Apple likely still not confident about its mixed reality headset, may not announce it at WWDC 2023

Apple`s mixed-truth headset has been rumoured to be withinside the works for a protracted time, and a brand new document counseled that the organization can also additionally ultimately unveil the tool at the approaching WWDC June five event. Now, awesome Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has reliably leaked Apple-associated info and tendencies withinside the past, claims the mixed-truth headset can be unveiled in Q3 2023 because the organization is "now no longer being very positive concerning the marketplace comments to the AR/MR headset." Even the New York Times mentioned in advance this month that Apple personnel have been unconvinced with the aid of using the product because of its fee and timing. Apple's mixed-truth headset will reportedly value approximately $3,000 (more or less Rs 2 lakh).

Apple's mixed-truth headset is stated to be the stepping stone for the organization's large plan to update iPhones. When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, it quick made the organization's track player, iPod, obsolete. The mixed-truth headset is predicted to be step one closer to Apple's highly-predicted AR glasses. A mixed-truth headset combines the competencies of digital truth (VR) and augmented truth (AR), which resembles ski goggles. The product can display facts at the glasses and basically objectives to update smartphones.

In the tweet, Kuo writes, "Because Apple is not very positive approximately the AR/MR headset statement recreating the astounding 'iPhone moment,' the mass manufacturing agenda for meeting has been driven returned with the aid of using every other 1-2 months to mid-to-overdue 3Q23. The postpone additionally provides uncertainty to whether or not the brand new tool will seem at WWDC 2023, because the marketplace extensively expects. Furthermore, because of the postpone in mass manufacturing for meeting, the cargo forecast this 12 months is most effective 200,000 to 300,000 devices, decrease than the marketplace consensus of 500,000 devices or more."

Kuo's tweet approximately cargo additionally shows worries associated with manufacturing and Apple's bad anticipation of the sale. Apple mixed-truth headset will reportedly consist of a custom SoC (system-over-chip) just like M1/M2 at the latest Macs, an A16 Bionic chipset on iPhone 14 Pros, and an S7 chip on Apple smartwatches. The superior goggles will consist of custom glasses for clients with a prescription. Additionally, the organization can also additionally use a carbon fibre frame to make certain a light-weight design.

Therefore, the organization will probable face setbacks because of the headset's excessive fee, specially amid bad macroeconomic conditions. The marketplace reception for AR/VR headsets has been lukewarm. Some VR headset manufacturers, like Microsoft's HoloLens division, have additionally laid off human beings to reduce expenses.

However, it's also feasible that Apple is pushing the presentation to September to coincide with the release of latest iPhones. Unveiling the mixed-truth headset along iPhones may want to ship a broader message to the hundreds that the future (or replacement) of smartphones has arrived.