A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is ramping up work on a mixed-reality headset to be introduced as early as next year and has renamed the headset’s OS from realityOS to xrOS  —  Apple Inc. is ramping up work on a mixed-reality headset, its first major new product category since the Apple Watch …

Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Apple’s mixed reality headset is expected to have the ability to scan the irises of users to let them log in and make payments inside the headset  —  By the time Apple introduces its much-anticipated mixed reality headset—planned for sometime next year—Meta Platforms …

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries  —  Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it’s been teasing for the past year.

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft adds full Teams integration to HoloLens 2 headsets, letting users view calendars and more, the first major update since co-founder Alex Kipman left  —  Microsoft has long supported real-time video calls using Microsoft Teams on HoloLens 2 headsets, but now the company …

Emma Roth / The Verge:
A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged “Meta Quest Pro” VR headset, claiming Meta left the device, labeled “engineering sample”, in a hotel room  —  A prototype of Meta’s VR headset has surfaced  —  Images and, later, a video of a “Meta Quest Pro” virtual reality …

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the US soldiers who used Microsoft’s HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments”  —  US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” …