The release of Apple’s augmented reality headset would be postponed

Apple plans to possibly postpone the marketing of its virtual reality headset
a few months, due to technical problems.

Apple has been keeping us in suspense for several years now with its very first mixed reality device. The product was to be presented by the company in June 2022 during WWDC, but due to constraints related to product overheating, software and cameras, Apple is forced to postpone this release.

Apple’s big bet

Since Tim Cook took over the reins of Apple, the Apple brand has continued to push the boundaries of technology by developing major products such as the iPhone, iPad and MacBook. Subject of rumors and expected for a long time, the virtual reality headset from Apple will be the first major product developed by the firm since the Apple Watch released in 2015. This high-end device would be a mix between virtual reality and augmented reality.

This device would be equipped with fifteen cameras, eight of which replicate the external environment for a truer-than-life immersion. The other cameras would be used to capture movement and allow interaction. This new mixed technology represents a major product of Apple, which aims to eventually replace the iPhone within a decade, but it seems that the production launch of these cameras is expected in the second quarter of this year at the earliest. .

A new jewel still not on the market

According to an anonymous source, this device was to be unveiled in June 2022, then to be marketed at the end of the year. However, technical problems thwarted the firm’s plans. In particular, the device would suffer from an overheating problem which would be the cause of the delay in the development of the VR headset. According to Mark Gurman, a reporter from Bloomberg, two high-end processors integrated into the device would be problematic, one of them equivalent to the M1 Pro chip of the latest Apple Macbook Pro. This already gives an idea of ​​the power of this product.

Faced with this thermal challenge, former Apple design chief Jony Ive considered the idea of ​​placing the ultra-powerful processors in question on an external device to reduce overheating problems. The device would have been responsible for transmitting data to the wireless VR headset. This strategy has since been abandoned by Apple, deemed impractical.

Source: Bloomberg