Apple Headset's Capabilities Said to 'Far Exceed' Those of Rival Devices

[SnoFlo]

I'm excited to see what Apple comes up with, if the rumours are true. $3000 is expensive but compared to what a HTC Vive Pro 2 costs and that it takes something like my $7K HP ZBook to run games on it at max settings, well...

I work in medicine and augmented reality tools are becoming very important for training new surgeons in endoscopic techniques etc. Cool tech.

 

[TheGenerous]

I'll get one—or two—of those… when they're in their 3rd generation 👹

 

[Tevosn]

Should be interesting. I can’t see myself getting apple VR, no use case for me, but still very curious about it.
If nothing else it pushes the competition which I feel is needed.

 

[redbeard331]

We are wowed by how passionate some of the Apple employees posting here are about this. Most of the stuff they have mentioned here though we already all have in our living rooms, it’s called a television.

By the time the tech exists to do some of the things mentioned above it will more than likely be an implant and we will become terminators. You think it will be limited by only being able to stimulate your sense of sight and sound, but what’s coming will stimulate all your senses, your adult content will be more than you can imagine. The blind won’t need goggles they’ll be able to see.

 

[Tagbert]

Any killer app isn't going to be 99cents, I haven't seen any pro apps in the iOS store yet .

Would this qualify? 😊

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There have been believable rumors that the headset will run iPad apps directly which opens up the options considerably.

 

[nicolhac]

I have no doubt performance will be there. But let’s be real. Player Number One was not that good a of a movie. Why even waste time on VR headset.
Put together a VR AI assistant wearable. That uses LiDAR and camera to see what you see.

 

[MuppetGate]

At this point publications are just regurgitating what little they know & speculation based on existing products mixed with What-Would-Apple-Do? masquerading as reporting.

Unless an unprecedented leak happens, best to just wait and see at this point for them to tell their own story.

So very true and good advice.

It’s taken them a few years, but Apple has finally plugged the leaks, which is why the rumour mill has nothing to go on.

The level of repeated stories with no added details has never been higher.

 

[efktd]

typical scenario for me; I have 2 4k screens displaying my day job stuff (on windows 10), to the right of that, my iMac and 14 MBP all showing a news stream, maybe music playing, messages coming in, calendar, HomeKit cameras (one of my daughters crib while she's sleeping) and all the other cool stuff.

if these glasses can do everything my 2 apple devices do for me throughout the entire workday, and never have to look at or wake my Macs, I'm buying it.

 

[MuppetGate]

Does anybody still not think Apple AR Headset is not a bad idea?

Well, I haven’t seen it yet, or heard about its USP, or had confirmation of its price, so I have no idea.

 

[East India Company]

Amazing time! Finally a new product category (from Apple)!

Here is what I predict:

- FaceTime: you can scan your face with your iPhone (like you do with your ear for AirPod Pro) to create an extremely realistic virtual version of yourself. The helmet can track your facial expressions and reproduce them. You can virtual meet your friends in a virtual cafe, in a forest, on the beach or in your own place using mixed reality. The other person will be able to “seat” at your table, etc. You can wave your hands/arms, do presentations on virtual screens, sketch in the air, etc.

- fitness+: you can use the helmet in augmented reality mode to see the trainer in front of you or simply have a constant view on the video regardless of the orientation of your head. Or you can be fully immersed in the apple gym and train by yourself or with other people. The headset can track your body position and correct your exercises and count your sets/repetitions. Of course there’s meditation in the rain forest.

- gaming: hmm well, huh.. well it’s apple, there will be two apple curated/controlled games. Buy a PSVR2 for that.

- others: virtual big screen for your Mac, use iPad apps on a virtual big screen iPad.

It will be awesome to try this out! But I’ll never buy one until it’s way less than $1000.

 

[frou]

I can't get over "waist-mounted battery pack". Jony Ive is probably spinning in his grave, err, Ferrari.

 

[MuppetGate]

You'd think the "think different" crowd would have similar imagination running wild... instead of filling every Goggles thread with mountains of pessimism because we can't imagine anything more than what we've seen from Oculus and or gaming consoles.

The problem is that mock-up that all the rumour sites share.

It’s basically a VR headset, so when people see it, they fixate on all the failed VR headsets that have gone before it.

If there’s one thing we know about Apple it’s that the company doesn’t come up with a product without coming up with a customer base first.

 

[Bodhitree]

Yes, yes, I’m sure the Apple headset will ‘far exceed’ the capabilities of these other devices. And there are potential killer apps out there, I’ve dropped a few suggestions to Tim Cook’s email.

But I’m not sure the premise of a headset to replace all your other screens is going to fly. Screens have become ubiquitous, you take them with you everywhere, and a bulky and awkward device that runs for 2-3 hours on a waist mounted battery doesn‘t sound to me like a viable replacement. A desktop or a laptop often get used in sessions of 6-8 hours, a smartphone goes everywhere.

The headset sounds to me like an office or living room experience.

 

[Boil]

When do we get to the point where we can have mildly chunky (prescription lenses option) glasses which are AR enabled, utilizing the processing power of my Apple Watch/iPhone/iPad...?

 

[Choco Taco]

It better be for the price they’re going to charge.

 

[Cunir]

I could see a lot of cyclists using it for fitness. Imagine sitting on your exercise bike and going through the Pyrenees, with all your stats on screen. But it will depend how lifelike the visuals are

 

[steve09090]

It better be for the price they’re going to charge.

What price are they going to charge?

 

[Vjosullivan]

The higher they fly, the harder they fall!

The harder they fall, the bigger impact they make.

 

[Choco Taco]

What price are they going to charge?

Rumor is around 3 grand.

 

[Jensend]

To make walking the dog literally look and sound like a trip back in time or to another planet.

I say this as a VR enthusiast, but that sounds awful. I’ll walk my dog entirely electronics-free, thank you.

 

[Wildkraut]

The harder they fall, the bigger impact they make.

The bigger the impact, the more they split.

 

[steve09090]

Rumor is around 3 grand.

Ah. I don’t pay too much attention to those rumours.

 

[syklee26]

Killer app will be Apple TV’s MLB Friday, taking VR to sports. If they do this right, this could be groundbreaking feature.

 

[windywalks]

A good work space with multiple virtual screens and I would be sold.
An immersive, discreet viewing experience watching movies and series on the go and I would be sold.
But most of all - a display that is advanced enough to allow me to actually use AR and VR, as all products to date have given me headaches and nausea.

 

[The Game 161]

Given how many years apple has been working on it i would expect so given their standards. if apple impresses i'm sure many will have interest in the next cheaper option.