AppleInsider reports that Apple “has just laid off an entire team dedicated to VR development,” with at least 60 employees reportedly affected. Here are the details.
Apple reportedly scales back Vision team
According to the report, which cites reliable sources, “Apple has laid off at least 60 employees tied to Apple’s VR team, the Apple Vision Group, and similar positions.” Apple has not confirmed nor commented on the report.
More than a year ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple had broken up the Vision Products Group, while Mike Rockwell, who used to oversee the group, was put in charge of the Siri revamp. Last May, Gurman recapped his report as follows:
I reported over a year ago that Apple had broken up the Vision Products Group, or VPG. That means the staff went from a single entity that combined Vision hardware and software and were split up and moved to Apple’s larger hardware and software engineering organizations.
