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The Sony vs Samsung skirmish is nothing new. Both Sony and Samsung have clearly demonstrated an interest in extended reality over the years. Sony vs Samsung: The Headset Details We Know So Far Sony has been a lot more forthcoming with its XR plans, and what it wants to accomplish with its upcoming XR device.
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.
But other partners like XREAL, Sony, and Lynx are working on new devices compatible with this operating system. 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. million units, down from 7.7
He said that for these reasons, Luxottica wants to invest even more in the product, and it is planning to expand the production to more than 10 million units by the end of 2026. In a piece of separate news, it seems that Apple is also looking for a partner to bring AI to its devices in China: Tencent and Bytedance are two possible candidates.
(Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony announces price and release date for PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally announced that PSVR 2 will be launched on February 22nd, 2023 for $549. Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. What will be important, anyway, will be the content.
Vision Pro 2 is set for late 2026 and Apple is struggling to make a cheaper headset first, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman has a strong track record of reporting on Apple's future plans. He reliably reported many details of Vision Pro before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple.
Since Apple confirmed its entry into the extended reality market at WWDC 2023 in June, consumers have been clamoring for an official Apple Vision Pro release date. Advertised as more than just a mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro could mark a new era for extended reality.
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.
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.
IDC still thinks we’ll see a rebound in 2026. Meanwhile, with the headsets we’ve got today,Meta’s still holding onto a huge chunk of the market.Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro is still pushing the boundaries, but reports are saying Apple’s slowing down production. percent, Sony with 4.3 percent share.
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. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2.
Then of course Sony didn’t match this prediction, and the day after the analysts were shouting that PSVR had been a disappointing failure… where actually they should have said that they sucked at market analysis and they should have gone hoeing the soil. Meta is bad, Apple is our savior! It is such a good company.
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.
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.
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.
In 2025, he puts on a VR headset in his Oregon home to sketch places he wants people to visit and enjoy from their own homes beginning sometime in 2026. Globally across stores from Meta, Apple, Sony, Valve, and Bytedance, Walkabout players return to the Welcome Shack to find a new course available.
Last month, during WWDC 2024, Apple announced the long-awaited news that the Vision Pro will reach several new territories by early July 2024. As of Friday, June 28, Apple debuted its MR headset in China (mainland, 24,502 CNY), Japan (484,415 JPY), and Singapore (4,725 SGD).
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.
Meta is far ahead with a market share of 70.8%, and Sony PSVR2 ranks second with a market share of 6.7%. For example, Apple Vision Pro is equipped with Apple M2 and R1 chips, a high-transparency Micro-OLED display, 23 million pixels, and a built-in 3D camera for taking depth photos and 3D videos. billion yuan.
The Verge previously reported Meta plans to use microLED displays in AR glasses, expected to launch around 2026. While most major electronics companies are actively researching microLED – including Samsung, Sony, and Apple – no company has yet figured out how to affordably mass manufacture it for consumer products. Efficiency.
billion by 2026, and many leading companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony are already getting involved. This is why “spatial audio” is now gaining so much attention. According to some studies, the market for spatial audio will reach around $12.97
This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.
Apple launched the Vision Pro It costs a kidney, though (Image by Apple) Apple, probably the most important consumer-oriented technology company, has released this year its first XR headset: the Apple Vision Pro. If Apple launched the Vision Pro, it means it thinks about dominating the AR/MR market in the next 10 years.
The report also notes that Amazon is working on an embedded screen for future Echo Frames glasses that could show up sometime in Q2 2026. This would solve the problem of drivers getting lost in finding the right apartment to leave the package in front of. This device, which has also a cool design, is now available on IndieGoGo.
He complained about having to obey platforms and their taxes (clearly hinting at Apple), saying that he had a different vision. This has even been underlined by Apple itself which called out Meta’s hypocrisy after the announcement of the creators’ fee on Horizon. The next versions of the glasses are expected for 2026 and 2028.
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