The affordable Apple Vision Pro headset’s development leverages Samsung Display’s expertise. Apple seemingly wants cutting-edge display even on the cheaper Vision Pro mixed reality headset.
Sources citing TheElec Apple exploring innovative ways to apply the color filter on the affordable Vision Pro MR headset, in which Samsung Display is an expert thanks to its foldable smartphones.
If Apple succeeds, even the cheaper Vision Pro could get a high-resolution display with 1500ppi (pixel per inch) – that too with a slim design and lesser costs than the one used in the OG Vision Pro.
Technically speaking, Apple favors an advanced method to apply the color filter to its W-OLED+CF display. It’s the same technology that Samsung uses on the display of its foldable smartphones.
The corresponding method involves the application of the color filter directly to the TFE (thin-film encapsulation) layer that covers the OLED as well as ends the need to use the secondary glass board.
Notably, Apple’s first-gen Vision Pro features Sony-made OLEDoS with a resolution of 3,391ppi. Samsung is said to be establishing research equipment for W-OLED+CF at its A3 facility.
Samsung could develop the W-OLED+CF panel for Apple. However, the production costs may rise significantly due to the target resolution of 1500ppi, which is boldly higher than the 374ppi of Galaxy foldables.
Recently, credible industry insider and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that an affordable Vision Pro device is still in development, but its production and launch have been postponed beyond 2027.
