As we've repeated before, and a new report reiterates, the supposed death of Apple Vision Pro and its product team was an exaggeration. There are no signs of "giving up" on the product line.

A report relying on a limited-in-scope anonymous leak reached the conclusion that Apple Vision Pro had become an abandoned product line. While the base team may have changed or evolved, the project itself hasn't been given up on.

AppleInsider's initial assessment of the situation has been reiterated by others in the know, including in the latest According to the Power On newsletter. While the Vision Products Group has been broken up into various other organizations, development of the Apple Vision Pro hasn't stopped.

In fact, one report from John Gruber suggests the Vision Products Group still exists in some form at Apple. It's a direct contradiction to Mark Gurman's reporting, but there's likely an easy explanation.

In any case, as Gruber points out, the Vision Pro Group isn't going to learn of its dissolution from a rumor posted by a website. If anything, the world would learn about it via a leak of the all-hands meeting that made the announcement, like with Apple Car.

Putting the pieces together

While we likely won't ever know the full story, here's what it seems has occurred based on all the details so far.

  • A special projects group is formed in 2016, led by Mike Rockwell, to develop augmented reality products
  • Vision Products Group is detailed in July 2023 after Apple Vision Pro reveal
  • Apple Vision Pro releases in February 2024 and sells around 600,000 units in the first year
  • John Giannandrea is swapped out with Mike Rockwell after seemingly successful Apple Vision Pro development and launch
  • Mike Rockwell poaches several heads and engineers from the Vision Products Group, but it isn't reported as being entirely disbanded at this point
  • An Apple Vision Pro with M5 is launched in October 2025, likely to keep the chipset modern and something being produced as new
  • On April 15, 2026, Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak says Apple Vision Pro is a peek into the future, but it is tough to say exactly when spatial computing will take over.
  • On April 29, rumors appear that suggest Apple had given up on Apple Vision Pro and the entire Vision Products Group had been dissolved

Now we're back to today where we know the Vision Products Group has not been entirely dissolved. The active team members were reportedly confused by this news.

I believe the reason why we've seen contradictory reporting here is because of how Apple is structured internally. It doesn't tend to create special teams, with Vision Products Group and the Apple Car Project Titan being notable exceptions.

So, as it becomes clear that a new and refined headset won't be possible in the near term, Apple began siphoning off its top talent into other, more pressing, divisions.

That doesn't mean Vision Products Group is gone. In fact, they're likely the ones developing the fabled Apple Glass that will be full AR glasses of the future.

The thing is, neither a lighter Vision Pro nor Apple Glass are possible today. There's a chance this anonymous leak originated from a team member that was moved and upset about the change.

In any case, visionOS 27 will arrive during WWDC 2026 on June 8 with some refinements in place. Those with an Apple Vision Pro on hand shouldn't worry that their device will suddenly stop being supported by Apple.