There has been talk for a long time about the future augmented and virtual reality headset from Apple. Now when it looks like the launch is getting closer, the number of rumors increases and with increasingly precise informationBoth the hardware and its specifications and the launch itself.
Rumors that we’ll soon be out of doubt
Let’s start with the hardware. Analyst Ross Young has tweeted a report in which it indicates that Apple’s augmented or virtual reality headset will be launched with a three-screen configuration. According to Young, the configuration of this headset will include two micro-OLED displays and an AMOLED panel.
We expect micro-OLED displays to be used as the primary displays. Meanwhile, the AMOLED panel, with considerably lower pixel density, could be used to add context in the form of peripheral vision
Sony, which would be responsible for manufacturing the micro-LED panels, recently showed us a 4,000-pixel-per-inch 4K display designed for virtual / augmented reality headsets. According to Young, Sony would have developed this technology especially for Apple and that would represent a steep price for the device, reaching around $ 3,000 per headset.
Up to $ 3,000, three screens and a low starting stock.
Young affirms that it will be this year 2022 that we will finally see the virtual / augmented reality headset presented. A prediction shared by Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5mac), which also specifies that it will be necessary to wait a few more months, since the device would have been “postponed until the end of 2022”
With these dates we would talk that this future virtual / augmented reality headset would arrive around November or December 2022. This can lead us to think of a specific event for the launch of this supposed device. An event after the traditional iPhone launch, which takes place in September. Whether we’ll see it as an exclusive event or part of a One Last Thing in another presentation, it’s already something we’ll have to wait and see in the fall.
It is true that we have been talking about Apple’s virtual / augmented reality headset for many months. Initially it was glasses, the Apple Glass, but it looks like at the end we will start the tour with something like a development kit with which those most interested in virtual and augmented reality will be able to equip this device with the software necessary for an attractive commercial launch for the general public.
With so many rumors around, it’s easy to get carried away with skepticism, but it’s worth looking at the number of different sources coinciding in the launch of this device. Sources that come both from the supply chain and from Apple Park itself, which gives more and more reliability to the predictions. Even if we will have to wait a few more months, what is clear is that when the river rings water it carries away, even if it is a river seen in virtual reality.
