Sales will begin on February 2, 2024
The Apple Vision Pro headset is built on the Apple M2 single-chip system, equipped with ten GPU cores and eight CPU cores. This is the same version of the SoC used in Apple's more expensive MacBook Air models. Bloomberg editor Mark Gurman reported this.
Apple previously revealed that its mixed reality headset uses the Apple M2 Soc, but until now it wasn't clear which chip option Apple had chosen. Apple is using the M2 chip in the 13.6- and 15.3-inch MacBook Air models released in June 2022. Built on 5nm technology, the M2 has an 8-core processor very similar to the M1, but supports eight or ten GPU cores compared to the M1's seven or eight.
The Apple M2 chip in Vision Pro is responsible for processing content, running the VisionOS operating system, running computer vision algorithms, and delivering graphic content. At the same time, the processing of information coming from cameras, sensors and microphones is transferred to a special R1 chip, created to order. Apple says it can transfer images to displays within 12 milliseconds, «with virtually no delay».
The $3,499 Apple Vision Pro will be released on February 2nd.