There has been a lot of smoke about Apple’s augmented reality hardware ambitions, with conflicting reports about Apple’s work on an AR headset for games, and a sleeker AR glasses product. Today, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg released a comprehensive rundown on the dual device strategy, which will start with a headset scheduled for 2020 that will look similar to an Oculus Quest.
The report also details how the headset was originally intended to work in concert with a hub, which would enable higher performance and graphical fidelity. However, Jony Ive ‘balked’ at the idea of selling a portable device that required a stationary add-on, and the product’s direction was eventually changed to be a less-powerful but independent device.
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