PostedMay 20, 2022, 7:11 p.m.
The mixed reality headset that the Cupertino company is concocting in its laboratories was presented to the board of directors.
Tim Cook, Apple boss, during a product presentation in March 2022. No public image of the helmet that the firm has been preparing for many years, but the certainty, according to Bloomberg, that the board of directors has been able to l ‘try.
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Apple executives previewed their upcoming mixed reality headset to the company’s board of directors last week, indicating the device’s development has reached an advanced stage, Bloomberg reveals on the basis. from inside sources who asked not to be identified.
The company’s board of directors, made up of eight independent directors and Apple chief executive Tim Cook, meets at least four times a year. A version of the device was presented to the administrators at the last meeting
RV and RA are in a boat
The headset, which combines elements of virtual reality and augmented reality, is Apple’s next big bet. It represents the first new product category since the Apple Watch in 2015 and would propel the tech giant into a still-nascent sector currently dominated by Meta (formerly Facebook).
Apple aims to unveil the headphones as early as the end of the year or next, with a consumer release planned for 2023. The goal was to present it during the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, but content and overheating issues have led to potential delays, Bloomberg reports.
Glasses, later
The headset has advanced processors, comparable to Apple’s latest Macs, and super-high resolution displays. Even though the first model will offer both VR and AR, the company is also working on standalone AR glasses, codenamed N421, which will be released later in the decade. Unlike VR, augmented reality superimposes digital information and images on the real world.
Selon BloombergApple’s headset was originally slated to be unveiled in 2019 and released in 2020. Apple then considered announcing it in 2021 before a 2022 release, before delaying those plans again until later in 2022 or 2023.