4K screens are typically the size of TVs. Apple may have squeezed two of them into its upcoming headset.
highlights challenges Apple's engineering team faced while designing the headset, including the headset's curved front-facing glass that sources familiar with the headset worried is more prone to shattering and could injure the wearer.that if rumors and leaks about the headset"are correct," it would end up being"a very un-Apple product," and pointed to the lack of a major market for similar headsets from competitors like Magic Leap and Microsoft.
"Apple builds devices that can be sold in the millions with a solid profit margin, not high cost 'experiments' to be unveiled in public and sold to developers or enthusiasts with deep pockets," Michael Gartenberg told Insider."This is a doomed model that Google tried with Glass & Microsoft with HoloLens."
Of course, Apple has a strong track record of entering an industry at the right time, capitalizing on the company's loyal customers with strong design, and eventually dominating the market . If Young's prediction on the displays within Apple's headset prove correct, Apple could be gearing up to wow people with a headset unlike any other currently on the market.
But with an expected sky-high price tag, the key question will be whether that'll be enough to get people to finally buy into strapping a computer to their face.Subscribe to push notifications
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