Apple Focusing on Sports, Gaming, and Fitness Apps for AR/VR Headset

[Verified Whiskey]

It needs to focus almost entirely on gaming. At least at first. The video game market is the one that is heavy into early adoption. Which is what they need for this to take off.

 

[kiensoy]

They better have dozens of test units in Apple Stores because the only way this would sell is when people try it on. Meta Quest, PSVR, etc. is mind blowing the first time you try it out and see depth and how everything reacts to the slightest head movement.

 

[smulji]

My eyes are going to hurt badly

Your eyes or your wallet?

 

[klasma]

You can have that in real life now. It's called having a healthy relationship.

Can’t just buy it for $3000 though.

 

[philcourage]

Here it is the Apple headset bla-bla-bla any questions??? When will it ship??? Hey how about the new Macbook Air!!!! Any other questions???? What is the price of the new headset??? Hey lets see the new video we spent hours making.... House light dim.

It seems Apple is putting more effort on the video than the actual product at this point.

 

[klasma]

They’re leaving so much money on the table by not focusing on porn.

 

[philcourage]

Can‘t just buy it for $3000 though.

Who needs love when you have 3 grand? Screw that.

 

[klasma]

I hope it’ll have crash detection when used on ski slopes.

 

[DarthBuzzard]

Meditation, maybe… but who wants to exercise with this on their face?

Imagine trying to workout with those massive goggles attached to your head lol

Exercise is one of the more popular uses for VR's userbase right now, and this headset will be at least half as thin as most headsets.

This product will BOMB HARD and send apple's stock price down with it. Time and time again it's been proven that the majority of consumers don't want and don't care for metaverse/VR/AR products. Most recently, the PSVR2 has bombed and Sony's cutting production down

Just release it as a developer kit, don't advertise it as a consumer product for the love of god

Take a trip back to the early 1980s and you can rewrite your comment as "Time and time again, it's been proven that the majority of consumers don't want and care for PCs. Apple's Lisa and Macintosh products will bomb hard."

I mean Apple did suffer some problems back then, but the actual industry itself was built up over time.

 

[rorschach]

They’re leaving so much money on the table by not focusing on porn.

Well, given that sideloading is expected to be announced at WWDC…those apps can happen

 

[snow755]

This may be the biggest flop in apple history just you watch no one is going to buy or pay for $3,000 for this headset

 

[prefuse07]

I'm pretty sure this is what apple is going after

And I won't be surprised if it is an exact copy of those ^

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

I don’t care.

I don’t want to control Super Mario with my eyes and head.

I don’t want notifications appearing in my face. I just want to hear the alert and take my sweet time to check what they are.

 

[nfl46]

I’ll hold my opinion until it’s revealed. This may be something I feel like I don’t want right now but may have a change of heart once I see what it could do.

 

[cjboffoli97]

I'm less excited about playing golf, shooting zombies, or working out with one of these headsets and more intrigued about possibilities for meditative, immersive environments: Walking through a bamboo glade in Japan. Exploring a forest trail in New England at the peak of fall color. Lying under palm trees on a beach in the Maldives.

 

[klasma]

Well, given that sideloading is expected to be announced at WWDC…those apps can happen

Yeah, but Apple won’t get any money from those sideloading apps, just from the headset. As opposed to an Apple Porn subscription. I thought they wanted to go full on services.

 

[TSE]

I can't wait to sit in a virtual reality MLB stadium with my friends who look like Wii characters from my dark basement. I'll never have to take a shower again.

 

[Druggar]

I'm interested, but at this price point I'm waiting for Gen 2 at the earliest. It's just way way too much to spend on a first-generation product with Apple's track record for major leaps between Gens 1 and 2 of a product category.

As I see it its not a problem about consumers not wanting it (I know I want one) its a matter of price. I will not spend $3K on it, but at $1K it would really be entincing.

If Apple really wants to make this category work they should think about subsidizing it for the first couple of years until mass addoption and components costs have gone down.

That really shouldnt be a problem with all the profit Apple is making now. Just let the shareholders figure out how to see the forrest from the trees.

 

[tomtad]

This is just a list of the stock iPhone apps, but on your face.

If that’s what to expect then it doesn’t sound particularly inspired.

Also Memoji!! These things just won’t die will they. I’ve no idea what Apple sees in having avatars that make you look like a child.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I think ultimately, for Apple, this is just a backup plan that they will keep at for a while. If and when the 2D desktop becomes antiquated for the next generation of knowledge workers born 10 years ago or today, they will have a solution for them.

 

[Druggar]

Flop goes the headset. A books app? Lol.

This needs games and more games if apple wants any chance.

I would love to play World of Warcraft in it.

 

[barkomatic]

This is the first I've heard that gaming is a possible feature of this headset so now I'm interested. It will obviously depend on the quality of the games and the price of the headset though. If it's $3k those games better blow me away otherwise I'll just get a PSVR2

 

[timmodugdale]

For $3000, I can hire a personal trainer who isn't virtual at all.

 

[MiloCody]

I mean what else is there

 

[AlexESP]

All the Apple strengths in one product.


I'm actually laughing out loud as I type this.

I laugh out loud thinking how so many people at MR think gaming is not an Apple’s strength. Such a limited vision.