Apple’s Next Vision Pro headset is said to be coming years later

If you have Vision Pro Headset, you’re ready now. If you want the next model, you’ll have to wait, perhaps two years or more.

Bloomberg Managing Editor Mark Gurman He said in his Power On newsletter He doesn’t expect the next Vision Pro to be released until 2028 at the earliest. Gorman believes that although the next iteration of the headphones will take years, Apple will continue customer support for the current model.

Gorman said Apple is focusing on developing an AI-powered necklace and camera-equipped AirPods It is said in prototype testing. Apple’s Vision product group is also creating augmented reality glasses.

An Apple representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset with augmented reality and virtual reality capabilities. When you wear them, you can use work, task, and entertainment apps while watching the real world around you — so you can walk around your home, interact with friends or family, and watch a movie in your headset at the same time. You’ll see the movie at the top of your view and the real world somewhere else in your view.

You can also use Vision Pro for virtual reality experiences, where you don’t see the real world at all, but instead see the digital environment. This could be a game, swimming with sharks, walking on the moon, or anything else you can imagine.

The Vision Pro’s main competitors are the Meta’s Task 3 The 3S and HTC See live focus. Grand View Research expects the market to grow at a rate of At an annual rate of approximately 30% globally until 2030,This is based not only on entertainment and games, but also on workplace applications such as employee training, 3D manufacturing and industrial repairs.

Tech tester Austin Evans, who has nearly 6 million subscribers, says the Vision Pro is an “incredible piece of technology.” His YouTube channel. But he’s not sure the device will have a permanent place in Apple’s product lineup.

“It’s still a VR headset, and I’m still not convinced that the design will be comfortable enough for long-term use,” Evans told CNET. “I’m concerned that the Vision Pro will only see a few years of software updates before it’s discontinued or moved to focus on business. But I’d like to think the same technology will trickle down to a pair of augmented reality glasses eventually.”

In a CNET review, Editor Scott Stein called the Vision Pro “amazing” Even at an amazing cost. It was also interesting, If not greatTo watch an NBA game using a headset. But only Don’t wander around in the real world Wearing Vision Pro — it’s dangerous.

Gurman said he hopes for another Vision Pro, though he noted that “several senior Apple executives have written off the current Vision Pro as a product given its price and weight.”

Gorman added that Apple wants to produce augmented reality glasses, and that the Vision Pro is a “stepping stone” toward that product.

Apple’s VisionOS 27 event later this year (date and time to be announced) will focus on new AI editing tools, Siri features, and improvements to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and MacOS 27, Gorman said.