Apple is already working on the second generation of its smart glasseswhich will be mixed reality (RM) and augmented reality (AR) and will include cheaper models for its launch in the first half of 2025.
The company of Cupertino It has yet to unveil its first generation of smart glasses, which aims to be made up of a virtual reality (VR) headset and a mixed reality headset.
The technology recently registered the operating system realityOS which will foreseeably be integrated into these new devices. Now the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo move forward on your site within the platform Medium that Apple is already working on the second generation of these smart glasses, which will be mixed reality and augmented reality.
This expert maintains that the technology company is studying the launch of several modelsincluding cheaper ones. In addition, he expects Apple suppliers to start shipping components to him in the second half of 2024 with a view to launching devices in the first six months of 2025.
Ming-Chi Kuo stands out among these components the viewfinder lenses, which are called ASP Pancake. The cost of a pair of these lenses will be close to 40 dollars (39.7 euros at current exchange rates) in the first generation.
With a view to the second generation, the expert foresees that the costs will increase to “improve the viewing experience and form factor design,” which defines the size, among other physical specifications, of components.
The analyst anticipates that 10 million units of Apple glasses will circulate on the market for 2025 o 2026. A figure that he sees possible thanks to the “product segmentation strategy” of the aforementioned second generation and the company’s own ecosystem.