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APRIL 24, 2024

Headlines are circulating claiming Apple cut Vision Pro production by almost 50% due to weak demand. The source of these articles is a new note from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been reporting on Apple's supply chain for more than 10 years. Here's why they're almost certainly false. It simply doesn't make sense.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Since Apple confirmed its entry into the extended reality market at WWDC 2023 in June, consumers have been clamoring for an official Apple Vision Pro release date. Advertised as more than just a mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro could mark a new era for extended reality.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Apple is aiming to launch Vision Pro in February, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman reliably reported many details of the upcoming headset before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple. Apple will likely require appointments for purchasing, he wrote, as it did with the original Apple Watch in 2015.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Apple has been "aiming internally" to get Vision Pro "out the door" by the end of January, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman reliably reported many details of the upcoming headset before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple.

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MARCH 8, 2024

However, this did allow companies throughout the ecosystem to further hone their experiences with mixed reality, artificial intelligence, and display technologies to prepare for a better 2024. Is Meta on the Uptick? Reality Labs, Meta’s XR research division, has reported a quarterly profit for the first time, earning £1 billion.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Apple Vision Pro delivery timelines slipped into March for some people less than an hour after preorders opened. Apple Vision Pro Preorders Open, Storage Pricing Revealed You can now preorder Apple Vision Pro in the US. Apple Vision Pro delivery dates already being pushed back a few weeks. Deliveries begin on February 2.

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APRIL 28, 2024

Many people are already talking about the death of the Apple Vision Pro…what’s the real story? This report ignited no shortage of opinions on the matter, both pro and con, with some even going so far as to say that the Apple Vision Pro was “dead.” And the Apple Vision Pro memes were in abundance.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Apple is reportedly testing new OLED microdisplay suppliers to increase the production scale of future Vision headsets. Those reports suggest Apple may only be able to ship up to half a million Vision Pro headsets in 2024, so the product will have a slow US-first rollout.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Tim Cook says Apple Vision Pro will be "in our stores only". Cook made the remarks during Apple's FYQ4 earnings call yesterday. When asked by an investment banking advisory firm whether Vision Pro's launch will be similar to the launch of Apple Watch or AirPods, Cook responded: "I would say, no.

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MAY 7, 2022

Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I said that the winner of the 2016 match has been HTC, but actually, the real winner of the tethered headset market at that time has been Sony , with the PSVR headset exploiting the existing Playstation 4 userbase to sell more devices than the others.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

This week, Sony officially entered a partnership with GeniusXR and The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation and Sony exemplifies our commitment to pushing the boundaries of Virtual and Augmented Reality. This partnership with the Alan B. John Wensveen , Ph.D,

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. By 2024, we could be looking at a roughly $300 billion industry. ” Concept art of Apple’s XR device / Image Credit: The Information. on-year whereas its competitors, Apple and Xiaomi, grew 25.5% respectively. respectively.

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JULY 7, 2023

Apple Vision Pro will reportedly have a very slow rollout. Officially Apple Vision Pro is set to go on sale in "early 2024" in the US for $3500, and then in more (as yet undisclosed) countries "later" in the year. Apple is reportedly considering selling a top strap accessory. UploadVR David Heaney

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Tim Cook said today Apple Vision Pro is still on track to ship early next year. During today's Apple Event livestream , in which the company announced the iPhone 15 series and new Watch models, Cook confirmed that its first "spatial computer" is still on track to ship in "early 2024" as Apple announced at WWDC back in June.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

These days, it seems all anyone wants to talk about is Apple Vision Pro versus Meta Quest. But Sony has been an enduring presence in VR for years now, throughout the industry’s various ups and downs (mostly downs, if we’re being honest here). The Japanese […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Here is it, today, the Apple Vision Pro finally falls into the hands of US customers. With significant events occurring every month, bringing together XR firms and end-users, 2024 is already becoming a year of incubation that could potentially propel XR into the office space and beyond.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

It’s 2024, a new year when VR can be dead I renew my best wishes for you, hoping that 2024 will bring you and the people you love everything that you have always wished for. More info One piece of news about content Timeless Heart VR is a narrative-focused game with a Japanese anime style, expected to launch in 2024.

