high-end, expensive, niche product
that would appeal to developers and
well-heeled consumers, preparing
everyone for an eventual mass-market
AR glasses product.
The headset, code-named N301,
is expected to be more expensive
than VR products from Oculus, so
much so that Apple may only sell a
single unit a day per Apple Store. That
works out to less than 200,000 units
for the year, putting it in the same
rarefied air as the Mac Pro.
The headset is said to include some
of Apple’s most powerful chips (some
even faster than the M1), along with
displays that are higher-resolution than
those found in competing devices. It has
external cameras for ‘some AR features’
and hand-tracking, with Apple even
testing the ability for users to type in
the air for text input. It has also been
designed with a fan, which may be a
challenge in a VR headset. Gurman
says the headset is in the prototype
stage and plans can change or even
be scrapped entirely before launch,
which could be as soon as next year.
The headset is meant as a
precursor to the company’s AR
glasses, code-named N421, which
are in an earlier ‘architecture’ stage
of development and not expected to
launch for several years.
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