Analyst: ‘Apple Glasses’ pushed back to end of 2022

In a note to clients — as noted by AppleInsider — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the rumored “Apple Glasses” — an augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted display — have been pushed back to the end of 2022.

From Kuo

“The AR/MR HMD requires much more industrial design requirements than smartphones because the comfort of wearing them involves so many design details,” Kuo writes. “Therefore, we believe Apple continues to test the best industrial design solutions so far.”

About the ‘Apple Glasses’

When it comes to Apple Glasses, such a device will arrive in 2022 or 2023, depending on which rumor you believe. It will be a head-mounted display. Or may have a design like “normal” glasses. Or it may be eventually be available in both. The Apple Glasses may or may not have to be tethered to an iPhone to work. Other rumors say that Apple Glasses could have a custom-build Apple chip and a dedicated operating system dubbed “rOS” for “reality operating system.”