Welcome to the Tech Meant Ride Home for Monday, October 16th,

2023 I'm Brian McCullough today.

Mark Germin already has details on a cheaper Vision Pro.

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without any wires is slowly becoming a thing. Here's what you missed today in the

world of tech. The $3,500 Apple Vision Pro isn't even out yet, but Mark Germin already has a roadmap for how

Apple is probably going to try to get the price down to 2,500 bucks or even 1500 bucks.

Quote, even prior to the first Vision Pro announcement this past June, Apple had its eyes set on

developing a cheaper model.

After all, the Vision Pro's $3,500 price is simply too high to turn the product into a mainstream hit.

So the company has been funneling resources toward a lower end version. That's included shifting

staff away from developing standalone AR glasses, a project deemed too technically

challenging, so they can work on the lower cost headset. The company has internally discussed prices ranging from $1,500 to $2,500.

When I first reported on the cheaper device earlier this year, I noted that Apple was aiming to

bring down the cost by using lower resolution displays and an

iPhone processor rather than a Mac chip.

I'm now told that the company is also likely to remove the eyesight feature, the external

display that shows a user's eyes and include fewer

external cameras and sensors. In addition to developing the cheaper model,

Apple is working on a second generation version of the full-fledged Vision Pro.

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