Apple’s new product lineup for 2022 will embrace a variety of highly effective new Mac Pros primarily based on the M1 and M1 Max chipsets, together with a redesigned MacEbook Air and a brand new iPad Pro. This is revealed by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his newest PowerOne publication.
Gurman is predicting a brand new iMac Pro with an even bigger display, a Mac Pro with 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores, a brand new Mac mini that was anticipated eventually yr’s MacEbook Pro occasion however did not make an look. The MacEbook Air will get one other facelift, whereas an up to date entry-level MacEbook Pro and iPad Pro with wi-fi charging are additionally anticipated in the course of the yr.
It is unclear whether or not Apple will introduce the M2 chipset, which would be the subsequent era model of its present highly effective M1 silicon. The publication additionally mentions the upcoming iOS 16 codenamed Sydney whereas macOS 13 is codenamed Rom.
The large query, although, is whether or not Apple will announce its Virtual Reality (VR) or Mixed Reality (VR+Augmented Reality AR) headsets this yr. According to Gurman, the codename of the headset is N301 whereas the codename of the OS is Oak. Apple’s headset has been talked about for a while now, and it’s anticipated to look this yr.
Apple AR/VR headset: What we all know to date
According to an earlier report by Bloomberg, the headset will probably be an costly product beginning at $2000. It may be geared toward builders within the early phases. Apple can also be a bit late within the VR headset get together, with Meta (previously Facebook) having a slight edge within the house given to the Oculus Quest 2. Meta plans to launch a extra superior VR/AR headset in 2022, codenamed Project Cambria. Which the corporate showcased when it rebranded itself as Meta, specializing in the ‘Metaverse’.
Meanwhile, Apple analyst Ming Chi-kuo mentioned in a notice in December final yr that the headset will help augmented actuality and digital actuality and can include an array of superior sensors. Sensors will embrace superior hand gesture detection, in addition to 3D sensors for face detection, monitoring.
This know-how will probably be way more superior than the know-how that Apple is at present utilizing on Face ID for iPhones, iPads. The Face ID sensor can also be used to trace the actions and expressions of the person’s head due to the Memoji and Animoji options on the machine.
The report mentioned that Apple’s AR/VR headset will be capable to detect the main points of hand actions and guarantee a “more vivid human-machine interface”. It will help eye-tracking, iris recognition, voice management, pores and skin detection, facial features detection and spatial detection amongst different options.
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