Apple To Unveil AR/VR Headset At WWDC, Report Says (9to5mac.com) 25
Apple has once again delayed its announcement event for the Apple AR/VR headset. Originally expected to debut in the spring, Bloomberg reports that Apple is now targeting its WWDC conference in June as the new date for the product's unveiling. 9to5Mac reports: That's a delay of two months compared to the previously-rumored April release date. The headset device, likely branded the 'Apple Reality Pro', will represent Apple's first hardware venture in the augmented reality and virtual reality market. The product has been many years in the making, and has faced multiple late-stage hardware and software development setbacks in the run up to launch.
Of course, nothing is set in stone until Apple officially announces the event publicly. But there was strong indications that Apple was originally ramping up for a mid-late 2022 debut. This was then pushed back to January of this year, and then April, and now early summer -- according to Bloomberg. The Bloomberg report says the reason for the latest delay is multi-faceted and both hardware and software issues are to blame.
Of course, nothing is set in stone until Apple officially announces the event publicly. But there was strong indications that Apple was originally ramping up for a mid-late 2022 debut. This was then pushed back to January of this year, and then April, and now early summer -- according to Bloomberg. The Bloomberg report says the reason for the latest delay is multi-faceted and both hardware and software issues are to blame.
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I doubt they want anyone promoting this. Thus far it is a PR disaster with delay after delay after delay, plus the leaks of technical issues and pricing problems.
Would you rather they rushed something to market, just to satisfy the rumor mill?
Need Daily Updates (Score:2)
This is silly getting stories about Apple VR vaporware just once a week for years. I think we need daily updates until the inevitable "Apple FINALLY Releases" article.
And no Apple Car stories this week?
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I keep wondering if the whole thing isn't a hoax just to make Meta waste a huge amount of money trying to compete with vaporware.
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This is silly getting stories about Apple VR vaporware just once a week for years. I think we need daily updates until the inevitable "Apple FINALLY Releases" article.
And no Apple Car stories this week?
Notice that it isn't Apple that has announced any release date for the goggles; or for the car, for that matter!
This is just media circle-jerk.
Deja Vu... (Score:2)
Basically this rumor has come up every year for the past 3 or 4 years at this point. I can't bring myself to assume they will or will not do anything on VR/AR at any specific timeframe now.
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I imagine the purpose of this rumor is to let them keep the appearance they are seriously working on AR. Come June, they'll probably postpone again, until it becomes accepted that the VR/XR/AR wave has passed and no one expects AR of them anymore. A $3K experimental gadget makes little sense for a purely consumer electronics company like Apple.
Re: Deja Vu... (Score:1)
...until it becomes accepted that the VR/XR/AR wave has passed
You're dumb. No, really; you completely lack the ability to extrapolate - it's as if you're lacking* an entire portion of the brain.
*Relax; that just means you're perfectly normal.
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Maybe these messages are being distributed by someone who is making vr/ar equipment, and wants to make it look like a sensible thing to do.
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I can't bring myself to assume they will or will not do anything on VR/AR at any specific timeframe now.
If they're smart, they'll scrap it. VR headset sales are on the decline [variety.com] (paywalled, sorry, I couldn't find a better source).
I acknowledge that Apple sees the writing on the wall with slowing smartphone sales and they're looking for their next cash cow, but I just really don't see VR being it. There's a lot of devices competing for your eyeballs these days, and a compelling case has yet to be made for buying yet another expensive gadget and shuffling around your 2D screen time in order to squeeze VR into t
Correction (Score:2)
Can't delay what hasn't been announced. These are incorrect guesses and corrections by analysts.
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Can't delay what hasn't been announced. These are incorrect guesses and corrections by analysts.
Exactly.
Competition (Score:1)
Competition to Facebook's VR headsets would be appreciated, but just like I don't want to use a FB account to use Oculus, I don't want to be forced to install iTunes to connect my Apple headset to my PC.
oh they are? (Score:3)
Thought that fad died already (again)
Do not release it (Score:2)
It is 4K per eye which is lame. The average human has 20/20 vision which resolves around 60 pixels per degree, which means to see decent visual fidelity you need about 8K per eye. Note, my vision 20/10 is in the top 1% of people, so I would probably need about 10K per eye. I find all the current VR headsets except the Varjo really annoying due to the screen door. Or in the case of HoloLens blurriness. The GPU requirement is a non-issue because a headset with eye-tracking can take advantage of foveated rende
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It is 4K per eye which is lame. The average human has 20/20 vision which resolves around 60 pixels per degree, which means to see decent visual fidelity you need about 8K per eye. Note, my vision 20/10 is in the top 1% of people, so I would probably need about 10K per eye. I find all the current VR headsets except the Varjo really annoying due to the screen door. Or in the case of HoloLens blurriness. The GPU requirement is a non-issue because a headset with eye-tracking can take advantage of foveated rendering tech in which the GPU only needs to render the portion of the screen your eyeball is aimed at. I mean, try to read this entire paragraph without moving your eyeball even slightly. The amount you can read without moving your eye (with some margin) is the portion of the screen that has to be rendered at high resolution each frame.
Oh, you have a spec sheet? Pray tell, how about sharing it!
Or just STFU.
Re: Do not release it (Score:2)
There are enough leaks dude. Just read any gadget blog or tech news site. Those same places have iPhone leaks that turned out accurate so its probable that they are correct about the headset.
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There are enough leaks dude. Just read any gadget blog or tech news site. Those same places have iPhone leaks that turned out accurate so its probable that they are correct about the headset.
It's probably possible; but is it possibly probable?
Dude.
Nah! Release it I say!! (Score:2)
The flagship "Quest Pro" has a round-trip rendering delay of 50 milliseconds, and the display’s refresh rate maxes out at 90Hz.
That means moving your eye faster than 1/20th of a second results in a disorienting blur, on a display that updates only about 4x faster than that round trip speed.
_Meta's_own_testing_, using the most aggressive detail culling mode, results in a GPU performance increase of only about 55 percent. That's pretty far from making GPU performance a "non-issue", I'd say. Foveated r
Its as if they're creating spin for market buzz (Score:2)
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And waiting until their revolving credit terms are optimally timed to their fanboys' appetites.
"You can't have that Apple that you want", said someone who was being very bossy.
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And waiting until their revolving credit terms are optimally timed to their fanboys' appetites.
"You can't have that Apple that you want", said someone who was being very bossy.
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