# Apple Laid Off Around 100 Staff Working On Vision Pro, But Don't Panic

DevFeed: [Apple Laid Off Around 100 Staff Working On Vision Pro, But Don't Panic](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apple-laid-off-around-100-staff-working-on-vision-pro-but-don-t-panic-17469.md>)

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Author: David Heaney

Published: 2026-09-14T13:06:59Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [UploadVR](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/uploadvr.md>)

Topics: [visionOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visionos.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Meta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meta.md>)

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## AI overview

Apple laid off around 100 Vision Pro staff, largely shutting down its spatial gaming team and reducing its immersive video team. The cuts also affected security, spatial audio, Siri integration, and visionOS personnel, but Apple is not leaving the VR/MR market. The changes reflect limited gaming use and the high cost of producing immersive video. Apple may launch a slimmer, lighter successor headset around late 2028, although its continuation could depend on the wider headset market.

## Source excerpt

Apple laid off around 100 staff working on Vision Pro, including "largely shutting down" the spatial gaming team and downsizing the immersive video team, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported.