Over nan past fewer months, we’ve travel crossed reports claiming that a caller XR headset was successful improvement astatine Apple, 1 that would beryllium importantly cheaper than nan $3,500 Vision Pro headset. It seems those plans person now been shelved and Apple has shifted its attraction to different wearable projects.
The large shift
Following nan Vision Pro’s launch, Apple reportedly started moving connected a watered-down type of nan headset, 1 that would employment little precocious optics. The overarching thought was to boost nan take of headsets arsenic a caller shape of computing by bringing down nan costs barrier. But it seems a much affordable Apple headset is nary longer connected nan horizon.

“For years, Apple planned to quickly travel nan Vision Pro pinch a stripped-down exemplary that shared nan aforesaid wide look arsenic nan first version. That thought was scrapped successful favour of nan larger overhaul which would person brought a wholly caller creation and lighter frame. Now that task is connected nan backmost burner arsenic well,” reports Bloomberg.
For now, Apple is only eyeing an iterative upgrade of nan Vision Pro, 1 that will clasp nan halfway creation and engineering, but will adopt a faster silicon. This exemplary was precocious spotted connected a regulatory database and could motorboat towards nan extremity of nan year.
The caller priorities
The Vision Pro is an engineering marvel, but acold from mainstream success. Its bulky creation and uncomfortable fresh ensured that utilizing nan headset for a prolonged spell, either for spatial computing aliases viewing content, wasn’t a peculiarly bully idea. Additionally, nan shortage of immersive contented and a divers package ecosystem proved to beryllium different hurdle successful its mainstream adoption. Plus, they look odd. Smart glasses, connected nan different hand, person received societal acceptance owed to their “normal” looks.

Apple has apparently resized that, arsenic well. Instead of headsets, Apple is now moving afloat steam up pinch smart glasses. Meta tasted early occurrence pinch nan Ray-Ban Stories AI smart glasses, followed by versions created successful business pinch Oakley. A next-gen variant pinch a built-in show and wrist-based controls is now connected nan shelves.
Apple is reportedly chasing a akin trajectory. According to Bloomberg, Apple’s first smart glasses will characteristic an onboard camera and will activity successful tandem pinch an iPhone. They are expected to spell charismatic adjacent year. For 2028, nan institution is readying thing moreover much awesome by equipping nan glasses pinch a built-in display.