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Apple VR/AR headset might offer real-world clarity

Apple VR/AR headset might offer real-world clarity

Its 4K screens might look so good that objects appear real.

Leander Kahney
May 31, 2023

At a trade show for the display industry last week, attendees got a peek at a 4K micro OLED panel for mixed-reality headsets.

XR nerd Brad Lynch peered through the display — and was stunned. The virtual objects he was looking at were shown in such clarity and detail, they appeared to be real.

“This 4K per eye display actually feels REAL,” he wrote on Twitter. “Holy crap, I’m already ruined.”

Similar 4K OLED panels are rumored to be included in Apple’s AR/VR headset, which is expected to make its public debut next week at WWDC23.

If Lynch’s experience is anything to go by, we’re all going to be ruined!

Also in today’s newsletter:

The final episode of Ted Lasso has just been released. Personally, that’s a relief (I hate the show), but our critic Scout Tafoya says it’s a “fitting close” to the Apple TV+ hit.
Android users are switching to iPhone in record numbers. Here are the top five reasons why.
This is the last chance to get Microsoft Office for just $30 before the price goes up tomorrow.
What are this newsletter’s readers most looking forward to at WWDC23? Somewhat surprisingly, it’s not an AR/VR headset. See our poll results below.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

Rumored 4K screens could let Apple VR/AR headset offer real world-like clarity

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WWDC 23: What to expect from Apple's blockbuster keynote

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‘Ted Lasso’ finale will make a believer out of you [Apple TV+ recap]

The perpetually upbeat Apple TV+ show, which blindsided a pandemic-stricken world with a cocktail of optimism and inspiration, comes to a fitting close.

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Today in Apple history: Newspaper replaces photo staff with iPhones

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Vintage computers flank dual-display M1 MacBook Pro rig [Setups]

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Tweetz o’ the day

Ted Lasso is one of the greatest television shows of all time. You are doing yourself a complete disservice if you haven’t watched it. Incredible stories, characters, and perfect ending. AFC Richmond forever.
— Luke Kovaleski (@kovs22)
5:39 AM • May 31, 2023

my @Oracle intern swag box arrived! 😍
— layla (@pilatesdev)
10:31 PM • May 30, 2023

One more thing ...

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There falls a shadow, as T. S. Eliot noted, between the conception and the creation. In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important.

— Steve Jobs, 2008.

Today’s poll

Are you sad "Ted Lasso" is over?

Results from yesterday’s poll: What are you most looking forward to at WWDC 2023?

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