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Oculus founder tweets effusive-but-cryptic praise regarding Apple’s mixed reality headset

Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset just earned copious-if-vague praise from the founder of Oculus. In a cryptic post on Twitter on Sunday night, Palmer Luckey simply tweeted: “The Apple headset is so good.” Luckey’s comments come after testers have reportedly been left “blown away” by the product in early demos. Luckey founder Oculus, one of […]

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Rumor: Apple’s mixed reality headset to feature “new proprietary charging connector” for external battery pack

Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset is rumored to feature two ports including a USB-C interface for data transfer as well as a new proprietary charging connector for the device’s external battery. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, while most AR/VR headsets on the market feature an integrated battery, Apple’s headset will connect to a separate, external […]

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Rumor: Apple still looking to launch AR/VR headset at WWDC 2023

There’s been a lot of back and forth, but according to Bloomberg’s Sunday Power On newsletter, Apple still plans to announce its long-rumored AR/VR headset during the WWDC 2023 keynote on June 5. According to Mark Gurman, Apple also plans to use the event to unveil the headset’s xrOS operating system. “The showcase at WWDC, […]

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Rumor: Apple’s mixed-reality headset may work independently of other devices, be dubbed the “Reality Pro”

Apple’s mixed-reality headset may not require being paired to an iPhone to work, and it’s thought that the first release of the device could work independently of any other Apple device. It’s rumored that Apple may be preparing its initial headset to finally surface this year, potentially during or before WWDC 2023. The device could […]

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Rumor: Apple postpones AR glasses project indefinitely, begins planning a lower-cost headset for 2024

Per the mighty Mark Gurman, Apple has apparently indefinitely postponed its standalone augmented reality (AR) glasses. The company, in turn, is said to be planning a lower cost mixed-reality headset for 2024 as a follow-up to the first version that was slated for this year according to sources familiar with the story. The change in […]