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Apple AR/VR Headset Potentially Delayed Until 2023 Amid Development Problems

Just like AirPower the AirView will not see the light of day any day soon ;)
 
Mr. Dee said:
Here is use case for this. I work in IT and deploy desktops and laptops all day. Configuring them, taking them to their respective sites. The challenging part of the job is moving units from one wing to the other. We are talking about sometimes maybe 50 to hundred or more, undoing cable management, removing standing desks, boxing it up and then move it.

I spoke to my colleague and said to him, I said I don’t see us really doing this in 2040! It’s too much. IT will need to evolve the definition of the client and think what Apple is working on is really it.

We saw this with first and second generation computing (ENIAC and UNIVAC), Mainframes, Mini’s. Eventually the Apple I, IBM PC, Macintosh 128, PowerBook 100 > Newton > iPhone/iPads > Apple Watch.

But the traditional desktop PC remains too stationary. So, I think Apple’s, Microsoft’s HoloLens, Meta’s Oculus are defining the right direction for next generation desktop computing.

But in terms computing that can replace a Mac or Windows PC, this might be it. Once Apple gets it right, the rest of the industry will follow and build devices that removing all this computing ‘junk’ we still have to deal with today.

In 2040, I will just tell clients, Wing A will be under constructions, please take your Apple VR Headsets to Wing B please.
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Above all, you won't have to carry monitors through the aisles anymore. You won't need them anymore, they will no longer exist.
 
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MayaUser said:
airpower was a real product announced but not released...this is just a device rumoured by some people
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nope
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We all already have internet to find, don't we?
However, since Apple has more plans for wireless and somehow uhm.. designed pair of glasses, it will take a while.

And be sure: Not only prostitution will be depopulated, there are really exciting new applications besides.
 
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WestonHarvey1 said:
Amazes me that anyone who has used VR would think this render is a good design. There's no top support of any kind. How would that not just slide right off your face? Is Apple going to solve the problem of the weight and balance of displays and lenses?
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Yes, and especially for AR. Rather than a headset it, will likely be glasses,
 
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Freeangel1 said:
someone will just beat Apple to market with a better cheaper product. probably Android based.
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Oh no doubt but thats not what Apple does. They enter when they can make a product that works for the masses. Look at the folding phones, Samsung released a 2000 phone that needed to be recalled and taken off the market in a week. Its all about getting it right not being first.
 
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Quite bold to predict 7-10 million sales in the first year, for a first product, REV A Apple device with a price tag double that of a phone. If there is an overheating issue, presuming getting something to market might mean underclocked CPU/GPU.

I'm still not sure who this is aimed at, or how useful it may actually be... but surely if something does come to market that fills a void, might be in someone's best interest as seen with other Apple products to wait a few generations.
 
Morgenland said:
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We all already have internet to find, don't we?
However, since Apple has more plans for wireless and somehow uhm.. designed pair of glasses, it will take a while.
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Nope. that is not an Apple product. Apple has not announced any AR/VR product. All of the angst over whether such a product is delayed or not is just speculation driven by rumors and assumptions of timelines. Assuming Apple really is working on this kind of product, in the early days of a large project, you don’t always have a fixed launch date, just a target that can be adjusted as situations change. That is not a failure, just flexibility.
 
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citysnaps said:
Yes, and especially for AR. Rather than a headset it, will likely be glasses,
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If they're going to be glasses, we can make some determinations about what the product isn't. It's not going to be a hi-res 4K per eye, OLED panel based stereoscopic viewer. It's going to be something more akin to Google Glass.
 
Tagbert said:
Nope. that is not an Apple product. Apple has not announced any AR/VR product. All of the angst over whether such a product is delayed or not is just speculation driven by rumors and assumptions of timelines. Assuming Apple really is working on this kind of product, in the early days of a large project, you don’t always have a fixed launch date, just a target that can be adjusted as situations change. That is not a failure, just flexibility.
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For the principled deniers of glasses, I have included the video link to show that unusable pre-made versions from other manufacturers already exist.

Apple will launch the product when it is technically mature. It's as simple as that.
I am annoyed by the premature constant MR reports because no one knows when it will be professionally ready for the market and when it will have the strength to build its new infrastructure.
 
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This is disappointing if true. Every year that Apple's move into AR/VR gets delayed is another year that Facebook (or Meta or whatever) gets to further cement its dominance of this industry..
 
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chaospet said:
This is disappointing if true. Every year that Apple's move into AR/VR gets delayed is another year that Facebook (or Meta or whatever) gets to further cement its dominance of this industry..
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Wuff, I can reassure you. There are enough scenarios where Apple will win, because Google and Mecca are taking other strategic paths.
 
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FlyingDutch said:
If the report is true, it would be an huge delay… not some months but more than one year.
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Truly true innovation is difficult to schedule.
Screwing something like electric motors into cars, on the other hand, is a laughingstock.

Apple is still one of the very few companies of this era that can really create new things.
And that's what still makes Apple so exciting. And that's why the copy companies don't interest me (except that I'm annoyed because they save the risk capital to then lure customers to cheaper stuff).
 
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