According to reputable Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo, Apple's AR/VR headset will further increase this need. In the gaming industry, virtual and augmented reality are highly sought-after.
A blog post published by Kuo predicted the headset will be released in January 2023, adding that the AR/VR headset would likely prove to be Apple's most difficult design to date.
Once Apple's headset is released, Kuo predicts that rivals in the VR sector, like Meta, will copy it.
Kuo predicts that "Apple's foreign rivals will try to emulate it, driving the headset hardware sector to the next stage of rapid expansion and aiding the accompanying services and content ecosystem."
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has shown his enthusiasm for augmented reality in public. He said earlier this week that the tech sector is still exploring the potential of this technology in its "very early innings."
In an interview with China Daily, Cook said, "I couldn't be more excited about the prospects we've seen in this sector. Sort of stay tuned and you'll see what we have to offer.
When contacted for comment, Apple didn't answer right away.
According to Mark Gurman, the most recent model of Apple's long-rumored mixed reality headset has the company's just-announced M2 system-on-a-chip and 16GB of RAM. Along with information on a "deluge" of gadgets, Apple expects to ship over the next year, including a new HomePod speaker, the Bloomberg reporter offered the snippet of information in his most recent Power On newsletter.
The Verge claims that the majority of recent reports, including those from The Information and Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo, suggest that the augmented and virtual reality headgear will contain two CPUs. According to Kuo, one of the SoCs would be a lower-end semiconductor made to handle data from the device's sensors, while the other would have the same capabilities as the company's M1 chip.
In contrast to the M1 chip's maximum capacity of 16GB, the M2 chip offers up to 24GB of unified memory and twice as much memory bandwidth (1000 GB/s). Once more, it provides 8 cores (4 high performance, 4 high-efficiency).
According to Apple, the efficiency cores have significantly improved, and overall multithreaded performance will be 18% faster than the M1. Up to 10 GPU cores, which are 35% more potent than the M1's at their highest power level, can be installed on the M2 chip.
After years of speculation, there is mounting evidence that Apple is nearing the day when it will formally unveil its mixed reality headset. The operating system was also mentioned in upload logs on the App Store earlier in the year, according to developers. In May, a Twitter user discovered proof Apple probably utilized a shell business to seek trademarks for "RealityOS."
Tim Cook recently told China Daily that he "couldn't be more enthused about the prospects" given by augmented and virtual reality and urged the newspaper to "keep tuned" to learn more about what the company has to offer in that area.
