The tidbit was shared on Twitter by Evan Blass, a prominent and reliable source of leaks on Apple and other companies. Blass says that one of his sources has “had several opportunities to demo” Apple’s headset, and they reportedly went from being initially underwhelmed to “blown away.”
According to this person, Apple has recently made major headway on both the hardware and software. Blass wrote in a post on Twitter on Wednesday:
A person I know who’s had several opportunities to demo the upcoming first-gen Apple XR, has gone from lamenting its “underwhelming” capabilities to being “blown away” by the experience that the latest hardware/firmware delivers.
And in a follow-up tweet on Thursday:
Since there seems to be a fair amount of interest in this, I’ll flesh the quote out a bit more:
“The leap they’ve made since [late last year] is giant. I was so skeptical; now I’m blown away in a ‘take my money’ kind of way.”
Previous reporting from Bloomberg revealed that Apple demoed the Reality Pro headset to executives back in March during an internal event at Steve Jobs Theater. The device has faced a number of delays over the years, but the latest reporting is that it’s on track to be unveiled at WWDC in June.
