Credible sources claim that Apple’s AR/VR headset may not be unveiled until the end of 2022 due to “software issues.”
Apple’s long-rumored AR/VR headset won’t be arriving as early as some believed. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the release of Apple’s headset is being pushed back until late 2023 due to “software issues.” Previously, Kuo anticipated that Apple would release its AR/VR headset by June of next year at the latest.
If you’ve been following the development of Apple’s AR/VR headset, this news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. After all, Apple’s somewhat mythical headset has been in a perpetual state of “coming soon” for years. In fact, rumors regarding an AR headset from Apple have been around since 2016, and multiple release dates have come and gone during that time frame.
According to Kuo, Apple is still very much planning to release an AR/VR headset. Kuo writes that Apple will ship components for device manufacturing early next year. But given the later-than-expected production schedule, Kuo believes that production in 2023 will be “less than 500k units.”
All that said, it’s certainly easy to be skeptical of these reports.
