Apple’s new headset fails to excite investors but sends shares of Unity soaring

In case you were not allowed to stop working long enough to tune into Apple’s series of product announcements Monday, let me catch you up: The Cupertino-based technology company has a new device coming out called the Vision Pro. It’s an augmented reality headset that, while it looks pre

A closer look at Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro headset

There are books left to be written of the good and bad of Apple’s leap into the world of augmented reality hardware. We’ll no doubt still be gathering our thoughts for some time, but one thing is clear: This is a well-designed machine. Sitting there on a well-lit post, surrounded by a s

The Apple Vision Pro headset will cost $3,499, out early 2024

At WWDC today, Apple unveiled its long-awaited AR headset, which consumers have been anticipating for years. But how much will the Apple Vision Pro cost? Apple Vision Pro will retail for $3,499, and it will be available for purchase in early 2024. For comparison, Meta announced its

To reduce motion sickness in VR, Apple developed the new R1 chip

At WWDC today, Apple showed off its Vision Pro VR/AR headset. The device is powered by the company’s own M2 chip, but in order to do the real-time processing from the company’s wall of sensors, Apple had to develop a brand-new processor, too — which it dubs the R1. The R1 chip is

Apple's $3,499 Vision Pro AR headset is finally here

After a reported seven years of development, Apple's AR headset is finally here. It’s been a minute since we’ve had a “one more thing” moment. The wisdom, efficacy and ultimate fate of the product have yet to be determined, but one thing we can finally say for certain: U

What makes the Apple Vision Pro's visionOS such an ambitious leap

The name of the operating system powering Apple’s Vision Pro headset is visionOS. And in many ways, it’s Apple’s most ambitious OS yet. At the architecture level, visionOS shares core blocks in common with macOS, iPadOS and iOS — but importantly, visionOS adds a “real-

Apple WWDC 2023 Liveblog: Live updates as Apple unveils its Vision Pro AR headset, iOS 17 and more

It’s going to be a WWDC for the ages. Good, bad — it's way too early to say yet. Either way, this will be a memorable one. Apple's keynote kicks off the annual developer conference at 10 a.m. PDT on Monday morning, June 5. You can catch the event livestream by clicking here. And as

Disney+ will be available on the Apple Vision Pro at launch

At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Disney+ will be available on the tech giant’s new Apple Vision Pro at launch. The announcement came moments after Apple unveiled its new AR headset, which will retail for $3,499 and be available

EyeSight on Apple Vision Pro makes wearing a headset slightly more human

Apple unveiled its long-awaited AR headset at WWDC, called the Apple Vision Pro. One key difference between the Apple Vision Pro and its competitors is that you can see people’s eyes through the device, giving the headset a slightly more human feel (or, you might think it’s creepy, but

iOS 17’s standby view lets your iPhone double as a deskside clock

Ever want to use your iPhone like a deskside clock? Now you can, thanks to the new “standby” view in iOS 17. Announced at Apple’s WWDC conference, standby activates when you turn an iPhone on its side while it’s charging. It delivers glanceable information via swipeable widg

Apple surprise-launches new Mac Pro with Apple Silicon

At Apple’s WWDC 2023 event today (see our full coverage), the company surprised fans with a brand new Apple Silicon-powered desktop and rack-mounted Mac Pro workstation. It’s the last of the Apple products transitioning away from Intel processors, and the new workstation is an absolute

Apple announces the M2 Ultra with up to 192GB of memory

At WWDC 2023 today Apple unveiled the M2 Ultra, its most powerful Apple Silicon chip yet. With the M2 Pro and Max launching earlier this year, and rumors pointing to Apple finally bringing the M2 generation to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro, the launch of the Ultra wasn’t a major surprise. In man

Apple's $1,299 15-inch MacBook Air is its largest to date

When is an ultraportable not an ultraportable? It's a riddle posed by Apple's latest addition to the MacBook Air family. The much-loved thin and light line just got its largest model to date, announced today at WWDC. The 15-inch MacBook Air is — by some measures — also the compa

How to watch Apple unveil its AR/VR headset, iOS 17 and more at WWDC 2023

Today’s the big day, and we're expecting big things — well, one really big thing for sure. Apple will kick off WWDC 2023 at 10AM PT Monday June 5 with its customary keynote. As ever, the event will focus on the latest versions of the company's operating systems, namely: iOS/iPad