The headset has had numerous delays and blow in its developing and Gurman notes that , until quite latterly , Apple hoped to bring out it this very calendar month . But this will prove to be the final hold , he reckons , with the troupe set to reveal the equipment in the spring , “ and then get developers up to speed on its software system features [ at WWDC ] in June . On this timeline , the company would then send the merchandise later in the downslope of 2023 . ”
Partly this plan reflects a lack of other prospect for WWDC stage prison term . Gurman says the headset undertaking has sucked in engineering resources from multiple hardware and software department , resulting in iOS 17 and macOS 14 havingfewer new featuresthan expect , many Mac launching plan have been canceled or downgraded , and the iPad and Apple Watch will see no major updates in 2023 . With its free energy focalize so heavily on AR and VR , Apple is putting most of its egg in one field goal , and the case docket for the year is probable to reflect that .
That may seem like a moment of a downer , but there ’s a positive elbow room to look at it . Apple has been working on the headset for a long clock time and must feel the effort has been worthwhile if it ’s ready to give the product its own launch outcome . We know that Cupertino is quite glad to chuck products in sophisticated stage of ontogeny if it does n’t finger they ’re up to snuff , and is under no obligation to hold a spring upshot at all . In other words , there are plenty of reason to feel optimistic : Apple could bring out anentire ecosystem of AR / VR productsrather than just a single headset , which could make this its most significant launching in years .
In the company’syearly rhythm of events and announcements , major production have oftentimes been unveiled in the spring . Thethird - gen iPhone SEdebuted in March 2022 ( the original poser was found at an event in March 2016 ) , while newfangled models of the iPad and iMac were announced in April 2021 . But the spring case is n’t quite as consistent a feature of the calendar as WWDC in June and the iPhone launch in the fall , with several springs in the last ten ( 2013 , 2014 , 2017 , and 2020 ) seeing no outcome at all : not even a practical video presentation .
This year , it seems , Apple has no intention of letting spring overhaul by without some phase time . And no wonder , if the VR / AR headset is as significant as the party hop-skip .
