Apple's AR/VR Headset May Face Shipping Delay - CNET

Mass shipments of Apple's upcoming augmented world and virtual world headset, expected to beryllium released adjacent year,  may beryllium delayed until the 2nd fractional of 2023 owed to unspecified "software-related issues," according to a accusation shared Sunday by noted Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo.

Shipments of the much-rumored headsets are inactive expected to statesman successful the archetypal fractional of the year, but not astatine the aforesaid measurement antecedently predicted, Kuo wrote successful a series of tweets.

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My latest survey indicates that the wide shipment docket of Apple's MR headset whitethorn hold to 2H23 due to the fact that of software-related issues (vs. the erstwhile estimation of 2Q23).

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) December 4, 2022

Kuo had antecedently reported that the iPhone shaper was looking to vessel 1.5 cardinal units of the face-mounted instrumentality successful 2023 astatine a terms of up to $2,000. Kuo reported successful August that Apple was expected to denote its headset during a January 2023 lawsuit and that the institution has already presented the instrumentality to committee members.

Apple didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Apple's archetypal headset is expected to beryllium pricey: a rumor past twelvemonth suggested the company's archetypal VR headset would beryllium "far much expensive" than different VR products that travel successful nether $900 -- though it's unclear if it would beryllium much exorbitantly priced that the $1,500 Meta Quest Pro.