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LG Already Preparing for Apple's Second-Generation Mixed-Reality Headset

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LG Display is preparing to supply micro-OLED display panels for Apple's second-generation mixed-reality headset, The Elec reports.

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Concept render based on purported leaked information by Ian Zelbo​

LG Display is currently believed to be ordering deposition equipment for micro-OLED displays from Sunic System. The company apparently plans to use the equipment to develop and manufacture a micro-OLED display panel for Apple's second-generation mixed-reality headset.

While LG Display is believed to be part of the supply chain for Apple's first-generation headset, it is not expected to provide its main display, with Sony said to be supplying the main micro-OLED display panel for the first-generation headset instead. LG Display is rumored to only provide regular OLED display panels for the device's outer "indicator" screen.

With the second-generation headset, LG hopes to take Apple's main micro-OLED display orders from Sony. This is also said to be in Apple's interests since Sony will indirectly compete with Apple's headset with its own PlayStation VR headsets.

Late last year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple was already working on the second-generation version of its headset, aiming to offer a more lightweight design, an improved battery system, and better performance thanks to a faster processor. Kuo said that the shipment schedule for the second-generation headset resides in the second half of 2024, around two years after mass production on the first-generation model is rumored to begin.

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Not surprising in the least... development for brand new products like this are often 5-10 years in the making. It makes sense they wouldn't work on the only the first version, but a whole pipeline for the first several years.
 
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People, there will be one day when most of our computer needs are in "the cloud" so Apple is just investing in those glasses because when the day comes very few people will need a physical phone or computer and those glasses will be the only device we use (as consumers). So it's understandable that Apple is working on them but not releasing them yet
 
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From what I have been reading, the C2 OLEDs haven't been as well-reviewed as the C1. The smaller screens were the most anticipated and they perform equal to or worse than the previous generation. I wonder what AR screen they are preparing to compete with Sony's display.
 
antiprotest said:
I have already prepared to wait until the third version.

...actually I might not even want that for now. Need to see use cases.
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that's my approach for any new product now. i'm not buying 1st gen hardware anymore. not even 2nd. i'll maybe pick up the 3rd or 4th.

example: i never bought an Apple Watch until the 5th gen.
 
Wildkraut said:
Let me predict this product as a hobby project or epic fail.
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it's definitely not a hobby project for apple. there have been rumors they intend for the headset to replace iPhone within 10 years.

i think Apple sees these headsets becoming the next big thing. i personally don't think smartphones will be completely replaced but i do think headsets could be almost as popular. right now we are all carrying smartphones with us and we're hooked on them. maybe next we'll have headsets and live in an AR/VR world. it's not enough for companies to have you stare at a phone. they'll want a screen strapped over your face to immerse you more in their "metaverse".
 
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krspkbl said:
it's definitely not a hobby project for apple. there have been rumors they intend for the headset to replace iPhone within 10 years.

i think Apple sees these headsets becoming the next big thing. i personally don't think smartphones will be completely replaced but i do think headsets could be almost as popular. right now we are all carrying smartphones with us and we're hooked on them. maybe next we'll have headsets and live in an AR/VR world. it's not enough for companies to have you stare at a phone. they'll want a screen strapped over your face to immerse you more in their "metaverse".
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Too uncomfortable and hot to have a such monstrous device almost 16h/7d on your head, specially if you additionally have to wear glasses.

If someday they manage to get it running with a frame thin like this, then okay:
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Anytime they start talking about a model of device, my mind is on the next one. Come on MR, hit me with the the third-gen Apple VR news.

"Expected in the first half of the next decade. We'll have more as the story develops".
 
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