TechVRIf this Apple VR headset leak is true, you’re not going to want oneAccording to a new report, the Apple VR headset is going to be more than we expected – and not in a good wayWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechVRIf this Apple VR headset leak is true, you’re not going to want oneAccording to a new report, the Apple VR headset is going to be more than we expected – and not in a good wayWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
According to a new report, the Apple VR headset is going to be more than we expected – and not in a good way
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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According to anew reportfrom The Information, theApple AR/VR headsetis going to surprise a lot of people – and not necessarily in a good way. If you were hoping for a typically sleek and stylishAppleproduct, the first-generation headset may not be the best VR headset for you.
What to expect from the Apple AR/VR headset
According to the report, the design is a mix of aluminium, glass and carbon fibre to keep the weight low. There’s a small Digital Crown on the side to transition between VR and reality, and Apple has made a range of different headbands.
For those of us who wear glasses, Apple has apparently created magnetically attachable prescription lenses – no doubt with a typically Apple price tag.
One of the most interesting details here is the claim that third-party Bluetooth headphones won’t work with the headset, althoughAirPods Pro 2and their successors will; the headset has Apple’s H2 chip, as do the second-generation Pros. The exclusion of third partyearbudsis apparently because Bluetooth is too laggy, and because Apple doesn’t want to put a headphone jack on the headset.
I’m still excited about Apple’s AR/VR plans in the long term, but from what I’m hearing so far this sounds very similar to the first-generationiPhoneoriPad: a device that doesn’t really know what it’s for just yet, and a device whose hardware and features will seem hopelessly primitive in just a few product generations. I don’t think I’ll be queuing up for this one; for now, thePSVR 2sounds like it’ll be much more fun – and a lot cheaper too.
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