Will replace iPhone in the future! Apple AR/VR headset will be released in spring: prototype has been distributed

The recent dispute between Luo Yonghao and investors has attracted a lot of attention, but Luo Yonghao still keeps a low profile and simply responded to the matter, and still did not disclose any information about the new company or new products.

However, Luo Yonghao has previously publicly stated that he will make AR/VR and other products, claiming to be the next generation platform for mobile phones.

Coincidentally, Apple has also been planning AR/VR products, and CEO Cook has also said that it will replace the iPhone in the future.

According to a report by Mark Gurman in the latest issue of his Power On newsletter, Apple plans to announce the long-awaited AR/VR headset this spring, before the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Equipment products.

The device will go on sale later in the fall of 2023, in line with Ming-Chi Kuo’s predicted timeline.

Gurman said that prototypes of the headset have been distributed to a small number of developers for testing, but he said that the device is far from complete and Apple still needs to solve several "issues" in the hardware and software.

According to him, the focus of the Apple engineering team has now shifted to xrOS, which has even led to the scale of the iOS 17 update internally codenamed "Dawn" to be "much smaller than expected."

Previous news said that this AR/MR headset will be the most complex product ever designed by Apple. It has an ultra-high-resolution 8K display and advanced eye-tracking technology, and is equipped with up to 15 cameras to accurately detect Eyeball recognition and tracking, etc.

Because Apple has put so much effort into it, the price of the device is also very "touching." Analysts predict that the price of Apple's AR/MR headset is expected to be US$2,000-2,500 or more, which is approximately RMB 13,500 to 17,000. .