Apple's AR/VR Headset Said to Feature Dual 8K Displays, Eye Tracking, Swappable Headbands, and More

[SWAON]

It reminds me of this...

 

[phenste]

that headband has WAY too much Sport Band aesthetic to it—if their goal is absolute comfort, fit, and adjustability, it makes sense, but by God I hope the actual product looks nothing like that. I have faith in Apple’s ID team to figure it out...

...but also, as soon as I saw that pic, I was like “f—, here we go again with the AirPods Max Sports Bra.”

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

Dual 8k?

So what you are saying is it can’t even be driven by an M1 MacBook Pro?

Doubt that would be the final spec - an M1 can drive a couple of 4K displays, but with 8K it's 4x4K, then you need to consider a higher refresh rate (maybe 90-120Hz). The pixel numbers per second would be... uncomfortable.

 

[ph001bi]

So Apple is getting into the Ski gear business? That's a bold move.

 

[roland.g]

Ready Player One. Let's go Parzival.

 

[robertmorris2]

Porn industry is going to love this....

 

[nnamos_]

Hilarious drawing.. Without a top strap, how would that not fall down your face?

Dude, it's just a sketch...

 

[Spacegray]

Snorkel and flippers sold separately.

...available in white, spacegray, gold, pink and blue...i hope

 

[mw360]

Curious to see the use cases Apple has in mind for these. I was on board when these were supposed to be glasses. Full on headsets are a tough sell for a company that doesn't do gaming well.

Exactly. Steam VR is all about gaming, Oculus is all about social & shared events, and Microsoft’s whatever-thing is either games or industry. Apple aren’t good at any of those things. If I had to guess, I suspect closer to the Oculus thing, but without all the spying.

 

[anthogag]

They could also make these driving glasses for Apple Car.

Enhanced nighttime or bad weather view through the headset.

The headset could connect to surrounding cameras on the car and make the car disappear under the user. A 360 degree external view while driving.

 

[alexandr]

so will these come with a case that doesn't charge, or a $1000 stand?

 

[jonblatho]

Curious to see the use cases Apple has in mind for these. I was on board when these were supposed to be glasses. Full on headsets are a tough sell for a company that doesn't do gaming well.

The glasses are a separate product from this.

 

[marco114]

Will it have a DVI and SD Card Slot?

 

[ryanwarsaw]

I wish I could just pre-order it now.

I was just thinking Apple will move some absurd amount like $100 billion of these things before people even realize what they are or do. I also wonder how these may integrate with the car? Apple fans are going to be full blown cyborg soon. We are the Borg.

 

[Williesleg]

I'll bet the one contribution from Tim Apple to that whole project is custom bands, lots of sku's.

 

[nikaru]

Lets be honest! This is made to watch virtual porn and the majority of the buyers would use for this purposes only.

 

[maxfromdenmark]

it looks like the AirPods Max for eyes

 

[McScooby]

At $3k I'd be expecting this!🤣

 

[Pakaku]

None of this will matter if the framerate isn't stable, and 8K is a lot of bandwidth. VR needs stability more than high specs like screen resolution. It also has to be in stereo vision. I can't imagine a big stream like that from a Mac being entirely viable, even given the M1 (or beyond), but I'll happy wait to be proven wrong if that's their plan

 

[Spock]

What about the audio portion of the niche?

AirPods required for audio. (AirPods not included)

 

[now i see it]

distracted reality will be brought to a whole new level

 

[iZac]

I best start saving my pennies now then.

I was postulating before about what would constitute the perfect controller and I guess with 12 cameras on it, they might actually be able to create fluid and accurate hand and finger tracking.

 

[Wando64]

The real question is, are they going to be standalone or do they need to be driven by a Mac and/or by an iPad?
If the latter is true, what specs required?

 

[MJaP]

Dual 8K?! There's not a graphics card in existence that could drive full 3D content at native 8K resolution for TWO separate images in order to give you stereoscopic viewing at any sort of frame rate that wasn't like a slideshow. If it is 2x8K then there'll be a lot of upscaling or behind the scene cheating going on, or only meant for very simple graphics displays, definitely couldn't game.

 

[DonutHands]

Sounds more like a $1200 device than the $500 of a previous rumor.