Apple Vision AR/VR headset could be pricey but powerful

(Pocket-lint) - Apple's AR/VR headset has been tipped to beryllium considerably much costly than rival devices erstwhile it yet arrives. But, arsenic a trade-off, it is besides expected to beryllium packed with almighty tech.

Apple adept Mark Gurman of Bloomberg has written successful his latest occurrence of the Power On newsletter that helium believes the instrumentality volition astir lilkely beryllium called Apple Vision, though it could besides extremity up with the sanction Apple Reality oregon Apple Sight.

He has besides explained wherefore it is apt to outgo implicit $2,000: "Apple typically charges a spot much than its competitors for products, locking successful margins that person helped it go 1 of the astir profitable consumer-electronics companies ever," helium writes.

"The caller headset won’t beryllium an exception, but the main crushed wherefore the institution has discussed terms points supra $2,000 is due to the fact that of immoderate of its interior technologies."

One of the technologies, helium posts, is an M1 Pro-style chipset: "I'd expect 2 processors wrong of the device, including 1 connected par with the M1 Pro successful the MacBook Pro. Combine that with aggregate displays - including super-high-resolution 8K panels - an interchangeable medicine lens enactment and precocious audio technology, and the costs adhd up.

"The main crushed for going with an M1 Pro implicit an M1 isn’t CPU speeds. It’s the request for much precocious graphics. As you whitethorn know, the M1 has an eight-core GPU, whereas the M1 Pro has 14 to 16 graphics cores."

He ends his commentary connected Apple Vision (or immoderate the headset ends up being called) by saying it'll apt beryllium announced successful the adjacent twelvemonth oregon so.

Famed expert Ming-Chi Kuo went 1 amended past November. He claimed that it'll archetypal look precocious 2022.

Writing by Rik Henderson.