Finally, DVT units are also submitted for regulatory approval. This is also the point at which the robustness of the design is tested, with drop-tests, water immersion, and so on. Typically, around 50 products would be made at each EVT stage, meaning there are now probably at least 100 devices within Apple’s walls.įollowing this, the next stage will be Design Validation Test (DVT), which aims to perfect the production process to ensure both functional and aesthetic requirements are met. Apple AR headset testing reaches EVT 2Ī paywalled Digitimes report states that the headset has reached the EVT 2 stage.Īpple has reportedly conducted its second-phase engineering validation and testing (EVT 2) for its first AR headset, which is expected to debut by the end of 2022, according to sources at component suppliers. There may be multiple iterations of this stage, known as EVT 1, EVT 2, and so on. This is the point at which the company produces a very small run of devices that have both the functionality and look and feel of the final product. Once the team has a prototype everyone is happy with, the next stage is known as engineering validation testing, or EVT. In parallel to this, other teams will work on the functionality, starting with bare-board versions and moving on to more fully formed prototypes. However, we know from former design head Jony Ive that the company favors making non-functional physical mockups at a very early stage, to get a more concrete sense of how different form factors might look and feel. Development phasesĪpple’s design and testing process is of course a closely guarded secret. We’re already seeing references to realityOS – the operating system for the device – in Apple open-source code. This is likely to be an expensive device pitched mostly at developers and other professionals, launching either this year or next. This is still years away yet.īefore then, we’re expecting a mixed-reality headset, combining virtual reality and augmented reality.

This means there are now likely 100+ units that combine the functionality of the final device with something that looks less like a prototype and more like a real product …Īpple’s long-term ambition is believed to be a product dubbed Apple Glasses – a device with a similar form factor to standard eye-glasses, but with built-in augmented reality display overlayed.

Supply chain sources say that Apple AR headset testing has now reached the next phase of engineering validation after moving beyond the prototype stage.

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