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Apple’s VR Headset Slated for 2020

By Reed Albergotti
· · Source: CNET

There have been lots of rumors about Apple’s plans to get into VR and AR in coming years and this time, CNET has gotten specific on the date: Apple will launch in 2020.  Other specifics in the story, like the fact that the VR headset will have an 8K per eye display, point to Apple expecting the technology to evolve pretty rapidly in coming years. That resolution is eight times better than the...

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