A recent report suggested that an Apple mixed-reality headset would be the Mac Pro of virtual reality devices, priced at a level where the company would expect to sell just one unit a day through the Apple Store.
A new report claims to have more specific details, including 8K ultra-high resolution screens and a price tag around $ 3,000 …
Apple’s known interest in this field has so far focused more on augmented reality (AR) than on virtual reality (VR), but recent reports point to a mixed reality device, which would be primarily VR, but including some elements of the world real.
The information cites an unidentified source “with direct knowledge” of the device.
A mixed reality headset that Apple is developing will be equipped with more than a dozen cameras to track hand movements and show real-world video to the people who use it, along with ultra-high resolution 8K screens and advanced technology for eye tracking technology, according to a person with direct knowledge of the device […]
The inclusion of two 8K monitors in the headset would make its image quality far superior to that of other consumer headphones – and even most high-end televisions, which cost thousands of dollars at 8K resolution. Apple has worked for years on technology that uses eye tracking to fully render just parts of the screen the user is looking at. This would allow the headset to show lower quality graphics in the user’s peripheral view and reduce the computing needs of the device, according to people with knowledge of the efforts. […]
Among the biggest risks is the price of the device, which is likely to cost much more than $ 300 to $ 1,000 for Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality headsets and others. Last year, Apple internally discussed the price of the product at around $ 3,000, more than the starting price of the company’s next-generation laptops, but around the $ 3,500 that Microsoft charges for its headset. mixed reality, HoloLens, according to a person with direct knowledge of the device.
This price suggests that it will not be launched to consumers, but mainly to companies. This is the market that Microsoft aims at with the Hololens.
Increase productivity and reduce travel-related costs. Increase employee satisfaction through remote collaboration, with both hands free to complete tasks.
Help employees with hands-on learning new skills faster, while improving training processes using new interactive methods.
Increase employee productivity and sales by viewing your project or 3D sales-related assets as holograms in the real world.
Get reduced error rates and increased employee productivity through automatic recognition of physical objects. Visualize related contextual data, while having full access to your physical environment and incorporating AI to extend beyond human capabilities.
However, the long piece also suggests game apps.
The website says that the rendering above is based on images of a prototype you saw. Regarding the real style, the AirPods Max recently launched by the company may provide some clues.
Information saw Apple’s internal images of a prototype in an advanced stage last year, which shows a curved and elegant visor attached to the face by mesh material and exchangeable headbands. An artist’s rendering based on the headset images and created by The Information appears below.
Apple probably sees the device as a stepping stone to a consumer AR product that has been widely dubbed Apple glasses.
Apple is also working on a pair of lightweight smart glasses designed to overlay virtual objects in a person’s view of the real world, as The Information previously reported. This device is still years away from launch and faces major technological obstacles. In October 2019, Apple told employees that it expected to ship the headset in 2022 and the glasses by 2023.
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