How Mark Zuckerberg may have forced Apple to kill its upcoming vision headset

Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive push into smart glasses appears to have disrupted Apple’s product roadmap, forcing the tech giant to abandon plans for the Vision Air headset in favor of competing directly with Meta’s popular eyewear. Apple announced internally last week that it’s shelving the Vision Air—a cheaper, lighter Vision Pro redesign code-named N100—to redirect resources toward developing AI-powered smart glasses, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The move represents a strategic retreat from Apple’s mixed-reality ambitions barely a year after the original Vision Pro’s launch.

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