by What will be Apple’s first headset, which combines virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, will not require an iPhone for setup and use, Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman recently commented.
In this sense, just a few days ago the analyst announced that the company would postpone the presentation of the helmet from next April to June, according to sources related to the company.
Gurman brought this new date forward just a few days after another analyst, Ming Chi-Kuo, announced that Apple had been forced to present its product later than expected due to “difficulties related to the ‘software’”.
In his regular ‘Power On’ newsletter, Gurman now asserted that the headset will not require an iPhone for setup or use. “The latest test builds of the device and its built-in xrOS operating system can be set up without an iPhone and download the user’s iCloud content and data directly from the cloud,” he said.
Although this viewer will be independent of the ‘smartphone’, users will be able to transfer their data from an iPhone or iPadjust like you can currently do when setting up a new device.
Gurman said, on the other hand, that unlike other viewers with these characteristics, The one currently being developed by Apple will not have a remote control, but users will be able to operate it “with their eyes and hands.””.
It has also introduced the concept of “typing in the air”, as shown by the latest prototypes, although at the moment the company has not fully developed this feature and “an iPhone may need to be paired to use the touch keyboard” initially.
Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset Release Will Be Delayed, Was It Glitchy?
The release of Apple’s Mixed Reality (MR) headset, which was scheduled to be released in January 2023, will be delayed due to “software-related difficulties”, Therefore, its arrival on the market will not take place until the second half of next year, as the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has pointed out.
The US company has been preparing for the arrival of his first smart glasseswhich will include the realityOS operating system, recently internally renamed xrOS.
This device will bring together the experiences of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) and its launch will mean the introduction of a new product category in the company’s catalog since 2015, when they presented the Apple Watch.
However, this imminent release was thwarted by complications with the software that integrates. This has been reported by Ming-Chi Kuo, who has commented that the schedule for massive shipments of the iPhone manufacturer’s viewer may be delayed due to these problems with its programs.
Along those same lines, Kuo also suggested that it may be delayed as well. the viewer presentation conference due to this problem with your viewer software. In addition, he commented that if the time between the conference and the market launch of the products is “too long”, it will cause negative results in the promotion and sales of the product.
In other words, if Apple decides to keep the presentation in January, as already planned, and the viewers reach users in the second half of 2023, the time lag will be counterproductive, as Ming-Chi Kuo explained in a post. .
Likewise, the analyst highlighted that, due to this delay in the shipping schedule, viewer sales forecast may be less than 500,000 units during the year 2023instead of the 800,000 or more million units that the company would have planned to sell.
The extended reality headset It will be priced between $2,000 and $3,000., as reported a few days ago by ‘Bloomberg’ journalist Mark Gurman. This device will include more than 10 cameras, as well as high-resolution screens.
In addition, as Gurman pointed out in his ‘Power On’ newsletter, Apple would be working on creating specific content for this product, such as a three-dimensional (3D) video service to play in virtual reality or a 3D world of reality. mixed.
*With information from Europa Press.
