What number of Imaginative and prescient Professional headsets has Apple bought?

Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional headset manufacturing is reportedly being lower, gross sales are reportedly “approach down.” However however however wait: Wasn’t the Imaginative and prescient Professional meant to vary the world of VR/AR, ushering in an period of spatial computing? Is the dream over?

Hah, no. As Sam Rutherford laid out simply earlier than the weekend, whereas experiences and rumors can’t nail precise numbers, primarily based on monetary figures from Apple’s final earnings, Imaginative and prescient Professional gross sales doubtless equate to round one p.c of the corporate’s income. It’s nearly as if early Imaginative and prescient Professional gross sales numbers don’t matter. Bear in mind: The primary iPhone wasn’t nice both.

— Mat Smith

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