---
title: "New Details Leak About Apple’s Virtual Reality Headset"
description: "According to the latest rumors, Apple's virtual reality headset will incredibly light, weighing in at less than 150 grams, less than an iPhone 12."
date: "2021-03-24"
modified: "2021-03-24"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/details-leak-apple-virtual-reality-headset"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
  - "Virtual Reality"
tags:
  - "apple"
  - "augmented reality"
  - "Mixed Reality"
  - "the digest"
  - "virtual reality"
---

# New Details Leak About Apple’s Virtual Reality Headset

![According to the latest rumors, Apple's virtual reality headset will incredibly light, weighing in at less than 150 grams, less than an iPhone 12.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/details-leak-apple-virtual-reality-headset.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Mixed Reality

The Apple rumor mill is in full swing when it comes to the company's upcoming mixed-reality headset device.

According to the latest word on the street, courtesy of documents obtained by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and [seen by *MacRumors*](<https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/22/kuo-apple-headset-150-grams/>), the headset will incredibly light, weighing in at less than 150 grams, which is even less than an iPhone 12.

That'd also make it weigh far less than its mainstream VR goggle competitors. For instance, Oculus's Quest 2 headset weighs in at a much heftier 503 grams.

Apple will also reportedly aim at a smaller field of view, allowing it to save weight with smaller lenses. That would also make it considerably less immersive than a wider stage "true" virtual reality experience, according to *MacRumors*.

Each lens will reportedly be a stack of three Fresnel lenses, special optics that concentrate a beam of light with a succession of concentric rings. "The purpose of this design is to improve FOV and reduce weight and thickness," Kuo told *MacRumors*.

## Apple Premium

According to previous rumors, the special optics and lightweight design could add up to a seriously high price tag, [in the $3,000 range](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/details-leak-on-apples-upcoming-vr-headset>).

The first in a series of mixed reality headsets will the markets in mid 2022, according to Kuo. An even smaller and lighter set will follow around 2025 — though no word yet on whether the price will be reduced as well.

**READ MORE:** [Kuo: Apple Aiming to Keep Mixed Reality Headset's Weight Under 150 Grams](<https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/22/kuo-apple-headset-150-grams/>) \[*MacRumors*\]

**More on Apple headsets:** *[Details Leak on Apple's Upcoming VR Headset](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/details-leak-on-apples-upcoming-vr-headset>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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