Apple WWDC 2022 is happening this week, but at the keynote, the company decided to skip sharing details about its AR/VR headset. Now, Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that Apple may host another media event early next year to launch its first AR/VR headset on the market.
So, according to Kuo, we won’t see a mixed reality (MR) headset from Apple until next year, which is closer to what other reports have estimated.
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I believe Apple’s AR/MR headset shipping date will be postponed to 2Q23 (versus 1Q23 of market consensus) as Shanghai lockdown stifles growth. As expected, there was no clue for an AR/MR headset at WWDC 2022. Here’s my prediction for the Apple AR/MR headset schedule.— ming-chi kuo (@mingchikuo) 7 June 2022
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Apple will have another event for the iPhone later this year, and it looks like the company isn’t too keen on stealing the limelight from its new iPhone models by offering a headset, which is understandable.
Kuo suggests that the ongoing COVID lockdown in China has forced Apple to delay its production plans for the MR headset this year. Furthermore, it seems that Apple has pushed its development plans for the product as well.
Keeping all this in mind, the headset is most likely to make its world debut next year. Kuo believes that the launch event of the MR headset will take place in January 2023 and the company will plan to ship the developer units a few weeks after the launch.
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He also mentioned that the sale of the Apple MR headset is not expected before Q2 2023, and Apple may possibly finalize WWDC 2023 as the ideal timeline for its sale in the market. Given that we didn’t hear anything about the headset at this year’s Apple WWDC 2022 keynote, the company may have a lot to share about the hardware and the alleged RealityOS platform powering the device.
Kuo has generally been accurate with his estimates, but even so, we’d love to wait a while before getting excited about these new details.
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