According to new information, mass shipments of the product may be delayed until the second half of the century.
The analyst has contacts in Apple's supply chain that helped him to call it right on other Apple-linked news.
There are software-related issues that could cause the delay.
Despite Apple possibly shipping the headset later than expected, it could still unveil the headset in the first half of 2o23, according to a Taiwan analyst.
On Sunday, he said he had no information on whether the January unveil of the headset will still happen. If the product doesn't show up in January, Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June would seem like a likely date for the headset to be revealed.
Apple is yet to make an official announcement regarding its headset, which is expected to combine technology enabling both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), which will allow you to explore a virtual world comprised of digital and video imagery. Numerous leaks and comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook have all but confirmed that the tech company is working on a mixed-reality device.
The operating system for Apple's mixed-reality headset has been renamed to "xrOS" according to a report on Friday. Thexr is a nod to the device's ability to work with both virtual and augmented reality.
One company that is closely watching developments is the mighty Meta, which recently announced its premium Quest Pro mixed-reality headset and is investing huge amounts of time and money in creating the metaverse, a virtual world for work and play that you enter via its headsets.
To get an idea of the current state of Meta's technology and also gain some insight into what Apple needs to do to hit the ground running with its own headset, check out what happened when a Digital Trends writer replaced his Macbook Air with Meta's Quest Pro for a full work week
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