Luxshare has taken over the AR development team in Shanghai,
previously owned by Taiwan's Pegatron, the first to help Apple develop the
device, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Taiwan-based Foxconn is also helping with the project, Nikkei
said, and Apple has tapped two of its most important suppliers, Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Sony, to develop micro OLED displays for the
device.
The iPhone maker, Luxshare Precision, Foxconn, TSMC and Sony
did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Apple's headset is set to cost around $3,000 and will be
launched in this year's spring event, Bloomberg previously reported.
The company hopes to reduce the price for the second
generation of the device, Nikkei said.
The device will compete with the likes of Meta Platforms'
Quest Pro virtual and mixed-reality headset launched late last year at $1,500.
Last month, Foxconn, the world's largest contract
electronics maker, said that output at its iPhone plant in China had
"basically returned to normal" and December revenue, down 12.3
percent year-on-year, marked the start of a recovery.
Production of Apple iPhone models faced disruption ahead of
Christmas and January's Lunar New Year holidays, after curbs to control
COVID-19 prompted thousands of workers to leave Foxconn's factory lines in
China's Zhengzhou city.
Although lower compared with the previous year, the company
said revenue for December was better than it expected and that a "gradual
recovery" at its Zhengzhou plant had contributed to "double-digit
growth" in revenue for its smart consumer electronics business compared to
November.
Analysts say Foxconn assembles around 70 percent of iPhone
models, and the Zhengzhou plant produces the majority of its premium models
including iPhone 14 Pro. © Reuters
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