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Apple Delays Cut-price Vision Headset Until 2027, Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo Says

(Monday November 04, 2024 @11:50AM (msmash) from the how-about-that dept.)


Apple has scrapped plans for a budget mixed-reality headset initially slated for 2025, [1]pushing the launch to 2027 , according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The company will instead focus on releasing an upgraded Vision Pro next year featuring its M5 chip and enhanced AI capabilities, he said. The canceled lower-cost model would have stripped features like EyeSight and used cheaper components to target mainstream consumers.



[1] https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/1853045198416490806


Whaat? (Score:2)

by backslashdot ( 95548 )

Are they stupid? The AVP weighs the equivalent of one ton sitting on your nose area. so that's a hell fuck no, to a fat bitch sitting on my face. Unless they figure out how to put the CPU and fan stuff with the battery instead of on your face .. hell fuck no.

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by geekmux ( 1040042 )

> Are they stupid? The AVP weighs the equivalent of one ton sitting on your nose area. so that's a hell fuck no, to a fat bitch sitting on my face. Unless they figure out how to put the CPU and fan stuff with the battery instead of on your face .. hell fuck no.

The new iFaceRest AVP accessory is coming to an Apple Store near you.

It'll be just like those fancy face rests you find on massage tables. Except it’ll be much bigger. To accommodate the iPriceTag.

(Remember kids. Gravity matters. Friends don’t let friends suffocate like that..unless you got like 20 million followers.)

Re: (Score:2)

by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

It's just a bad idea in general. A screen in your glasses has some utility, but beyond that it's gimmicks and potential future applications that are many years away from being usable. And even the screen will suck as soon as eye surgery gets really good and affordable.

Too bad... (Score:1)

by cayenne8 ( 626475 )

If they put out a model that kept a lot of the high tech stuff I'd USE....and dropped that stupid external "eyesight" set up...I figure that would have cut the cost down to where I'd jump on board.....

Re: (Score:2)

by backslashdot ( 95548 )

Exactly, they made it weigh a ton for no justifiable reason. The outer display is stupid.

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by thegarbz ( 1787294 )

Not quite. It'll weigh the same regardless because the fucking braindead Eyesight system is dumber only than the idea of teetering yourself to a hip mounted battery. You can guarantee that if the Eyesight system is remove the battery will also be placed back on the headset and the headset will still weigh just as much.

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by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

Some people like VR games, but the main application is porn. As soon as someone invents a groin attachment it's going to explode, pun intended.

AR isn't something anyone really wants, outside of a few niche areas that are still years away from being practical.

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