The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset. This headset should go into production in the second half of 2025, so realistically be available in 2026.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

The reason is the one I’ve already reported in this newsletter a few weeks ago: after the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro, Samsung has been caught a bit off guard by the announced features and it is now trying to power up its headset so that it will be able to properly compete with Apple’s device.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. According to a recent report, the successor of the first Vision Pro may come in 2026 and have a price comprised between $1500 and $2500. What a time to be alive!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Instead, Meta appears to be continuing its march to reach the masses with mixed reality, acting as the lower-cost foil to Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro—an emerging XR competition with battle lines that are still unclear. – – — – – A recent report from The Information maintains Meta may launch a Quest 4 sometime in 2026 , which will give us a better (..)

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Qualcomm just shot over a brief note this morning, announcing that the company has signed an extended agreement with Apple to supply 5G modem-RF chips for their smartphones and other products that will be released in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. billion by 2026. The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. billion and was estimated to touch US$88.4

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. According to a new rumor, Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back from 2024 to 2025–26. Especially for Apple, which is not interested in releasing devkits, but in shipping devices that appeal to the masses.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Each lens the firm is developing is as thin as a medical lens, with the firm forecasting it will design a “perfect all-in-one smart contact lens” in 2026 – presumably with XR features, as shown at MWC 2024. Thanks to the Apple Vision Pro and original leaders in immersive contact lenses, there are more eyes on the space.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

Reuters reports that Snap Inc, now publicly traded since 2017, plans to raise $1 billion in short-term debt by offering convertible senior notes that will mature in 2026, to be paid back in cash, stock, or a combination of both. “We

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 22, 2024

Meta is reportedly planning to release its Meta Quest 4 headset in 2026 and a competitor to the Vision Pro in 2027. It also asserts that the US technology corporation has a third headset in store, also due to come out in 2026, which is likely to be a more affordable variant of the Quest 4.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

billion in 2026, an 80.7 This is steep growth that leans on a few potential wild cards and inflections, such as Apple’s market entrance. million in 2026. million units in market by 2026. million units projected in 2026. But it’s not just about Apple. So what did the latest headworn AR forecast uncover?

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Wall Street Journal ran a profile of Tim Cook, and it includes quotes of Cook's take on Apple Vision Pro's level of success. But what stood out to us was the section where Cook is asked about Apple Vision Pro. Then again, Apple has a history of turning uncertainty into ubiquity. It doesn’t occur overnight,” he says.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 22, 2022

years, which may pose some challenges to the foundry's key customer, Apple. N2: Expect First Chips in 2026. " Considering how long modern chip production cycles are, it is safe to say that the first N2 chips made by TSMC will arrive in consumer devices no sooner than early 2026. That is our schedule."

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Apple reportedly indefinitely postponed its AR glasses, but plans to eventually release a more affordable headset model. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that standalone Apple Glasses had at one point years ago been planned for 2023. Glasses Shelved. Some startups like Nreal have already released primitive AR glasses.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims the cheaper Apple Vision headset is delayed "beyond 2027". This would mean, if you believe Kuo, that Apple's next headset will instead be the straightforward refresh of Vision Pro with the M5 chipset that he claimed last month will enter mass production in late 2025.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 28, 2024

The Teleport solution is an exclusive smartphone application for Apple users. The Teleport service coincides with Apple’s Vision Pro spatial recording service for the MR headset. Apple Reveals New Vision Pro Model There have been reports that Apple is facing delays in producing the next Vision Pro model.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

billion in 2026. Enterprise spending is 95 percent of that today but will retract to 62 percent by 2026 and continue to decline until consumer/enterprise trendlines intersect. Apple of My Eye So the question that remains is what it’s going to take to accelerate consumer AR acceptance. And that’s what we’re seeing now in AR.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CPAP mask company ResMed is selling an Apple Vision Pro strap, promising "the perfect balance of softness and support". ResMed Kontor is priced at $120 and available to buy from Apple. It comes in two sizes, Small and Medium/Large, corresponding to the same size as your included Vision Pro head strap from the Apple face scan.

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JULY 3, 2023

Apple is reportedly cutting its production forecasts for Vision Pro. Last month South Korean tech news outlet The Elec reported Sony, the supplier of Vision Pro's ultra high resolution OLED microdisplays, can't manufacture more than 900,000 displays per year at most - and Apple needs two displays per headset.

