Apple is unlikely to announce its rumored mixed-reality headset or new AR / VR operating system at next week’s WWDC with mass production of the device still a long way off, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a couple of tweets on Tuesday, Kuo said he expected Apple’s headphones to be launched in 2023, and that announcing it too soon would cause Apple’s competitors to “immediately start imitation projects” and launch rival products before Apple headphones reach the shelves.
Kuo’s thoughts echo Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman’s latest report, which downplayed expectations that Apple would make a “full announcement” of its headphones at WWDC.
Signs of “realityOS”, the rumored operating system that worked on Apple’s mixed reality headphones, were first detected in Apple’s source code earlier this year, and rumors of Apple announcing his headphones were sooner or later revived over the weekend when a trademark for “realityOS” appeared, with a foreign filing deadline of June 8, 2022, just two days after the main presentation of the WWDC.
However, both Gurman and a practicing attorney have since said that the deadlines for filing the trademark are in fact a legal requirement and that their proximity to WWDC is very likely to be a mere coincidence.
Gurman previously reported that the launch of the headphones is likely to be delayed until 2023 after a number of development issues, including problems with overheating of at least one chip like the M1 Pro, as well as the challenges of camera and software.
According to Gurman, Mac-related ads are more likely at WWDC this year, with the launch of a new MacBook Air with M2 chip a possibility, despite supply chain issues.
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