{"id":29933,"date":"2025-10-02T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=29933"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:07:37","slug":"apple-reportedly-shelves-affordable-vision-pro-model-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/apple-reportedly-shelves-affordable-vision-pro-model-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Reportedly Shelves Affordable Vision Pro Model For Now: Smart Glasses Are Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple<\/strong> has reportedly suspended its affordable<\/strong> Vision Pro<\/strong> mixed-reality headset, which was rumored to be named Vision Air<\/strong>. The reason for this is to focus on smart glasses<\/a><\/em><\/strong> that will compete with Meta. Last year, Apple<\/strong> launched the Vision Pro<\/strong> mixed-reality headset with a price tag of $3500. Naturally, such a high price meant the device only appealed to a select segment. This is why previous reports suggested the company was working on a more affordable<\/strong> mixed-reality headset, possibly named Vision Air<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were claims that Apple<\/a><\/em><\/strong> would release the lighter, feature-reduced affordable Vision Air<\/strong> headset around 2027<\/strong>. However, according to a report by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, the company made an unexpected decision. The cheap Vision Pro<\/strong> has been shelved for now<\/strong>. The Vision Air<\/strong> process was stopped to prioritize smart glasses<\/strong> that will compete with Meta<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. According to information obtained from Gurman’s sources, Apple<\/strong> has suspended the development process for the Vision Air<\/strong> headset. Instead, the company reportedly wants to focus more on everyday smart glasses<\/strong> that will rival Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses<\/strong>, and aims to release that product as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was already known that Apple<\/strong> was developing Meta<\/strong>-like smart glasses<\/strong>. However, we had not seen many details about them. They are expected to have a camera<\/strong>, microphone<\/strong>, and artificial intelligence (AI) features<\/strong>. Of course, for the AI features<\/strong> to be good, Apple<\/strong> first needs to introduce the new Siri<\/strong> and improve Apple Intelligence<\/strong>. It is also rumored that a display won’t be in the first version but will be included in a version coming in subsequent years. Current speculation suggests the first pair of glasses<\/strong> will arrive either in 2026<\/strong> or 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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