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Apple CEO Tim Cook Hints at AR/VR Headset: 'Stay Tuned and You'll See What We Have to Offer'
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I am curious to know from those who say 'i am going to get one' as to what they are going to use it for because Oculus and Hive have been out for years and their main use in the consumer market is gaming. Outside of gaming their use is limted and small. Yes some businesses have adopted AR/VR but not to the extent some thought it would. If businesses thought AR/VR was going to be good we would see it being used in a wide variety of applications but the fact is we don't. As I said, Oculus and Hive have been out for years, their development kits have been in the hands of software engineers/programmers for years but yet we are not seeing an abundance of commercial applications for AR/VR so if AR/VR has not taken off commercialy for Oculus or Hive then what makes Apple think it is going to work for them?
Scary part of it all is that Apple might just make this so called headset cost over $2,500.
Thats one customer not jumping on the bandwagon.
Thats one customer not jumping on the bandwagon.
Astonishing that so many cling to that analyst/artist goggles rendering, really believing Apple would release a device that looks like that.
It's like some people can' feel good unless they cling to the outrageous so they can feel better after complaining about it.
Stay tuned to what will be released at SIGGRAPH in a couple months.
It's like some people can' feel good unless they cling to the outrageous so they can feel better after complaining about it.
Stay tuned to what will be released at SIGGRAPH in a couple months.
The potential for AR is limitless. Imagine being able to look through glasses that actually augment the landscape. Change colour perception. Give you an eyetest and auto focus so that your vision is always in focus.
Layover data and information as it’s required. Allow you to play digital games in the real world etc. etc.
Or maybe we should just focus on the Eden we’re living in, dismiss the technology, and nurture this beautiful planet.
Layover data and information as it’s required. Allow you to play digital games in the real world etc. etc.
Or maybe we should just focus on the Eden we’re living in, dismiss the technology, and nurture this beautiful planet.
I'll just use it for day to day work, collaborations, communications, probably entertainment and gaming too, and to develop completely new tools and apps, blended with a real-world, but virtually infinite workspaces. I can't wait to get rid of this cluttered desktop of monitors and cumbersome always maladjusted, sagging screens.
When it becomes normal to everyone, I'll sit down with family across the country, have a coffee together and watch new forms of immersive movies together.... maybe go for a ride with an Indy car racer, go to a baseball game, soccer, or fly over the Grand Canyon, and dine on the moon. Good times. Older VR devices gave us a hint where things were going, but next gen, high resolution, improved sensors, and lightweight wireless devices will make it clear why this is the future of interacting with technology, computing, development, remote presence and remote control, collaboration, communication, etc.
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Literally hadn’t used it for anything on the iPhone 13PM.
I used the ruler to measure floor to ceiling and it’s always off like 10cm on a closet room ceiling that’s 240cm. Useless.
If the potential for AR is limitless why then havent we seen it already in place? The current version of Oculus and Hive are very good but yet software developers do not seem interested in developing kick ass applications for them. If these software developers are not doing it for the current crop of AR/VR devices that have been on the markert for well over 5 years now, why would they suddenly decide to do it for Apple which is a much much smaller market when compared to the Windows/Linux market.
That doesn't mean much. Palm, Blackberry and Microsoft were in the smartphone business way before Apple. Many of the computer manufacturers had tablets way before the iPad too.
It is in place and used everyday. But at a price and market segment that's beyond consumers.
Apple, and their collaboration with Stanford's VR/AR lab will change that with a device that's consumer (and commercial) friendly along with a suite of interesting apps.
Looking forward to surgically removing my appendix when Apple releases their product.
I think we just need someone to take the lead and showcase what it can do with the right hardware & software.
For it to really work then it needs to be a standalone product. No stupid mandatory "iPhone needed to operate" requirements as the headset then becomes nothing more than a projector if Apple goes down that route.
Tim Cook has been banging on about AR for years. So Apple really need to deliver something revolutionary - like a once in a generation new product category for Apple to start showing what AR can supposedly do. It's time to deliver something...
I'd be shocked if an iPhone was not an integral part of Apple's AR product.
Putting an A-series cpu/gpu and a battery with sufficient capacity to power it along with wireless access to the internet would be a huge kludge to put on one's face. It would look like the rendering MR has been using for months.
All of the AR processing power, battery, internet access, app/data/document storage exists in a phone that many people already have. All that's needed is a set of holographic glasses (to be announced at an upcoming SIGGRAPH) with UWB data-linking up and down video streams to an iPhone.
Apples AR/VR will not be their 'iphone moment' where it's introduction changes the industry. It will just end up being another gimmick for Apple fans to add to their collection in my opinion.
May not be Apple's iPhone moment. But it will be far from a gimmick, with many applications in consumer, commercial, industrial, and medical spaces. Just as one example, cardiothoracic surgeons have been engaged in AR-assisted surgery for years now.
Apple will bring the technology to the masses with an outstanding device (my bet is on holographic glasses data-linking video streams to an iPhone in one's pocket) and suite of apps customers will find useful in both consumer and commercial spaces.
yup. happened to me during Fleet Week in NYC a couple weeks ago.
group of good looking military guys walked by while I was on the bus, tried to take a pic… blurry. 😭