A new rumor surfacing today from The Information claims that Apple has suspended work on its next generation high-end Vision Pro headset. The iPhone maker is still working on releasing a more affordable Apple Vision product with fewer features before in late 2025.

Apple had been deprioritizing its successor to the Vision Pro headset for the past year, assigning fewer employees to work on the next model over time, while focusing on reducing the costs of the first-generation's components, the report added.

Apple's intension is to make a less-expensive Vision product as affordable as a high-end iPhone, which retails for up to $1,600, The Information reported. However, Apple has been struggling to cut costs without dropping too many key features

For the consumer market, the $1600 range would be more palatable and likely assist in fending off new comers in the XR Spatial Computer Headset space such as the Samsung/Qualcomm/Google alliance.

What we don't know at present is whether a more economical headset could translate into smartglasses. There's no doubt that in the long term, Apple will have a family of "Vision" devices from Pro to Standard XR headsets through to smartglasses (AR Glasses). It's just a matter of when.

Last Thursday yet another smartglasses patent was published by the U.S. Patent Office titled 'Device Alignment Systems.'

Since January 2024 there have been an influx of 16 new patents covering smartglasses alone. That doesn't even cover patent updates to previous patents on this subject matter. It's a strong sign that this project is quickly becoming  a major focus for the future.