Apple headset Display specifications leaked!
Apple is working hard to build anticipation for next week's WWDC. The usual mechanics are used - from the first announcement and various competitions to the well-known AR artwork, a clearly perceptible advertising campaign via YouTube and the official Twitter hash flag.
Hardly anyone in the industry is likely to have missed which major event is imminent and which new product category Apple will then be showing for the first time. This is underlined by a new slogan for WWDC that has not been used before.
The "Code new worlds" tagline serves as the title of a post in the developer blog and probably indicates that we are allowed to adapt to a new type of software development. Especially in the area of user interfaces, developers have to learn a lot of new things, because the operation works quite differently than in the case of conventional apps.
Meanwhile, display expert Ross Young have found out detailed information about internal specs. Based on earlier statements, he explains that Apple uses micro-OLED and diagonals of 1.41 inches for the internal displays.
Since the display surfaces are very close to the eye, the pixel density must of course be significantly higher than with conventional screens. For example, while an iPhone 14 Pro achieves 460 ppi, the Apple headset has an impressive 4000 ppi.
This would significantly surpass well-known products like PSVR 2 (800 ppi) or Meta Quest 2 (770 ppi). At "more than 5000 nits" including HDR support, the brightness values are also above what current headsets currently offer (PSVR2: 265 nits, Meta Quest 2: 100 nits and no HDR).
If you look at this information, coupled with reports about the most sophisticated camera technology of all headsets, it quickly becomes clear why the "Apple Reality Pro" is likely to be priced at $3000 and more.
The device is certainly not suitable for the mass market, but Apple could aim to primarily show a demonstration of what is technically feasible. As has been said several times, the second generation, including a cheaper model, could then be more in areas that also appear more interesting in terms of price.