Apple plans to release a cheaper version of its Vision Pro augmented reality headset for those unwilling to pay the current version’s $3,499 (R66,206.50, excl. VAT and duties) price tag.<\/p>\n
However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports<\/a><\/strong> that the cheaper headset will lack several features, such as the external screen and its custom M2 chip.<\/p>\n The headset will feature an iPhone processor instead of the Mac-grade chip, and Apple will also cut costs by using lower-resolution displays.<\/p>\n “Even prior to the first Vision Pro announcement this past June, Apple had its eyes set on developing a cheaper model,” he said.<\/p>\n “After all, the Vision Pro’s $3,500 price is simply too high to turn the product into a mainstream hit. So the company has been funnelling resources toward a lower-end version.”<\/p>\n According to Gurman, the cheaper devices will likely lose the Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature and feature fewer external cameras and sensors.<\/p>\n The EyeSight feature lets other people see the users’ eyes while they are navigating the headset’s interface.<\/p>\n The cheaper headset could cost between $1,000 (R18,921.55) and $2,000 (R37,843.10) less than the Vision Pro, with Apple having internally discussed pricing ranging from $1,500 (R28,382.33) to $2,500 (R47,303.88).<\/p>\n The Cupertino-based tech giant is reportedly already working on the second generation<\/a><\/strong> of the fully-fledged Vision Pro.<\/p>\n One of the notable improvements will be a smaller, lighter design to address neck strain, which some users experienced during testing.<\/p>\n Apple could also add higher-resolution passthrough cameras, an updated M2 chip, and better displays.<\/p>\n The cheaper headset could cost between $1,000 (R18,921.55) and $2,000 (R37,843.10) less than the Vision Pro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":494899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[605,11925,71480,89910],"class_list":["post-511520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-apple","tag-augmented-reality","tag-mark-gurman","tag-vision-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511568,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511520\/revisions\/511568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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