Apple industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Thursday tweeted that ongoing delays involved in the development of Apple’s mixed-reality headsets have likely delayed mass shipment of the headset to the end of the second quarter or into the third quarter of this year.
This means that Apple likely will not throw a January event to introduce the device as Kuo had predicted last June. Kuo now says he believes it is “more likely” the headset will be introduced at a spring media event or at WWDC in June.
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As a result, it is increasingly unlikely that Apple will hold a media event for the new device in January. At this point, it seems more likely that Apple will announce the AR/MR headset at a spring media event or WWDC based on the current development progress.— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) January 6, 2023
Kuo says “Apple’s AR/MR headset development is behind schedule due to issues with mechanical component drop testing and the availability of software development tools.”
Kuo in December said mass shipments of Apple’s long-rumored AR/VR headset may be delayed until the second half of 2023 due to unspecified “software-related issues.”