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Upload VR

JULY 15, 2022

Apple plans to release a “more affordable” headset in 2025, Ming-Chi Kuo claims. Ming-Chi Kuo is a TF International Securities analyst mostly known for predicting Apple products & moves over a year in advance using his supply chain sources. Kuo predicts this strategy will let Apple reach 10 million units by 2026.

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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The world's largest foundry is set to invest tens of billions of dollars in the next phase of its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona, to significantly expand its capacity and start production of chips on its N3 process technologies there by 2026. for the first time in years. But that isn't all that TSMC has in store for Fab 21.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 31, 2023

Apple is reportedly testing new OLED microdisplay suppliers to increase the production scale of future Vision headsets. Those reports suggest Apple may only be able to ship up to half a million Vision Pro headsets in 2024, so the product will have a slow US-first rollout.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. More info (Kura wins CES Innovation Award) More info (VR Nima talks about innovation awards) Apple Vision Pro may launch this February A new week, a new set of rumors about the Apple Vision Pro: According to Mark Gurman, the headset is now slated to launch this February. And that “ As of Nov.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

0:00 / 0:15 1× One of Apple's core pitches for Vision Pro is to give you a personal 4K HDR cinema screen anywhere you go, including on airplanes. This is possible on flights today because platforms like Apple TV, Disney+, and Prime Video support on-device downloads on visionOS for offline viewing.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But not any kind of announcements, because we already know that the budget cuts pushed the launch of AR glasses to something like 2026. He will show that Meta has a lot of technologies is working on, so it’s ready to compete with Apple for the upcoming years. Content announcement. This would be kinda disturbing, actually…).

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Upload VR

AUGUST 23, 2024

La Jolla was reportedly set to use high resolution micro-OLED displays, like Apple Vision Pro. Quest 4 Reportedly Coming In 2026, Then Quest Pro 2 In 2027 Meta plans to release Quest 4 in two variants in 2026 and then a Quest Pro 2 in 2027, The Information reports.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As for Project Moohan, details are very scarce: it seems like a mix of the Quest Pro and the Apple Vision Pro: it has an external battery, high-definition displays, and a very detailed passthrough. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, but there should be a rebound in 2026. The chipset is the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen2.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2024

Hence, Kit-Chong believes that Web3 assets hold a huge opportunity for a struggling financial service and predicts that emerging fintech will help virtual banks break even by 2026. The news comes after the UK bank NatWest announced that its retail banking app is now available on Apple’s Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

Apple will likely announce its anticipated mixed reality (MR) device in the spring of this year, ahead of the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, reports show. Power On: Apple is planning to debut the Reality Pro mixed-reality headset this spring, ahead of WWDC, and ship it later in the year. Apple’s Augmented Retail.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In any case, even if you do that, you’ll still be able to play SteamVR content only through November 2026. It’s not clear what the effects of this strategy change will be: for now, Apple seems still interested in providing a cheaper Vision Pro and also in investigating the release of smartglasses.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 28, 2024

The report describes Puffin as not including controllers, instead using the gaze-and-pinch input scheme introduced by Apple Vision Pro.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Information's report marked the headsets as set to arrive in 2026, two years away, so the overall purpose of the test could be to decide whether or not to go ahead with including these features. Of course, this focus group testing doesn't in any way guarantee that either Quest 4 model will actually have face or eye tracking.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Intel believes that intersection will happen for AR glasses around 2026, per the below graph. In this case, signals that inform projections include the halo effect and acceleration that Apple’s rumored AR glasses could ignite. The question is when the consumer and enterprise adoption lines intersect.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Apple has continued to recruit new hires for its upcoming mixed reality (MR) devices amid setbacks on its extended reality (XR) product lineup, news reports revealed on Sunday. The device may be pushed back up to 2026, Haitong International Tech Research analyst Jeff Pu said in a MarketWatch report. ” Apple XR Extension.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last Friday, Chinese augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturer Nreal updated its Nreal Nebula operating system (OS) to support Apple Macs in a move which significantly improves productivity opportunities for the firm’s Air and Light product lineup. Massive Demand for Nreal on Apple Devices.

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