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Apple Launching Robot Virtual Companion in 2027

I've watched the "Apple-Pixar-style" lamp video, and honestly, it's the most interesting device Apple has been working on in the last decade.
Yes, more interesting than Apple Vision.
I don't know... I just have a particular feeling about it.
I'm honestly really looking forward to it.
 
MacRumors said:
The device features a 7-inch iPad-like display mounted on a movable arm that can rotate and extend around six inches in any direction, allowing the robot to reposition itself to face whoever is speaking. Some people at Apple apparently refer to it as the "Pixar Lamp."
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I think Apple is on to something here. Imagine this for video calls when you’re doing something that requires both hands.

That’s as far as I’m going with my comment, but I think people will figure it out 😂😂



I didn’t read five pages of replies here so apologies if someone already pointed this out 🤦‍♂️
 
alexe said:
Am I the only one who absolutely doesn't see the point of such a device?

What was the conversation about this device like within Apple? "We nailed it, this iPad on a very short swivel arm that has a fixed location in the room is the next iPhone! People may already have an iPad in the room, and they may also always have their iPhone on them, but what they do not yet have is another screen that is fixed to one place and one place only - it's revolutionary!"

It seems as if Apple keeps trying to force new device categories but can't really come up with anything truly great.
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Apple is lost, and trying to develop everything at the same time to see if anything sticks.

Just like the pre-SJ, Copland/OpenDoc/everything else times.
 
alexe said:
Am I the only one who absolutely doesn't see the point of such a device?

What was the conversation about this device like within Apple? "We nailed it, this iPad on a very short swivel arm that has a fixed location in the room is the next iPhone! People may already have an iPad in the room, and they may also always have their iPhone on them, but what they do not yet have is another screen that is fixed to one place and one place only - it's revolutionary!"

It seems as if Apple keeps trying to force new device categories but can't really come up with anything truly great.
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Apple is lost, and trying to develop everything at the same time to see if anything sticks.

Just like the pre-SJ, Copland/OpenDoc/everything else times.
 
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Waiting to see how Apple will price this. First and foremost, Siri needs to be in a much better form for this to be useful. Think by 2027 it should be possible.
 
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In Asia, humanoid robots have been implemented in almost every process since 2023.

Anyone who only watches YouTube from the sofa or the toilet gets just a tiny glimpse of what daily work and infrastructure actually look like there.

By 2027, most management and operational tasks will be handled by AI-driven robots – and Apple will launch a talking lamp.
 
This all reminds me of this film if you ever have seen it? Great horror SciFi from back in the day. Apple appears to have seen it lol.

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This is clearly an answer to the mysterious OpenAI device announced by Sam Altman and Jony Ive some time ago. The non-wearable, non-screen, non-phone... "thing" that they are making
 
Robert.Walter said:
Steve brought us Siri.
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He didn't. The reveal of Siri and the 4S was Tim Cook's first time presenting. Steve definitely had some involvement, but I think when Apple was making a go/no-go decision a month before with Siri, I doubt Steve was heavily testing it and decided himself it was ready to present.


And Siri wasn't horrible at its debut - it was passable at that time. Not great, but competitive. Over the next few years it was absolutely left behind by the competition. And instead of improving it, Apple decided to blindly ship hardware with a greater focus on Siri, totally ignoring how embarrassingly awful she was becoming.
 
I bet internally at Apple there is a horrible rift between the hardware and software/admin teams. The hardware teams come up with all this neat powerful stuff, but then the software teams refuse (or are not permitted) to do anything with it. It must be super frustrating for them.

Boardroom meeting:

Hardware team: We’ve put together an iPad mini with OLED, FaceID, and ProMotion. Costs are within parameters. Significant weight reduction as well.

Software/Admin team: No. And make sure the screen still tears a little. We need many little things to push people to spend significantly more on the Pros.
 
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