Apple today announced that developers are officially accepting applications for the Vision Pro headset development kit to help them develop and test applications.
According to Apple's official page, in addition to getting the Vision Pro headset development kit, developers can also get help with device setup and getting started, work with Apple experts on UI design and development guidance, and help improve applications. Each developer who receives the kit will receive two additional code-level support requests that can be used to resolve code issues.
Apple made a special request. The Vision Pro development kit belongs to Apple, and it needs to be stored in a private safe workspace after daily development. Apple plans to be in regular contact with developers who use the kit, and if it is found to be non-compliant, it will ask for its return.
According to the information shared by the source aaronp613, Apple plans to release the Vision Pro headset development kit for developers at the end of this month. The source also pointed out that Apple updated the code name of the battery pack of the Vision Pro headset. There are three different models, A2781, A2988 and A2697. It is not clear what the difference between the three is.
Apple previously reported that the Vision Pro headset has a battery life of 2 hours, and the various models disclosed this time suggest that Apple is developing a larger capacity battery.
In WWDC23, Apple officially announced that the head display product is called "Apple Vision Pro", runs a new operating system "visionOS", and is equipped with M2 and a new R1 chip.
In terms of design, the Vision Pro looks like ski goggles and diving glasses. Its frame is made of aluminum alloy and includes sensors, cameras, displays, and computing components cooled by fans. The headband and earmuffs are made of pure fabric and can be bent to fit various face and head shapes. In terms of lenses, Apple has cooperated with Zeiss to customize, and the prescription lenses produced can be magnetically attached to the display screen, which is convenient for myopic people to use the headset. In terms of screen, it is equipped with two 4K micro OLED screens, with a total of 23 million pixels, and each eye has more pixels than a 4K TV.
Apple designed a unique dual-chip design for Vision Pro. The main chip is the familiar M2, which is responsible for visual algorithms and image information processing, allowing Vision Pro to have a smoother experience. At the same time, in order to process the information of 12 cameras, 5 sensors and 6 microphones, Apple also brought a brand new R1 chip, so that the image can be synchronized to the Vision Pro screen within 12 milliseconds, almost without delay. It's like everything is happening right in front of you.
Lenz Technology has independently developed wireless radio frequency and low-power Bluetooth BLE5.2 chips and has global intellectual property rights. It provides "software and hardware commonality" solutions and cores for Bluetooth master fully integrated chips for the AIoT Internet of Things field and individual consumers. Devices, supporting a full range of APP software platform custom development. The designed Bluetooth chip solution is used in scenarios such as smart wearable devices, Bluetooth indoor navigation, smart home, medical health, sports and fitness, data transmission, remote control, personal peripherals and AIoT Internet of Things.