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Apple’s AR headset will leave a lot of the hard work to the iPhone

Enlarge / Apple offices in northern California. (credit: Apple) Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will require an iPhone within wireless range to function for at least some apps and experiences, according to a new report in The Information. The Information’s sources say that Apple completed work on the system-on-a-chip (SoC) for the headset “last year” […]

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New report on Apple’s VR headset: 8K in each eye, potential $3,000 price tag

Enlarge / The “Sword of Damocles” head-mounted display, the original augmented reality headset, circa 1968. Augmented reality has gotten a lot more mobile in the past decade. (credit: Ivan Sutherland) A new report in The Information corroborates and expands upon an earlier Bloomberg report claiming that Apple is preparing to launch a high-end VR headset […]