Overview
- Bloomberg and other reports say Apple has opened a successor program codenamed N224 to follow the Vision Pro, but the effort is still early and its future is uncertain.
- Insiders told reporters the N224 effort is on "life support" inside Apple because employees and executives are split over form factor and cost goals.
- Apple is exploring about four hardware concepts, including a fully integrated headset, a lighter glasses‑style design, and a detachable 'puck' that would hold battery and compute, while testing plastics, titanium and other materials to cut weight.
- Coverage of Meta’s lighter, two‑part VR Glasses, which pairs a glasses frame with a pocket puck, has pressured Apple to rethink tradeoffs between comfort and on‑device computing in spatial devices.
- If N224 survives internal reviews, reporting estimates a possible launch in late 2028 to early 2029, and the work follows earlier shelved projects such as the N100 'Vision Air' as Apple shifts more public attention toward smart glasses.