Apple’s mixed-reality roadmap continues to take shape, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He says a spec-bumped Vision Pro using Apple’s forthcoming M5 processor will enter mass production in the third quarter of 2025, with shipments of roughly 150,000 – 200,000 units. The update is expected to retain the first-generation design while extending the platform for developers. Kuo projects that a lighter, less expensive headset dubbed “Vision Air” will follow in the third quarter of 2027. The device is forecast to weigh more than 40 percent less than the current Vision Pro by substituting plastic for glass and increasing use of magnesium alloy, and it will rely on Apple’s top-tier iPhone processor instead of a Mac-class chip. The analyst’s timeline also places a fully redesigned second-generation Vision Pro and Apple’s first display-equipped XR smart glasses in the second half of 2028. The next Vision Pro is expected to be slimmer, carry a new Mac-grade processor and sell for less than today’s model, while the glasses would employ LCoS waveguide displays with voice and gesture control. Separately, a leaked list of internal product identifiers obtained by AppleInsider suggests that Apple plans to refresh nearly every Mac line with M5 silicon in late 2025. The identifiers reference 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, an M5 iMac, an M5-powered Mac mini, a new Mac Pro tower and two Mac Studio configurations. The same leak points to a pair of thinner MacBook Pro models with OLED screens and M6 chips slated for late 2026, and to a cost-oriented 13-inch MacBook that would run on an A18 Pro iPhone processor—the first Mac to shift from M-series silicon—entering production in late 2025 or early 2026.