Wayne Ma of the information released a long report today detailing the technical and leadership challenges Apple faces in developing the long rumored AR / VR helmet, which is currently expected to be released by the end of 2023. The report said that Apple's headset working team, led by Mike Rockwell, a former Dolby executive, often had to seek project help from other departments of the company.
As of mid-2017, the team was still working in office buildings in Sunnyvale, California, which are away from Apple The headquarters is a few miles away, which is said to "help keep the team hidden from other apple departments".
In early 2018, a member of Rockwell's team asked Apple's camera hardware engineering team to add a firmware function to improve the speed at which the head display camera captures images and reprojects them on the display. The Rockwell team hopes to add this feature to the prototype head display before an important demonstration (called T100) for Apple's top 100 employees. Members of the Rockwell team were told that the head mounted display was not a priority and that his team had to wait until later that year iPhone After XS shipment.
The report also said that the team considered providing replaceable batteries for the head display, so that users can wear it for up to 8 hours a day, but the idea was finally cancelled due to complex problems. The report said that by 2021, the battery of the headset can only last "a few hours, which is consistent with similar products".
The full report outlines many other challenges, and for those interested in the development of Apple's head display, this is a report worth reading.
Mark gurman, Takashi Mochizuki and Debby Wu of Bloomberg previously outlined the problems Apple faces in head display, from overheating to camera and software challenges. Gulman said the headset will be driven by two chips, at least one of which is similar to the latest 14 inch and 16 inch MacBook The M1 Pro chip in the pro model is equivalent.
The information shared a rendering of Apple's so-called head display last year, which is based on a "late prototype" it saw. The report said that the head display will have an arc mask with soft mesh material, a replaceable headband and a dual 8K display. According to Ross young, a display industry consultant, there may even be a third display.
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