Apple's Reality Pro headset may see the light of day at WWDC in June.
Apple, it’s believed, is going to unveil its first new product category in years when it unveils a mixed-reality headset on Monday, June 5. But Ross Young, a respected analyst who specializes in displays, claims to have significant information and has released it in a series of tweets.
He begins, “You want more, I will give you more: Micro OLED specs for Apple's AR/VR headset: 1.41" in diagonal 4000 PPI >5000 nits of brightness”.
Okay, so that’s quite a bit of information already. Two displays measuring 1.41 inches across the diagonal. Not that remarkable, but the next line is: “4000 PPI”. PPI is pixels per inch, and it’s astonishingly high. Bear in mind that the pixel density for the iPhone 14 Pro is 568ppi. This is the kind of resolution made possible by micro OLED. And in his next tweet, Young says that means it “should be 4K per eye”. Also pretty remarkable.
And then the brightness: more than 5,000 nits. Young has since specified that this is peak brightness but even so, that’s remarkable. Presumably that brightness will be deployed for HDR content rather than all the time, but HDR is not found on all VR headsets.
The brightness won’t be used to dazzle or blind the wearer, of cours. Rather, it would likely be used to create exceptional contrast levels, and to do the thing HDR does so well, that is, showing detail in bright skies and dark shadows at the same time, for instance.
Another report today, in The Information, comments on how the unique design with curved glass with edges wrapped in smooth aluminum frame that appears slightly thicker than an iPhone has caused unprecedented design challengers.
Of course, there’s an awful lot still to be revealed by Apple on Monday. What will the device look like—beyond the description in today’s report? How much will it cost? Read the eye-watering rumor of the price here. Exactly what does Apple want us to use it for? Will it be better than all its rivals? And will the arrival of the headset mean greater interest in VR and AR overall, that is, does a rising tide lift all headsets?
Not long until we know the answers to all of the above.
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