New reports suggest that prototype models of Apple’s mixed world headset are present successful third-party developers’ hands.
Speaking successful his latest column, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed that “a tiny fig of high-profile bundle developers” person received prototype hardware for testing. Gurman states that adjacent though Apple’s inactive resolving “many kinks” with the hardware, bundle and services, that’s been done truthful developers tin statesman moving connected third-party apps.
Elaborating further, Gurman states that Apple primitively planned to unveil the long-awaited headset this month, which is present expected successful Spring earlier the yearly Worldwide Developers Conference. Reportedly, Apple’s existent program involves getting developers “up to speed” with its bundle features successful June and yet shipping the headset successful Fall 2023. If true, that backs up TF International Securities expert Ming-Chi Kuo’s caller claims, who advised past period that Apple’s headset faces delays into precocious 2023.
This follows reports that elaborate alleged specifications of Apple’s upcoming headset, which reportedly runs connected the xrOS operating system. According to The Information, the upcoming headset includes dual 4K OLED microdisplays paired with 120-degree field-of-view lenses, automatic IPD adjustment, LiDAR extent sensors, and enactment for second-generation AirPods Pro. The headset is said to beryllium powered by an M2 chipset with a secondary ISP (image awesome processor) and features “more than a dozen” cameras and sensors for facial, eye, hands and limb tracking.
Gurman doesn’t halt with Apple’s headset, however. He besides claims that Apple’s moving connected an updated mentation of the Apple Store app for its retail stores, which would activate AR capabilities upon entering a supported location. However, there’s nary imaginable timeframe for this update.