According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is going full steam ahead on a lighter and cheaper version of Apple Vision Pro, addressing some of the biggest pain points with the first generation headset. There’s also a second headset in the works, which aims to reduce latency concerns with real world applications.
Vision Pro 2
Gurman reports that Apple had previously been planning a ‘more basic refresh’, essentially just jumping from an M2 chip to an M5 chip without any major hardware changes. Now, that won’t be the case.
The product that we currently refer to as Vision Pro will be prioritizing enterprise applications, where the latency of an all-wireless setup was too much of a concern:
Instead, it’s now working on a Vision Pro that plugs into a Mac. The difference between the two ideas is the level of immersion.
With the ultra-low latency of a wired connection, the headset would be useful for viewing images during surgery or for flight simulators, according to Gurman.
A previous version of this product used transparent lenses, but this product will continue to utilize pass-through like current generation Vision Pro.
‘Lighter and cheaper’ refresh
Additionally, a lighter and cheaper model is being worked on. There had previously been mixed reporting on whether or not this product had been seriously postponed, but it’s still a high priority to Apple. Gurman notes that the current Vision Pro headset weighs nearly 1.5 pounds, and can cause neck/head strain.
He also adds that Vision Pro is seven times the price of Meta Quest 3, and that this headset will “seek to address” both of these issues
Other than that, there aren’t many details on how Apple will achieve a lighter and cheaper design – but it does get Tim Cook one step closer to his ultimate vision of AR glasses.
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