Apple's Vision Pro headset to hit the shelves in the US on February 2

Apple will also sell Zeiss branded optical inserts for people with a prescription and magnetic readers that attach to the front of the device. (Image: Apple)

Apple has announced that the anticipated mixed reality headset, Vision Pro, will go on sale starting February 2 in the US.

Pre-orders for the headset are set to begin on January 19. The headset was announced at last year's WWDC, and runs a custom operating system called visionOS. It is meant for both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications.

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The headset starts at $3,499 (approx. Rs 2,90,000) for the base variant with 256GB storage. It will come with Light Seal cushions, polishing cloth, USB Type-C cable, and an USB Type-C adapter.

Apple will also sell Zeiss branded optical inserts for people with a prescription and magnetic readers that attach to the front of the device. The readers will cost $99 and the prescription inserts will cost $149.

So far, Apple hasn't announced any launch dates for countries other than the US. According to Bloomberg, Apple has said that it will start to offer the headset in other countries at the end of 2024.

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The company will look to the UK and Canada as potential launch countries after the US, followed by Asia and Europe soon after. Bloomberg says that Apple engineers are working to localize the headset for France, Germany, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.