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| Apple towards a new date for the launch of the exciting glasses |
Previous reports predicted that the American technology giant Apple would launch its first products in virtual reality and augmented reality technology in the first quarter of 2023.
Yesterday, Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst known for his accurate Apple leaks, came out and said that the launch of the glasses, which should be called Apple Reality Pro, has been delayed due to some Apple issues. Optimize the operating system.
A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Apple is renaming the glasses operating system to xrOS, indicating that the glasses will support extended reality technology, which includes virtual reality and virtual reality. Along with augmented reality.
According to Kuo, Apple is still working on fixing vulnerabilities in xrOS, which will delay mass shipments of the product, which are expected to begin in the second half of 2023. While this shouldn't affect the actual launch of the product, it could . This affects the availability of the product in the market.
Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a series of tweets, “It is estimated that shipments of Apple's mixed reality headsets could be less than 500,000 units in 2023, below the market consensus of 800,000 to 1.2 million units.” January 2023 has been delayed.
Although Apple has already announced the product and will launch it in a few weeks, Kuo believes that the company may not launch the Reality Pro glasses in January 2023 as it is still too early to assess the possibility of delays considering massive deliveries. Too early. Producer.
Much like the AirPods Max, the Reality Pro glasses are said to be a premium product, and the company is expected to ship about half a million pairs in 2023.
Kuo previously said that the glasses will feature advanced gestures and environmental tracking of objects thanks to four sets of 3D sensors and 15 cameras spread across them, and will also feature a 4K OLED screen. The first generation of Apple Glasses could be very expensive, with prices ranging from $2,000 to $3,000.
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Therefore, the delay in mass shipment of this product may hurt optical industry's near-term market sentiment. Major suppliers of Apple MR headset optical suppliers include Largan (lens), Genius (Pancake), Cowell (camera module), Primax (eyeball tracking module), etc.