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Tempted to get the Reality Pro/One on launch, but at $3k and the tech team saying that not only will there be nothing exciting software-wise at launch, but a cheaper version and a more advanced version are on the horizon (no pun intended), I can't justify getting it.
If someone like me who is basically the perfect demographic crossover doesn't want it, not sure who will... but time will tell.
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I could see major potential in the fitness space, paired with Apple Watch + Fitness+... I could see potential use cases in education (think surgery simulator etc...). I could see some developers using it as an alternative to their monitors. I think there are plenty of places outside of gaming where a device like this, done right (comfortable) could carve out a segment. Plenty of people pay thousands of dollars for an…
I’ve heard people bring up fitness, but the physical experience of sweating with a headset strapped to my face sounds unpleasant. It also turns the product into “gym equipment”. Is it waterproof? Can I give it a good wash in the sink and dry it? Or am I putting it on later with it soaked in cold sweat? How’s it going to smell after a couple of weeks?
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Where was this persistent iteration and overnight success with Homepod, Airpower, butterfly keyboards, touchbar, force touch, MobileMe, Ping? Apple has had its share of failures like any other company, and kills products like any other company. There is plenty of precedence for their AR headset to just fizzle out.
HomePod Getting more successful with the Mini. The OG Homepod was a very V1 product like the person you replied to was saying https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/06/homepod-mini-was-... AirPower: never released Butterfly keyboards/Touch Bar/force touch: all features. The person you’re replying to is talking about product lines. You might as well list cd/devs drives and FireWire as well because things come and go.…
Recently they have Wi-Fi 6E across new products and it could be for pushing compressed pixels to the headset which needs only to be a thin client like the studio display.
If during the VR headset announcement Xbox was somehow involved, it would get my attention though.
One of the biggest problems with the metaverse is content. It's pretty clear that AI can do a great job generating the artwork needed for great 3d content. It is very expensive and time consuming to do so with human artists... which makes me sad.
3D content - particularly live procedural 3D animated content based on large models - is maybe 15-20 years away. It needs a couple of orders of magnitude more processing power.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's Apple's planned destination. If so, it's going to take a while to get there.
This version seems more like a toe in the water. It will appeal to early adopters and a few gamers, but it's not going to be a game changer.
HoloLens is (soon to be was) a great AR device. Certainly useable and competent but it suffered from the same issue over and over: once the gee wiz demo was over, outside of a few very niche uses, people went back to using their laptops and smartphones. Because it’s easier to just pull out your smartphone, get whatever you need done, then put it back in your pocket. This rapid and random access is why people love sma…
> Because it’s easier to just pull out your smartphone, get whatever you need done, then put it back in your pocket. FWIW I see an alarmingly lot of people glued to their phone while walking, in a restaurant, on the train, while driving, etc. Once it's normalized that they don't actually have to "pull out, put it back", just use (wear) it all the time as it is with phones, there will be a market.
Apple can be fashion too.
As long as the product is closer to AirPods Max than Mac Pro, people will buy it.