Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles

Post by Terr_ » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 10:53 PM UTC

tqi wrote: post #60

psunavy03 wrote: post #43

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There was a time when you didn't "need" a PC, either, and they were seen as just nerd toys and things yuppies used to balance their checkbooks, back when "balancing your checkbook" was a thing you had to do. This changed with the advent of the Web, and held until desktops gave way to smartphones. If you could time-travel back to the 80s and 90s, plenty of folks would have scoffed that anyone would ever "need" a compu…

> If you could time-travel back to the 80s and 90s, plenty of folks would have scoffed that anyone would ever "need" a computer, let alone a computer in their pocket. Is that true? I feel like people have imagined portable communication / computing devices forever[1]. People maybe couldn't imagine that they could ever be small enough to be practical, but the utility of such a device was pretty obvious. Similarly, I t…

Post by Eggpants » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC

jowday wrote: post #14

zooq_ai wrote: post #4

Before the bandwagon jumps on "Metaverse is dead", Meta is pursuing multiple headsets, devices strategy and trying to find the right Features / Price mix. Quest 2 is the most successful headset and it seem to have the perfect balance. Quest 3 although great, probably is slightly expensive for the mass market. But there will be a chatGPT moment for Metaverse in the next 5 years and Meta's strategy will pay dividends.…

If anything, what I’ve heard from friends at or adjacent to Meta is that they’re paring back metaverse ambitions and capabilities on their future devices because of the success of the Ray-Bans glasses and the relatively middling sales of the Quest 3. The Ray-Bans are also a weird anomaly since they’re leaning on the Ray-Bans designer pricing to justify a lot of the cost. If you’re already buying a pair of luxury sung…

Post by asadotzler » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 10:56 PM UTC

jacobgkau wrote: post #98

tqi wrote: post #60

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> If you could time-travel back to the 80s and 90s, plenty of folks would have scoffed that anyone would ever "need" a computer, let alone a computer in their pocket. Is that true? I feel like people have imagined portable communication / computing devices forever[1]. People maybe couldn't imagine that they could ever be small enough to be practical, but the utility of such a device was pretty obvious. Similarly, I t…

I guess you're both right. People knew there'd be reasons computers would be nice to have, but scoffed at the idea that it would be realistic, or would become an actual necessity. People now know that there are ways VR could be cool, but many aren't yet convinced it can be done well enough/cheap enough to be worth it, nor are they imagining it being day-to-day tech yet.

Post by jkubicek » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 10:59 PM UTC

khazhoux wrote: post #93

I have an AVP. It’s the best TV and movie-watching experience I’ve ever had, in some ways even better than Metreon IMAX

Post by asadotzler » Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 11:02 PM UTC

zooq_ai wrote: post #4

Before the bandwagon jumps on "Metaverse is dead", Meta is pursuing multiple headsets, devices strategy and trying to find the right Features / Price mix. Quest 2 is the most successful headset and it seem to have the perfect balance. Quest 3 although great, probably is slightly expensive for the mass market. But there will be a chatGPT moment for Metaverse in the next 5 years and Meta's strategy will pay dividends.…