One of the projects in development that is making the most noise is the low-cost Apple Vision, an “affordable” mixed reality set that the Apple company hopes to reach a larger number of users with, and which will apparently be a far cry from what we have. saw in the Pro model, a device that was one of the biggest failures recently from Apple.

I put affordable in quotes because when we talk about Apple products, that concept, and the idea of ​​cheap in general, tends to be pretty far from the norm. In this case, the cheap Apple Vision could be priced around about 1500 dollars, although some information places it slightly above that number.

The price of the cheap Apple Vision will be important, but also its functions and options. We knew that important sacrifices would have to be made in order to bring the price of this device down so much, but what I didn’t expect, commented Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who reports that this mixed reality set This will depend on whether you are connecting to an iPhone or a Mac.

This is bad news, because it completely changes the original user experience that the Apple Vision Pro is able to offer, and from this economical model it would become an accessory for these devices from he could not work independently. Spending $1,500 on a mixed reality set that isn’t capable of working on its own is something very few people will be willing to do and will keep this product “niche”.

Currently, we can find interesting solutions on the market that work in the same way, like Meta Quest 3, and what do they have much lower price. Without further ado, the Meta kit can be purchased in Spain starting at €549. With that in mind, it’s clear that the budget Apple Vision won’t have it easy if it makes it to market with these capabilities and price.

Apple is still working on the second generation Apple Vision Pro, but decided to postpone it in favor of an economic model in an attempt to popularize this product and attract the attention of developers. The cheap model will hit the market at end of 2025while the second-generation Pro model will be gone in the second half of 2026, which means it’s still two years away.