Apple’s former hardware leader, Dan Riccio, is now overseeing the company’s still mysterious work on augmented and virtual reality products, according to Bloomberg. Riccio resigned from Apple last month after serving as senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012. Riccio said at the time that he would stay with the company with the focus on ‘creating something new’, but he did not say what that meant. will be.
Mike Rockwell, who runs Apple’s AR / VR group, is still responsible for the day-to-day development of these upcoming products, according to Bloomberg. But Riccio apparently has an “ultimate oversight” over Apple’s first hardware that entered space.
There have been reports for years indicating that Apple is working on AR and VR hardware. Apple has continued to continue investing in AR on its iPhones and iPads, as well as CEO Tim Cook.
The latest reports suggest that Apple plans to first debut an expensive virtual reality headset as a stepping stone on the road to a more impressive augmented reality device. The information reported last week that the VR device could sell for $ 3,000 and launch in 2022.