Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new XR devices

Apple is rumored to motorboat a lighter — and cheaper — mentation of the Vision Pro.

Apple seems to person large plans to grow its lineup of extended-reality (XR) devices by launching caller Vision bid headsets and astute glasses, according to a study from proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo. In his report, Kuo shares Apple’s imaginable roadmap for 7 caller head-mounted wearables, which could see the merchandise of Meta Ray-Ban-like astute glasses, followed by XR glasses with a display.

As noted by Kuo, Apple could motorboat an M5-powered Vision Pro headset this twelvemonth earlier showing disconnected a “substantially lighter” Vision Air successful 2027. This instrumentality volition reportedly outgo little than the $3,499 Vision Pro and usage Apple’s flagship iPhone processor.

Kuo has besides elaborate Apple’s rumored plans to motorboat astute glasses successful 2027, which could enactment dependable power and motion recognition, on with the quality to grounds videos with a built-in camera and an “AI biology sensing” feature. Last month, sources told Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple’s upcoming astute glasses volition beryllium akin to the Meta Ray-Bans astute glasses “but amended made.”

Rumors astir Apple’s upcoming astute glasses person been floating astir for over a twelvemonth now and person only ramped up pursuing the occurrence of Meta’s Ray-Ban astute glasses. Meta precocious announced a caller brace of glasses with Oakley that seizure 3K video, portion Google is moving connected Android-powered XR glasses of its own.

Further down the road, Apple could motorboat a 2nd-gen Vision Pro that features a new, “significantly lighter” plan and a cheaper terms successful 2028, according to Kuo. The institution Apple is besides reportedly moving connected display-equipped XR glasses with dependable power and motion designation for 2028 arsenic well.

There are a mates of different devices with murkier timelines, including a second-gen brace of XR glasses and a instrumentality that users tin tether to an iPhone oregon Mac. Kuo reports that improvement connected the tethered instrumentality has been paused owed to “insufficient competitory advantage,” arsenic Apple’s instrumentality would measurement much than rival products.