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JULY 3, 2023

Today, reports are emerging, sparking speculation over Apple’s Vision Pro production plans. Recent reports are highlighting how Apple’s hardware and manufacturing partners are reducing forecasts surrounding the assembly of Vision Pro devices.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

2024 is on, and the XR industry never sleeps. This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

In this XReal Air 2 Ultra review, we’re taking a closer look at the specs, design, and features of a set of spatial computing glasses eager to give Apple a run for its money. Introduced at the CES 2024 event, XReal’s latest smart glasses don’t just build on the functionality of previous XReal specs.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

To a request for further explanations by Upload, Microsoft answered that the future release of Windows that will remove the software will happen in late 2024. Speaking with the journalist Alex Heath, Boz claimed that Meta will unveil a very expensive prototype for AR glasses already in 2024. And that “ As of Nov.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

New reports have revealed that US tech giant Apple is working to solve a contentious issue linked to future versions of its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality (MR) headset. New from @waynema : Apple is testing displays made by two Chinese firms for possible use in future Vision Pro devices, as Chinese firms play a bigger role in high-end tech.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

(Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony announces price and release date for PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally announced that PSVR 2 will be launched on February 22nd, 2023 for $549. Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. What will be important, anyway, will be the content.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos. Anton Hand told me on X that “it’s already a dead platform”.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

For example, several sources suggested Quest Pro would be named "Quest 2 Pro" and that Apple Vision Pro would be called "Apple Reality Pro". Analysts and reports often get the name of future products wrong while still accurately describing the device.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

This week, amidst rumours stemming from CES 2024, multi-national hardware provider LG is slated to enter the XR device marketplace following a tested period of developing components for immersive industry giants, including Meta and Apple. The partnership enabled Apple to leverage LG’s unique microOLED displays.

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MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Alongside Apple’s marketplace debut next week, XR devices may have their mainstream moment in 2024. The 2022 hiring and accelerator program came amid Disney’s attempt to hop on the Metaverse hype wave, introducing AR streaming and other XR content alongside partners like Snap and Apple.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

In total, I counted something like 32 games, which is ok to start with, but then Sony should be fast in collecting more content to not make the PSVR2 players get bored fast for the lack of playable games. But still, the fact that all the PSVR 1 content won’t be available for the new headset gives Sony a good challenge on the content side.

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JULY 7, 2023

That innovation still exists, of course, although, following a slow first half of 2023 for the immersive industry, a breakout AWE 2023 and Apple Vision Pro announcement brought new life to the market. Moreover, Apple expressed dissatisfaction with its Sony and TSMC suppliers when it hosted WWDC 2023.

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MARCH 20, 2023

The support will continue until September 15th, 2023 and its most recent system images will remain publicly available until at least April 1st, 2024. First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold. And luckily for you, I have one.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Here's what you may have missed: It's been a busy week across the board as 2024 settles in. Right as CES 2024 got underway, Apple told the world to " get ready " after confirming the Apple Vision Pro release date. The winners will be announced on February 15, 2024. Looking for more VR updates?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It is understood that the headset aims to compete with the Apple Vision Pro, which comes with an eye-watering price tag of $3,499. Media reports suggest that Meta’s budget-friendly headset, codenamed Ventura, will be released in 2024, The Verge leaked in March.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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APRIL 6, 2020

units by 2024, which is a compound annual growth rate of 81.5 Specifically, Sony announced 5 million cumulative units sold in January. More optimism comes in later years, where IDC projects AR headsets shipments to exceed 31 million units by 2024. units in 2024, compared to ARtillery’s 21.6M million units, up 23.6

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. The company aims to dominate the industrial XR device market by 2024. “They make technology easier to use,” Jay remarked.

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MARCH 2, 2024

The Quest 2 256GB unit is no longer available , Vi is looking to develop a fitness-focused VR Glove , while an Apple Vision Pro successor will reportedly enter mass production in roughly two years. With VR gaming, Sony shut down Blood & Truth studio PlayStation London as layoffs hit Horizon Call of the Mountain's two studios.

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