’ll be smarter and lighter than theMeta Quest Pro. But according toBloomberg’sMark Gurman, one thing it won’t be is cheaper. TheAppleAR/VR headset, which may be called Reality Pro or Reality One, will cost more than a Mac.
There’s a reason for that. It’s packed with seriously expensive tech, making it more powerful than many Macs too.
Apple AR/VR headset: what it’ll cost and why
According to Gurman and many other reports, the first Apple AR/VR headset will be considerably more premium than the one most of us will end up buying. The price is going to be somewhere between $2,000 and $3,000, and likely to be slightly more in other territories because of the strong dollar.
But while there’s the usual hefty Apple profit margin here, the spec is still impressive. The headset will have a Mac-equivalent M2 chip, just like the currentMacBook Proand theiPad Pro, and Gurman says it’ll sport more than 10 cameras inside and outside plus “the highest resolution displays ever featured in a mass-market headset”.
Gurman adds that the Reality OS will include fancy versions of apps such as Messages, FaceTime and Maps, and the first version of the OS is now almost complete. Apple is also working on a 3D video service, and may even be working on a VR world that’s in the same vein as Meta’s Horizon Worlds but not rubbish. Apparently “metaverse' is a word Apple’s marketing people will never use.
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