Malcolm Owen
The Apple Vision Pro may be equipped with 16GB of memory at launch, code exploration has uncovered, with storage for the mixed-reality headset potentially able to reach as high as 1TB.
Apple announced that it will be bringing the Apple Vision Pro to consumer hands from February 2 in the United States. While Apple hasn't revealed many of the configuration options for the headset yet, some details have apparently surfaced via Xcode.
According to MacRumors on Tuesday, the release of Xcode 15.2, which includes support for developing visionOS apps, has references to the Vision Pro bearing a total of 16GB of unified memory. This is apparently the same amount Apple included in its Vision Pro development kits.
The press release announcing the pre-order and release date did mention that the starting price of $3,499 will include 256GB of storage, but only alluded to higher capacities. Similar searches within Xcode seems to indicate that a 1TB capacity will be available.
Again, this apparently correlates with the capacities offered in the developer kits.
Full configuration options for the headsets won't be officially confirmed until January 19, when Apple opens up preorders in the United States.
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Apple, time to up the base RAM on all Macs to 16 GB.
If you are giving a headset 16 GB, then a Mac should have that to start with as well. at the least.
and 256 gb in bae mac storage? in what world is that ok?
Personally, I would like to be able to see what hardware is compatible, and what big 3rd party software will be released.
Can I use a flight yoke and other controls to play X-Plane for an experience beyond my wildest imagination? And that’s not even thinking outside the box!
There are so many possibilities with Apple Vision!
This is a new product category. Buyers aren’t in a good position to know how much storage they need. Apple should sell a single configuration and make it well equipped for the early adopters willing to plunk down $3500. This isn’t the time to squeeze extra profit for an extra 500 GB of storage.