Kuo: Apple's mixed-reality headset will be announced this spring at the earliest - CNBC

Apple's long-awaited mixed world headset could beryllium announced arsenic soon arsenic this spring, apical Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo said connected Twitter recently.

Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple expert astatine TF International, had initially predicted successful June 2022 that Apple would denote a mixed-reality headset by the extremity of January 2023. But connected Thursday, the wide respected expert shared that helium believes Apple volition postpone "mass shipment" of immoderate merchandise to the 2nd oregon 3rd 4th of 2023, citing a operation of mechanical and bundle issues.

Kuo anticipates an announcement occurring successful a "spring media lawsuit oregon WWDC based connected existent improvement progress." WWDC is Apple's yearly developer conference, typically held successful June.

Whenever it arrives, the merchandise would make contiguous contention for Meta, formerly Facebook, which is focused connected building a integer satellite called the metaverse and sells its ain Meta-branded virtual world headsets.

Apple's headset is expected to outgo betwixt $2,000 and $3,000 and volition boast implicit 10 cameras connected the exterior and interior of the device, according to Bloomberg. The mixed-reality instrumentality volition tally connected an operating strategy called xrOS, with mixed-reality adaptions of Apple's Messages, FaceTime, and Maps apps, according to Bloomberg.

An announcement during WWDC makes consciousness if the institution wants to amusement disconnected the headset with the latest bundle tools that developers volition usage to physique apps for it. WWDC is wherever Apple unveils the yearly bundle updates and immoderate caller features for iPhones, iPads, Macs, the Apple Watch and more, and it has breakout sessions wherever developers tin larn astir the latest ways to integrate their apps into Apple's hardware.

Kuo has breached scoops connected Apple merchandise releases before, including quality connected the size and plan of the iPhone X successful 2016 earlier the merchandise launched. The Apple expert besides predicted the arguable nonaccomplishment of the headphone jack successful the iPhone 7 series.

Apple did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.