Apple Vision Pro US Launch Date Delayed, Coming to Different Nations Later in 2024: Report

Apple Vision Pro — the corporate’s first spatial pc unveiled at WWDC 2023 — may arrive within the US a few months later than anticipated, in line with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. While the corporate has not introduced detailed plans to launch the Vision Pro outdoors the US, its first blended actuality headset may very well be out there in different markets within the months after it’s launched within the nation. Unlike most Apple merchandise, clients will be unable to buy the Apple Vision Pro headset by way of third-party sellers.

Gurman states within the newest subscriber-only model of his weekly publication Power On (by way of 9to5Mac) that he expects the Apple Vision Pro to be launched within the US in March 2024. While Apple’s software program improvement groups had been hoping for a January launch window, the agency is conducting last system testing and finalising distribution plans for its first blended actuality headset.

The Apple Vision Pro will not be anticipated to be out there by way of third-party sellers, in contrast to most of Apple’s merchandise, in line with Gurman. This is presumably as a consequence of logistical challenges — together with completely different inventory maintaining models (SKUs) for Zeiss prescription lenses or headband sizes for varied head sizes and styles. He additionally states that Apple is seeking to management the rollout of the headset and the way customers expertise it.

As a outcome, Gurman says that clients can count on to see the corporate showcase the headset for the second time at its spring launch occasion, together with apps and options which have been launched because it was first unveiled at its annual Worldwide Developers convention earlier this yr.

Recently, Telegram founder Pavel Durov teased customers with a short have a look at the corporate’s app developed for visionOS. The upcoming model of Telegram for the Apple Vision Pro incorporates a translucent deign and help for animated stickers, and viewing content material on a big digital show.

While Telegram is likely to be one of many first app publishers to share an in depth have a look at how their apps will look and performance on visionOS, we are able to count on to see much more builders showcase their apps (and video games) on the brand new platform, near the purported March 2024 launch date.