{"id":55602,"date":"2022-01-10T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55602"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:21:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:21:56","slug":"media-apple-drops-metaverse-concept-for-mixed-reality-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/media-apple-drops-metaverse-concept-for-mixed-reality-headset\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Apple Drops Metaverse Concept for Mixed-Reality Headset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has rejected the idea of a metaverse for its mixed-reality headset. According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, developers will focus mainly on communication, content consumption, and games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of interest in my take on \u201cApple Reality\u201d and the Metaverse <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZmacFcOC9k\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZmacFcOC9k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C4SNbFbULp\">pic.twitter.com\/C4SNbFbULp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Gurman (@markgurman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markgurman\/status\/1480287090441011200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gurman sources say that the metaverse concept, as seen in Meta, is effectively off-limits at the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAR headset is Apple\u2019s real priority because it can be worn all day and, naturally, won\u2019t pull people out of the real environment,\u201d the journalist said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rumours suggest that Apple will unveil an augmented-reality or mixed-reality device in the second half of 2022, but its specifications and target audience remain undetermined. Renowned product analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested the headset would feature 4K displays and six to eight cameras to track the user and the surrounding environment.<\/p>\n<p>There is no information on the device\u2019s price. However, according to Kuo, its \u201cmodest\u201d specifications would allow most users to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>In late December 2021, media reported <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/russia-to-test-autonomous-lada-google-to-develop-ar-glasses-and-other-ai-news\">active development of augmented-reality glasses by Google<\/a>. The device was said to compete with Apple\u2019s similar product.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple\u2019s mixed-reality headsets will replace smartphones within the next ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has rejected the idea of a metaverse for its mixed-reality headset, with Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman reporting that developers will focus on communication, content consumption, and games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1112,438,1353,1361],"class_list":["post-55602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-apple","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-metaverses","tag-virtual-world-innovations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55604,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55602\/revisions\/55604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}