Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional is launching in Taiwan on December 17, and preorders open on Thursday.
Apple Imaginative and prescient ProfessionalΒ has now been in the marketplace for ten months. Whereas it was initially solely offered within the US, since then it has expanded to Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and China.
In Taiwan, Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional will begin at NT$119,900. As with different areas, Taiwanese shoppers will be capable to attempt Imaginative and prescient Professional at Apple Shops, in addition to get assist discovering the suitable match of sunshine seal and head strap, or purchase on-line leveraging a face scan from an iPhone.
With the addition of Taiwan, the headset will probably be offered in 12 international locations in complete. For comparability, Meta Quest headsets are offered in 23 international locations, together with all of the Imaginative and prescient Professional international locations apart from Singapore, China, and the UAE.
The enlargement to Taiwan comes round three months after Apple launchedΒ visionOS 2, which introduced vital enhancements and new options to Imaginative and prescient Professional’s working system.
In latest months, Apple’s focus has been on steadily increasing the Apple Immersive Video library. The primary ever Apple Immersive Video quick movie, Submerged, launched in October, and we described it as “a must-see for cinephiles and potential filmmakers”Β in our evaluation. This was adopted by the primary ever Apple Immersive music video from The Weeknd final month, that includes an authentic tune known as Open Hearts, which we had been extremely impressedΒ by.
The third episode of Apple’s JourneyΒ sequence, Ice Dive, will launch within the US this month, in addition to the third episode of itsΒ Wild Life sequence, that includes Sharks. Subsequent yr Apple will launch a fourth episode of Journey, Deep Water Solo, and a second episode ofΒ Elevated, taking you above the state of Maine.
Wanting additional into 2025, we anticipate to see visionOS 3 debut at Apple’s yearly WWDC occasion in June. And on the finish of the yr or maybe early 2026, the corporate will reportedly launch an upgraded Imaginative and prescient Professional with the M5 chip, bringing dramatically improved efficiency and fully new capabilities.