Vision Pro may be off to a obtuse start , but a new report claims Apple is n’t about to lease it ache for too long . In fact , a more affordable exemplar might be coming next year .
Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman report in thelatest issueof his great power On newssheet that Apple is working on a total of four fresh AR / VR product to complement or replace the Vision Pro , which has been only moderately successful to date .
As ahead of time as next year , Apple will be offering a much more low-priced Vision headset than the Vision Pro , which is currentlyavailablefor $ 3,499 . The toll of the garish manikin should be around $ 2,000 , the price of a properly specced14 - in MacBook Pro . To get down to that monetary value Apple want to make economy on the blind – on both sides of the lenses . For example , the cheaper Vision will have to wield withoutEyeSight , the clever but imperfect feature that projects an image of the wearer ’s optic on an external screen , and it wo n’t match the original model ’s exceptionally high resolution on the internal displays .
Apple also want to slue back on the scrap ; alternatively of an M2 as in the Vision Pro , an iPhone processor such as the current A18 will be used . The ship’s company also want to hold open on materials , but this could have the pleasant side - effect of make the headset lighter .
In a way , this is reminiscent of the iPod ’s evolution 20 years ago : the first models were expensive recess products for Apple ’s core clientele . It was only with the iPod miniskirt in 2004 and even more so with the iPod nano in 2005 that thing really took off . On the other hand , the iPod was also a self - explanatory Cartesian product , and it ’s not always clear why you require a Vision Pro .
Vision Pro 2 coming later, real glasses even later
It may not be betray well in the wide consumer market , but Vision Pro does seem to bepopular among commercial enterprise user . And Apple seems keen to bear on developing the premium manikin for this make out quarry group rather than withdrawing it from the ambit when the tawdry version arrives ( as occur , at least temporarily , to the HomePod when the HomePod miniskirt establish ) . There will be a second - gen Vision Pro at some decimal point .
Gurman admit he does n’t know much about this machine just yet : just that the 2d propagation will be released in 2026 , and use a faster chip . This should be at least an M4 by then , and could even be an M5 . Either way , we should be look at noticeable speeding advantage over the M2 . The new version will also presumptively have 8 GB of tup to defend Apple Intelligence .
finally , however , the mass grocery does not appear specially interested in bulky headset with high - carrying out chips . A more sympathetic prognosis would be a simpler set of AR glasses that can show you movie or biz , pace - by - step routes , or real - fourth dimension translation of conversation . Meta recently present just such a equipment with theOrion , while glasses such as theImiki AR Glasses from Meizucould already be seen in action at IFA .
Apple is clearly lagging behind the market here , but the company is expected to have AR glasses quick for the market by 2027 , which will be able to “ scan the environment around a substance abuser and render useful data , ” not unlike the forthcoming Visual Intelligence features for the iPhone 16 ’s Camera Control clit .
. By that point , Apple should also have established its generative AI scheme , Apple Intelligence . Most iPhones used in three years should then be able to offer functions together with the glasses that the competitor is already promising today , and at low-cost prices .
Ears get eyes
lastly , Gurman cover on a fourth AR / VR Cartesian product that Apple was working on back in the outflow of this year : a newfangled camera - equipped translation of the AirPods . What sounds half-baked at first glance should , however , prove to be utilitarian . Apple has developed a system of rules for the Vision Pro that scan the wearer ’s surroundings and displays utile information . Or in the type of the AirPods , possibly announce it .
The photographic camera - equipped AirPods are not ask to be ready for the market until 2027 , but upcoming feature on the iPhone 16 should offer a foretaste of optical scanning . AirPods with optical detector could also be useful for the acoustical perception of the surround , as Ming - Chi Kuoexplained this summer : AirPods of this sort could recognize more gestures and inflate sound sources that their users point to , for example .
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