New report, new date for Apple’s mixed reality headset: it seems that it cannot arrive before 2023. The Apple would not have time to announce the device neither at WWDC 2022 nor at the end of the year.
Apple, the headset for mixed reality does not arrive until 2023
The Cupertino-based company hadn’t announced the release by this year, so talking about a delay would be inappropriate. On the contrary, Apple never even talked about a headset for mixed reality (XR: virtual and augmented reality together). But for over a year now the rumors have followed one another and originally it was thought he could be the guest of honor at the WWDC 2022. But it seems that this will not be the case.
Sources consulted by 9to5Mac (Jeff Could of Haitong International Securities) report a postponement to the first quarter of 2023. According to the analyst, Apple expects to sell between one million and one and a half million units within the first year. But she wants to be ready for launch.
The device is expected to have a chip developed directly by Apple, something Apple is extending to every product range. A processor capable of handling among other things ten different sensors, including cameras. Let’s talk about coordinating procurement with companies like Sony, Will Semi e Sunny Opticalwithout considering the companies that will assemble the device for Apple.
This announcement confirms what was announced by Mark Gurman, which warns that we will not see the device at WWDC 2022 in all likelihood. But Ming–Chi Kuo predicted the possibility of a launch in late 2022.
At the moment there are no certainties but the launch window could concern the end of this year and the beginning of the next. Apple does not want to miss anything in the launch, especially because the product should cost from $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 according to rumors. So we will have to wait a little longer to find out all the details of the viewer with the Apple.