Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset just earned copious-if-vague praise from the founder of Oculus.
In a cryptic post on Twitter on Sunday night, Palmer Luckey simply tweeted: “The Apple headset is so good.”
Luckey’s comments come after testers have reportedly been left “blown away” by the product in early demos.
Luckey founder Oculus, one of the earliest startups to gain mainstream success in the AR/VR headset space. Oculus was later acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion. Operating as a division of Facebook at that point, he launched the Oculus Rift in 2016. Luckey helped engineer and design Oculus Rift, with the work dating back as far as 2011.
Following Luckey’s departure from Facebook in March 2017, Luckey founded Anduril Industries in partnership with a number of former Oculus executives. Anduril Industries focuses on developing autonomous system technology for defense purposes and has secured billions in funding from investors and billions in defense contracts.
In a follow-up comment to his noted tweet, he said there’s high confidence inside Apple for the headset’s launch. Luckey has not responded to any other questioning on what exactly he’s basing his comments.
It’s unknown whether Luckey has actually seen of used the Apple headset, and he may have received a private demo of the unit. It’s also likely that he communicated with someone inside Apple regarding the headset. It’s also possible that he’s spoken to developers that are working with Apple. The company has been privately working with third-party developers on software for the headset for at least several months.
Apple is rumored to officially announce the headset at WWDC on June 5. The product is thought to feature bleeding-edge specifications, such as advanced hand and eye tracking, ultra-high-resolution displays, and Apple’s M2 chip, as well as house over a dozen cameras and sensors in the headset chassis. The product is expected to be expensive, priced at around $3,000.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via 9to5Mac and @PalmerLuckey