Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset Imaginative and prescient Professional final yr on the Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC). It has been over a yr because the official launch and greater than six months since Apple shipped the product. In accordance with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is at the moment engaged on extra merchandise that use the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s expertise to compete with Meta. The Cupertino-based firm is reportedly contemplating introducing a Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses rival in 2027. It might additionally launch a pair of AirPods with cameras.
Apple Engaged on Further Imaginative and prescient-Based mostly Merchandise
Within the newest version of his Energy On publication, Mark Gurman states that Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Merchandise Group is engaged on at the least 4 new gadgets. Apple is contemplating launching new sensible glasses in 2027 much like the Meta Ray-Ban (Assessment). Alongside the glasses, the crew reportedly eyes to carry out AirPods with cameras.
The report notes that Apple is trying to salvage the billions of {dollars} spent on the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s visible intelligence expertise. Apple is aiming to carry Imaginative and prescient Professional’s potential to detect the atmosphere round a person and provide helpful information to extra merchandise. These have additionally been rumoured prior to now.
Additional, Gurman states that Apple will launch a lower-end model of the Imaginative and prescient headset as early as subsequent yr with a price ticket of round $2,000 (roughly Rs. 1,68,000). It’s anticipated to run on a much less highly effective processor and may very well be made from cheaper supplies. The unique Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional’s worth begins at $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,90,000) and is obtainable in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage configurations.
This inexpensive Imaginative and prescient headset is not going to embody the EyeSight function. The second-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional geared up with a sooner chip will reportedly arrive in 2026. With the cheaper price, Apple is anticipating unit gross sales of the brand new machine to be at the least double in comparison with the Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional was introduced in June 2023 on the Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC). The headset runs on the visionOS working system and helps each augmented actuality (AR) and digital actuality (VR) applied sciences. It’s at the moment up on the market in varied nations together with the US, China, Europe, and Japan. It runs on Apple’s M2 processor and an R1 chip.
