Several patents filed in recent months have shown us how Apple imagines its ownmixed reality headset. As its name suggests, such a device would serve as a virtual reality interface but would also be able to broadcast 360-degree images, for a complete immersion experience. And according to most analysts, the item could be commercially available by the fourth quarter of 2022.
According toLoup Ventures, the attraction of investors could then turn massively towards this technology, which the Cupertino firm is not the only one to develop.Meta, notably through its manufacturer Oculus, also imagines a virtual entertainment environment combining games, conversations and other activities.
Duel at the top
As we ourselves already mentioned in a previous article,the Palo Alto company could then become Apple's main competitor. In any case, this is what researcher Gene Munster seriously thinks, whoseprevious predictionsannounced that the autonomous car was also at the center of Tim Cook's concerns.What the person concerned has since confirmedin a recent interview with an American television channel.
For the analyst, several product releases would illustrate Apple's ambitions in the metaverse. Of theconnected glassesnotably, lighter and of which a prototype could soon emerge. Here too, these comments support others shared a little earlier and according to which the manufacturer would indeed distinguish this wearable and its headset, the price of which would be around a thousand euros at least.
For WWDC?
Finally, Munster specifies that Apple is likely to unveil its headset for the first time during theWorldwide Developer Conference. The event, which is organized every summer in California (online since the coronavirus pandemic), brings together hundreds of publishers and allows them to take charge of new products before they are accessible to the general public.
According to initial rumors on this subject, the date chosen by Apple for this conventionwould be June 6. By then, perhaps a return to physical exchanges will have taken place, but nothing is less certain.
