Despite Flopping Laborious Twice, Apple Could Not Be Executed With Vision Pro But

Believe it or not, there’s nonetheless a legion of Apple Vision Pro followers sitting round questioning… What’s subsequent? Apple doesn’t appear able to abandon the “spatial computing” scene simply but, as we now have extra proof there’s a Vision Pro sequel within the works. On behalf of those that nonetheless love their heavy headsets, we’re begging Apple to please make it cheaper.

Yesterday’s leaks that gave us our first glimpse of the next-gen AirPods with cameras additionally supplied a windfall of future Apple product particulars. MacRumors shared a trove of product names and particulars discovered inside the newest macOS Tahoe 26.7 launch candidate. Among the point out of latest M6 MacE-book Pros and OLED MacBooks, the code suggests a product coded as “N109” remains to be within the works. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman beforehand reported that the codename is said to a second-gen Vision Pro mannequin.

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We’ve been seeing this supposed Vision Pro sequel crop up in FCC filings as nicely. Here’s the problem: Last yr, Gurman wrote again in October 2025 that Apple informed workers it had cancelled a cheaper version of the headset so it may as a substitute concentrate on good glasses.

VR newshound and code sleuth Brad Lynch claims the codebase included a single point out of information with an built-in LiDAR sensor. The Vision Pro XR headset makes use of those to assist the system decide your distance from surrounding objects. Lynch says that the supposed headset was utilizing “Peridot” LiDAR, first seen within the iPhone 15 Pro, whereas earlier headsets used an older model.

Without extra particulars, we will’t say whether or not this code implies the corporate is engaged on a brand new headset or if it’s merely the vestiges of a long-cancelled mission showing just like the epigraph on a tombstone. Still, Apple’s supposed Ray-Ban Meta good glasses competitor wouldn’t have a lot use for a LiDAR sensor, so there’s a cause to carry out hope.

The Vision Pro’s main hurdle is worth. The headset launched for $3,500 again in 2023, and the later M5 model wasn’t any cheaper. After latest worth hikes, the Vision Pro now prices $3,700, an astronomical sum for all however probably the most devoted prolonged actuality or Apple diehards. The excessive worth is a giant cause why neither the M2 nor M5 model of the headset reportedly offered all that nicely. Apple reportedly reduce the advertising and marketing price range and manufacturing of the Vision Pro final yr, in accordance with the Financial Times.

Despite there being little phrase on new {hardware}, Apple has been working to offer extra content material for Vision Pro followers. To associate with stay NBA video games, Apple is facilitating a number of stay video games of Friday Night Baseball by way of Apple TV. The first sport of 4 is ready to debut Aug. 28 with the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees. Judging by the way it went with the same basketball classes, this can be one of the simplest ways to get near the sport with out spending 1000’s of {dollars}.

But like a lot of the Vision Pro content material, it’s nonetheless restricted. Once you might be completed with Apple Immersive Videos or watching 3D or IMAX films, you place it down and neglect concerning the headset besides in these odd moments while you wish to create a humongous digital ultrawide model of your Mac display screen. The headset is undeniably cool, however it’s nonetheless the red-headed stepchild of Apple’s {hardware} slate. That most likely gained’t change, even with a brand new headset.

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